Released Dec 9, 2013 $9.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Race The Sun

By Flippfly LLC

Procedural Generation Runner Racing Perma Death Driving Difficult Tutorial Survival Arcade3DVRAtmospheric

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Reviews 1,977 Very Positive

Players yesterday 6 at the busiest moment

Owners 500K–1M estimated

Race The Sun is a game tagged Procedural Generation, Runner and Racing by Flippfly LLC, released Dec 9, 2013. It has 1,977 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 500K–1M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Night Run EX, Quiz Racer and Velocity - Midnight Run.

You are a solar-powered craft. The sun is your death timer. Hurtle towards the sunset at breakneck speed in a futile race against time. Delay the inevitable by catching speed boosts which reverse the setting sun - if only for a moment. Don't crash, stay in the light, and don't slow down!

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Night Run EX 65% match · Procedural Generation, Runner, Racing
Quiz Racer 62% match · Procedural Generation, Runner, Racing
Velocity - Midnight Run 59% match · Procedural Generation, Racing, Driving
Race To Sanity 57% match · Procedural Generation, Runner, Racing
Disaster Drive 52% match · Procedural Generation, Racing, Driving
Personal Racing 52% match · Runner, Racing, Driving
Wrong Way Buddy 51% match · Runner, Racing, Driving
Super Retro Race 51% match · Racing, Driving, Arcade
FLUX CIRCUIT 51% match · Racing, Driving, Difficult
Synthwave Dream '85 50% match · Procedural Generation, Runner, Racing

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Race The Sun · record updated 18 hours ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID253030

Release dateDec 9, 2013

Last change number40230467

Last record update18 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Flippfly LLC
Publisher: Flippfly LLC
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Flippfly LLC
Metacritic: 79
Website: flippfly.com/racethesun
Links: X YouTube

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes

Windows macOS Linux

Steam Deck: Playable
Controller: Full support

Single-playerSteam AchievementsVR supportedSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorRemote Play on phoneRemote Play on tabletRemote Play on TVFamily SharingFull controller support

Prices

Price · US$9.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$9.99Oct 24, 2026

Checked14 hours agoin 41 regions

Hong KongHK$HKD

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
26089865	public	Oct 25, 2026
26089865	beta	Oct 20, 2026
1808508	public	May 9, 2017
759512	old_stable	Feb 22, 2017

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
30960	Race The Sun	1	$9.99
74479	Race The Sun - Deluxe Edition	1	$11.99
78785 Bundle	Dart Racer X Race the Sun	2	$16.18
60732 Bundle	Obstacle Racers	3	$20.77

ID	Name	Price (US)
378730	Not on the store yet	—
378731	Not on the store yet	—

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
228983	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
253031	—	Windows	207.5 MB	58.6 MB	2251545248554233713
253032	—	macOS	221.1 MB	65.4 MB	6660067402385043832
253033	—	Linux	203.3 MB	55.1 MB	3525515530543924157
378731	— DLC 378731	All	24 B	80 B	9195102739094348968

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	26089865	Oct 25, 2026	Open
beta	26089865	Oct 20, 2026	Open
old_stable	759512	Feb 22, 2017	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/RaceTheSun

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
RaceTheSun.exe		Windows	Launch
RaceTheSun.app		macOS	Launch
launch_linux.sh		Linux	Launch
RaceTheSun.exe	vr	Windows	Launch Steam VR
RaceTheSun.exe	vr oculus	Windows	Launch with Oculus Drivers

Space per player9.5 MB

Filesup to 500

Save locations0

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Update history

Oct 25, 2026 · 21:00 #40230467
- appid removed
- common.ReleaseState added released
- common.library_assets.library_capsule added en
- common.library_assets.library_hero added en
- common.library_assets.library_hero_blur added en
- common.library_assets.library_logo added en
- common.library_assets.logo_position.height_pct added 45.44064828282228
- common.library_assets.logo_position.pinned_position added CenterCenter
- common.library_assets.logo_position.width_pct added 50.698486612339934
- common.library_assets_full.library_capsule.image.english added 17941eb6c874f166e281955c02df912b107085f8/library_capsule.jpg
- common.library_assets_full.library_capsule.image2x.english added 17941eb6c874f166e281955c02df912b107085f8/library_capsule_2x.jpg
- common.library_assets_full.library_hero.image.english added 00c9fe5fbbbad0be7a1b77c100719b118a422dd9/library_hero.jpg
- and 21 more

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Race The Sun

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Americas 10

Europe 5

CIS 4

Asia-Pacific 15

Middle East & Africa 7

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