Race the Sun is an arcade developed by flippfly, released 19 August 2013 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation VR and Wii U.
What Race the Sun is
Race the Sun is an arcade game developed by flippfly and released in 2013. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation VR, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Race the Sun is a 2013 endless running video game developed and published by American indie studio Flippfly and released on August 19, 2013, for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms. In Race the Sun, the player controls a solar-powered spaceship, dodging various objects on the way such as laser beams, other ships and other stationary obstacles, while gathering pick ups that can be used in game, all while the sun slowly sets on the horizon. The game ends either when the player hits an object and the ship gets destroyed, or when the sun sets.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 25 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Race the Sun holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Players rate it 79, 7 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 9 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual Core Processor, 2 GB RAM and SM2.0 (or later) Graphics Card. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Race the Sun launched on 19 August 2013, within three weeks of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Papers, Please, Rayman Legends and Saints Row IV. It reviewed better than all of them. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Papers, Please, Rayman Legends, Saints Row IV.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Race the Sun yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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