Step 1
Pick your run
Choose Timed (30 s, 1 min or 2 min) or Journey, then press Space to start.
how to play
Quicker you Type
Quicker you Type
Faster Sly Runs
Step 2
Type the word
Type the word in the box, letter by letter. The orange underline shows the next letter, and the next word waits underneath.
Step 3
Stay ahead of the Storm
Each typo knocks Sly back toward the Storm. Lose all three lives and it catches Sly.
After a typo you get 3 seconds before the next one counts, so one slip won't end your run. Finish a word to win a life back, up to three.
modes
30 s · 1 min · 2 min
Until you're caught
Pick your run
Timed
Pick a length and survive until the clock counts down to zero without the Storm catching Sly. Your score is your words per minute and accuracy.
Journey
No time limit. Keep typing for as long as you can; the clock counts up until the Storm catches Sly. Your score is your words per minute and accuracy.
accuracy counts
Every typo pulls the Storm closer.
Sly has three lives. A wrong letter costs one and knocks Sly back toward the Storm. Steady, accurate typing keeps Sly out in front.
- One slip won't end your run: after a typo, the next 3 seconds are forgiven.
- Finish a word to win a life back, up to three.
And you get faster without noticing.
At the end of every run
Words per minute38
Accuracy94.7%
Timed ends with "Sly made it!" when the clock reaches zero. Journey ends when the Storm catches Sly. Either way, Play again takes you straight back to the start.
leaderboard
Who outran it furthest
Top 5 ranked runs · Journey · Medium
RankPlayerDistanceAccuracy
1[PLAYER][DISTANCE][ACCURACY]
2[PLAYER][DISTANCE][ACCURACY]
3[PLAYER][DISTANCE][ACCURACY]
4[PLAYER][DISTANCE][ACCURACY]
5[PLAYER][DISTANCE][ACCURACY]
meet sly
The last thing still running
The world is ending. A darkness called the Storm is swallowing the forests, the mountains, the ground itself. Something lives inside it, and it's hungry. Sly is the last thing still running.
Read Sly's story
behind the game
What moves Sly
Finish a word→Sly pulls ahead
Make a typo→The Storm closes in
Never the same run twice
Every word is drawn at random from 953 six-letter words.
One word ahead
The next word waits under the one you're typing, so you can read ahead and keep your rhythm.
Made by hand
Built in Godot and played right in your browser, with art made for Slyrun.