The open world

Explore Rim

A basketball-shaped moon where people have worshipped the game for thousands of years, and the place your alien goes between matches.

The legend

The first ball, thrown by a giant no one remembers.

From space, Rim is a burnt-orange sphere crossed by black canyons that trace the seams of a basketball. The canyons are called the Seams, and their walls glow at night. A gas giant named Mother Court fills a third of the sky; above it hangs the Hoop, a tilted ring of glowing debris you can see from anywhere.

Its people believe that one day the moon will fall through the Hoop and the game will end. Until then, basketball is the religion: streets follow court lines, and a buzzer marks the hours.

Mother Court, a striped gas giant, behind floating rocks in a violet sky

The city on Rim at night, towers and a domed hall under the planet

Rim's clock

One day lasts 48 minutes.

Four quarters, each ending with a buzzer. When it sounds, everyone in the street stops for a moment and looks up at the Hoop.

First Cold blue dawn
The streets are quiet and pilgrims begin to walk.
Second Bright white-orange
Markets and plazas are at their busiest.
Third Violet dusk
The neon comes on and the crowds head downtown.
Fourth Deep night
The court lines glow and the city is at its loudest.

Getting around

Every step is half a jump.

Your alien walking toward a crowd of townsfolk on Rim, with the map and controls on screen — In the game, on Rim, with the controls up.

Lope: Low gravity turns a run into long, floating strides. Sprint and the ground falls away.
Hangtime: Hold jump at the top of a leap to hang in the air while the world slows and the music drops out.
Pop pads: Launch pads around the city. Jump right as one fires for a clean release and more height.
Wall kicks and mantles: Kick off walls, pull up onto ledges, and land soft from any height.
Hoverboard and UFO: Both are earned by playing, and both take you across the moon fast.
Swimming: Dive into the pool and swim: stroke, sprint, go under for a breath, climb out at the edge.

Fifteen mini-games

Medals, ghosts and the featured game of the day.

Gold posts around the moon mark fifteen mini-games, from a diving tower to a symphony of sneaker squeaks. They award medals, the races keep a ghost of your best run, your Game Center friends' scores are there to beat, and one featured game a day pays double XP.

The Plunge. Five dives from the 1 m, 3 m and 10 m boards, scored on difficulty and three judges.

Hoverboard racers in the city at night — **The hoverboard.** Earned by play, with designs to collect.

An alien flying a UFO low over the city — **The UFO.** Earned by play. It climbs slopes and glides over the dunes.

46 things to earn on Rim: entrances, celebrations, soles and hoverboard designs. They show in matches too.
6 peoples live here: the Lank, the Mossback, the Whistle, the Whistler, the Stilt and the Burl. No two look alike.

Land where you left off.

Rim remembers where you last stood.

Coming soon to the App Store

How a match plays