A ninja silhouette running beneath a full moon, cherry blossoms swirling behind
Tap. Run. Vanish.
Sumi Run

An endless runner across shadows. One tap. Stay out of the light.

how you play

Tap to jump

Hold for higher

a quick tap, a small hop

hold longer, jump further

the only rule

Run on the shadows.
Don't fall
into the light.

See for yourself

We're not aware of a more beautiful game on your phone.

Every one of these is a real, unedited screenshot from the actual game — not concept art, not a mockup. Eight hand-painted worlds, and the ninja never touches the same sky twice.

Gameplay: Golden Hour, warm sunset light with a low sun on the horizon
Gameplay: Dusk, an orange sunset fading into a deep violet sky
Gameplay: Twilight, a lantern-lit archway under a rising moon
Gameplay: Midnight, a full moon high over a starlit sky
Gameplay: Night Street, a moonlit street lined with lanterns
Gameplay: Dawn, a soft lavender sky with a rising sun
Gameplay: Sunrise, a warm golden sky low over the mountains
Gameplay: Noon, the only blue sky in the cycle, sun high overhead
Golden Hour 01 / 08
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Painted worlds
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Personas to become
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Accounts required
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Finger, one tap
Why it feels different

Built on restraint, not menus

No tutorial. No menus before you play. Tap to begin — everything else reveals itself as you run.

An original score

Five soundtracks composed for this game — EDM, hip-hop, k-pop, oriental, Indian — or a procedural ambient pad if you'd rather have something quieter.

Shunshin flash-step

Catch a falling star and the ninja dissolves into ink, flashes forward as a smoky echo of himself, and lands several beats further along.

A persona, every run

A quiet poster at the end of every run — a glyph of the path you took and a five-axis read on how you played.

No accounts. No tracking.

No login, no analytics, no telemetry. Your high score lives on your device and never leaves it.

Get it free on Google Play
Sumi Run persona share card: The Daredevil, with a playstyle radar and run stats
Bragging rights, built in

Send it to a friend. Dare them to beat it.

Every run ends with a card — your distance, your jump style, your persona. Text it to someone. Then watch them try to top it.

Distance

The Pilgrim

Steady mind, long road

"The river that flows slowly travels the farthest"

Air

The Crane

Born to the sky

"The crane folds its legs to fly farther"

Rhythm

The Drummer

Beat after beat after beat

"A thousand strikes is how the smith finds the blade"

Flow

The Ferryman

Carried by the bright current

"The boat that listens, the river carries"

One tap. Endless run.

Run. Forever, if you can.

No accounts, no timers, no pressure, ever. Just tap and run.

Get it on Google Play