A cartoon minnow swims away from an open-mouthed bass through weeds, rocks and water lilies.
Minnow Run

Tap to swim. Weave plants, dodge fish!

A one-tap arcade swim for iPhone and Android. Thread your minnow past the plants, the rocks and the big fish for as long as you can. One life, and the retry is instant.

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Free, with an occasional ad between runs. No account, no sign-up, nothing to buy.

A daytime run: the minnow swims between a pink water lily trailing its roots from the surface and a tall stand of weeds, under snowy mountains and pines. A dawn run under a pink sky: the minnow slips between a bass above and a pike below. A night run in dark water: the minnow weaves between a water lily's roots and a stand of weeds. The game-over card, Fish sticks!, with a score of 54, a Gold fin medal, a new skin unlocked and first place on the leaderboard, and buttons for Main Menu and Try Again. A dusk run under an orange sky: the minnow threads between two big bass. The Skins wardrobe: Minnow, Ember, Frostbite, Cupid, Fiesta, Meltdown, Neon, Mecha-Minnow and Rainbow, each unlocked by a best score or by grazing fish. The main menu: the Minnow Run title over the minnow, Tap anywhere to start, and buttons for Player, Skins and Leaderboard. Enter Initials: three arcade letters, each with arrows to change it, and a reminder to use the same initials if you have played before.

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How it plays

Easy to pick up, hard to put down. Runs are short, and every one starts fresh.

One tap, one life

Tap to swim up; stop tapping and you sink. Bump a plant, a rock, the surface or the bottom, or get caught by a big fish, and the run is over. Try again in a tap.

Dodge or graze

Bass, pike and bluegill cruise through. Dodge them, or swim close past one without touching it for a graze worth 2 bonus points.

Nine fish to swim as

Start as the classic Minnow and earn eight more, from Ember and Frostbite to Mecha-Minnow and Rainbow, by beating your best or grazing fish.

Day into night

Every run starts in daylight. The farther you swim, the pond turns to dusk, then night, then dawn.

Everyone keeps their best

Pick three arcade initials and the whole family can share one phone, each with their own best score and skins, and one leaderboard for bragging rights.

Original chiptune

Two original chiptune tunes and retro sound effects, with a separate mute for the music and for the sound.

Made for families

Made by a dad, tested by kids. Fish sticks!

  • No account, nothing to sign up for. Open it and swim.
  • Your game stays on your phone. Initials, scores and skins are never uploaded anywhere.
  • Kid-safe ads, and not many. At most one full-screen ad every three runs, always requested as child-directed, non-personalized and rated G.
  • Nothing to buy. No in-app purchases, no chat, no social features.

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