Excellent game, simple idea and great music. This game was fun, but was frustrating when I kept on getting stuck trying to complete certain challenges.

Such game, much chill such adrenaline

I got this game when it was free for a day, but I will try to review it independent of this.

This game is an endless runner, with the central core mechanic that you should, as the title suggests 'Race the Sun'. Your ship is powered by the sun, and when the sun sets, it's game over. You can pick up powerups to extend the time the sun is up for, to try and chase for a high score on the leaderboards. The game also has a challenge system where each run you are asked to complete certain objectives to gain stars. You also can make minor upgrades to your ship.
When you die, it's game over, then you have to start from the beginning again the next game.
The game is fairly good fun, and it certainly captures the frantic nature of racing at a high speed, seeing objects rush past makes the game quite tense and exciting. This fun is counteracted by the infuriation that collisions can provide. One wrong move can mean game over (or at least losing a life), and it's always a little annoying when you mess up a long way into a good run.
The gameplay is pretty basic, just flying your ship along and dodging obstacles whilst picking up power ups. It reminds me a little of that old game 'cube runner' on iphone, in fact in many ways this game is a lot like a phone game, rather than a full pc game. Of course it almost goes without saying that there is no story
The other thing is, the game only has so much time before it becomes boring. It's effectively the same every run (although the overall layout changes once per day, which is a nice feature), which means that unless you are good enough to get to the later stages, you'll be stuck going repeatedly through the early ones. This repetitiveness means that you can really only play the game for short bursts at a time before you've had enough, and (for me at least) feel ready to move onto a game with a bit more depth. This is a game that, in my opinion, just doesn't have the longevity to keep the player interested. Notice how even a lot of the positive reviews only have a few hours played.
Overall the game is fun for a quick blast, but it is let down by it's repitive nature. I can't really recommend anyone to pay full retail price for it, but it was worth getting when it was free, and I think that if it sounds like you'd enjoy it, it would also be worth getting in a steam sale.
I'm kind of torn on the rating, but I think I have to go negative because the game just isn't good enough to be good value for its full RRP, especially when you look at the quality of some of the other games you could pick up for a similar price. That said, it sounds like a lot of other people really liked it, so don't let me put you off.

an infinite runner, with flying. and squares. and circles. GEOMETRY

CORAL: Game's fun but, dad
RICK: WHERE?!
CORAL: Not dead dad, dad
SHANE: SOMEONE CALLED?!
RICK: You're mother would be proud CORAL

As long as you're going at least 3x10^8 m/s you'll probably be good.

how did i get this game

GOTY

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Chill