Tap while the meter is in the green zone!
Press the button to start
| Watch the meter | It sweeps back and forth. |
| Tap in the green | For a powerful stroke. |
| Repeat | Keep the rhythm going to the finish. |
Swim Race is a rhythm game wearing a swimming cap. A meter sweeps back and forth, and each time you tap while it sits in the green zone you get a powerful stroke. Tap outside it and the stroke is weak. String good strokes together and you pull ahead of the computer.
The reason this works as a swimming game is that real swimming is also about rhythm rather than raw effort. Thrashing harder does not make you faster; a smooth repeatable stroke does. Chasing the meter frantically here produces exactly the same result as it would in a pool.
Find the rhythm rather than reacting each time. The meter moves at a steady pace, so once you feel the beat you can tap on it without watching closely, which is far more consistent than chasing it visually.
Do not tap faster when you fall behind. Extra taps outside the green zone produce weak strokes and lose you more ground. Returning to a clean rhythm is how you catch up.
Aim for the middle of the green, not its edge. Catching the centre gives you the strongest stroke and leaves margin for error, whereas aiming at the boundary means small mistakes fall outside it.
Stay steady at the finish. Most races are lost in the last few strokes when players rush, so keeping the same rhythm right to the wall is usually the winning move.
By tapping while the meter is in the green zone. Well-timed strokes are far more powerful than frequent mistimed ones.
No. Taps outside the green produce weak strokes, so rhythm beats speed.
You lose some momentum, but the race continues, so recovering the rhythm is what matters.
This one races the computer, and the challenge is keeping a cleaner rhythm than it does.
Nothing at all. The whole of Swim Race is built into the page itself, which is why there is no loading bar and no waiting before you can play.