Planned Release Date: 2026

About This Game

Learn Vim the only way that actually sticks, by racing the clock.

vim racer turns Vim's modal navigation into a skill you can practice, measure, and beat. A real block cursor moves through real text, actual source pulled from the Go standard library, CPython, Lua, and other open-source projects, and your job is simple: reach every target in the fewest, fastest keystrokes. There's no accuracy score to pad your ego. The fastest path is the correct path, full stop.

Seven motion groups take you from h j k l through word jumps, counts, line and file navigation, search, and bracket matching, each one building directly on the last, the same way you'd build real muscle memory at a real keyboard. Every lesson tracks your personal best, so you're not just learning the motions, you're getting faster at them, run after run.

Key Features

- 7 lesson groups, all unlocked from the start, go straight to whatever motions you need to drill

- Real code as practice text, not synthetic filler, Go, Python, C, C#, and YAML from real projects

- Speed-only scoring: no accuracy metric, no partial credit, just your time and your personal best

- 8 built-in color themes, OneDark, Catppuccin, Gruvbox, Tokyo Night, Dayfox, and more

- :export writes a ready-to-use Neovim init.lua from your in-game settings, so what you practice carries straight into your actual editor

- Built for keyboard purists, mouse input isn't just discouraged, the game actively calls it out