Outrun the fire
The dark one. A burning trail runs across the board and into the QR code.
A Livelyyou game · Android and web
Hotwire
Outrun the fire.
Draw one line through every tile. The moment you move, fire starts eating the line behind you. 378 boards, four worlds, one new board every day.
NewTry Hotwire in 3D
5.0 on Google PlayFree on Android and in your browser
- Contains ads
- No in-app purchases
- Rated Everyone
Hotwire is rated 5.0 out of 5 on Google Play
8 ratings on Google Play, India
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See it on Google PlayHow it plays
One line. Every tile. Before the fire.
1Draw one line
Start on the gold dot and drag through the tiles. Every tile, exactly once. Study the board first: the fire sleeps until you move.
2The fire follows
The moment you move, fire starts eating the line behind you. It keeps coming while you think about the next corner.
3End on the ring
Fill the whole board and finish on the gold ring before the fire reaches you. The bigger your lead at the end, the more stars.
The warning
Your line tells you how close it is.
As the fire closes in, the line turns the same warning colour on every trail. A rare trail never hides the danger.
- Calm
- Close
- On you
The worlds
4 worlds. 378 boards.
No board is a plain rectangle, and every one is checked solvable before it ships. If a board looks impossible, it only looks that way.
Easy
120 boardsLearn how the fire thinks.
Vine trail, ivory frame
Medium
109 boardsThe fuse stops being polite.
Glacier trail, bronze frame
Hard
96 boardsNo second guesses.
Arc trail, steel frame
Legendary
53 boardsNerve, or nothing.
Starlight trail, obsidian frame
Trails, frames and tiles
Make the line yours.
15 trails, 5 board frames and 4 tile styles, earned with coins, gems and levels. They change how a board looks and never how it plays.
Aurora
Circuit frame, keycap tiles
Royal
Ivory frame, pebble tiles
Circuit
Obsidian frame, keycap tiles
Prism
Steel frame, slab tiles
Toxin
Bronze frame, dish tiles
Bloom
Circuit frame, slab tiles
Chain
Bronze frame, pebble tiles
Neon
Ivory frame, dish tiles
Every trail
- Wire
- Arc
- Bloom
- Bone
- Toxin
- Vine
- Circuit
- Chain
- Prism
- Pulse
- Starlight
- Royal
- Neon
- Glacier
- Aurora
Every frame
Steel
Bronze
Circuit
Obsidian
Ivory
Every tile style
KeycapRounded, with a lip
PebbleRound and tall, like river stones
SlabSquare and low, like paving
DishA deep cap with a rim
Powers
Four ways out of a corner.
Bought with coins you earn in the game, and meant to be saved for the board that needs them.
Coolant Burst
Flash-freezes the fire where it stands for three seconds.
Backburn
Throws the fire all the way back to the start of your trail.
Second Wind
Caught by the fire? Get back up on the same tile, with your whole trail relit.
Hint
Not sure where to go? A spark runs ahead and lights the next tiles.
Chests
Win a board. Maybe a chest.
A win can drop a chest, and harder boards drop better ones. Chests wait in four slots and unlock one at a time. Every chest holds coins and may hold gems or a power, and its card lists everything that can come out before you open it.
Fuse
Unlocks in 90 minutes
Arc
Unlocks in 3 hours
Inferno
Unlocks in 8 hours
Reward
Opens on the spot
Every day
Something waiting every day.
Coins, gems, chests and a wire to cut, all earned by playing. Nothing in the game is for sale.
Daily rewards
Free coins every four hours, and a seven-day calendar that never resets. Day seven is a Reward chest and gems.
Cut a wire
Eight wires, a prize behind each one. Cut one a day; a rare one switches the ads off until midnight.
Missions
Three new missions every day at 2 PM. Finish all three for a Reward chest.
Levels and achievements
Every new star is XP, and every level hands over a power, gems or a new look. Ten achievements wait in bronze, silver and gold.
Your profile
Type a name and pick one of ten avatars, or use a photo. Neither one leaves your phone.
Streak Shield
Miss a day and your Daily Run streak holds. Keep up to two, bought with coins.
Daily Run
A new board every day at 2 PM.
One board, the same for everyone who plays that day, and a streak to keep.
Next board in
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The mascot
Four worlds. Four tempers.
The face on the home screen changes with the world you are in, cheers when you win and gets singed when you do not. Dress it in any of six outfits. An outfit never covers the face, so the mood always shows.
Easy
Medium
Hard
Legendary
Every outfit
Hard Hat
Scarf
Crown
Goggles
Fire Helmet
Antenna
On your phone
The real thing.
Six screens captured from Hotwire 2.0 running on a phone: home, a board in each world, and a win.
Print and share
Posters for your college, club or notice board.
Print one, or post it to your story. Every QR code opens Hotwire on Google Play. Free to print and share.
Can you finish this line?
A real level on paper, with the answer printed upside down. Made for notice boards.
How far can you get?
All four worlds, from Easy to Legendary, plus the new Daily Run board at 2 PM.
Printing tips: ask the shop for a small proof and scan its QR code with two phones before printing a batch. Colours come out a little duller than on screen. Need just the code for your own design? Download the QR code (SVG).
The fire sleeps until you move.
Free on Android, and playable in your browser right now.
About the developer
Prashant Shaw
Livelyyou, India
Hotwire is built and published by Livelyyou, an independent games studio. No accounts, no sign up, no data sold. The game is free and supported by ads.