Fire Rush: Firefighter Game

The forest is on fire, and you are the fire department.

The map scrolls past, the wildfire climbs it from the bottom, and campers are running for the treeline at the top. Your thumb is the only thing standing between them and the flames. Press and hold a burning cell to put it out. A fresh fire dies to a quick tap, an established one needs a real hold, and a gas station needs a long one.

Every second you ask yourself the same question: which fire do I fight next? Every camper who gets off the top of the screen alive scores. Every camper who is lost costs you more than a whole row of doused trees. The run that scores best is the run nobody died in.

PUT IT OUT, THEN KEEP IT OUT
A cell you have just doused is soaked for a few seconds. After that it can catch again from the fire burning around it. Clear its neighbours in time and it stays out for good. Bare earth, water and streets are the only lines that hold forever.

CALL IN THE HEAVY GEAR
Drop a three-wide band of water from an airplane, send a helicopter to soak the hot spot under your finger, parachute in a firefighting crew, or put cones on the street to stop the traffic. Aim with one finger, hold still, and let it go.

LEVEL UP EVERY RUN
Fill the bar and the game stops for a choice: take one of two upgrades, or give up both and reroll for double. Faster water, fireproof boots, swimming lessons, evacuation drills and more. Coins from every run buy upgrades in the shop that stay with your firefighter for good.

A MAP THAT FIGHTS BACK
Wind pushes the fire one way. Lightning starts new fires behind you. A rain cloud drifts across and puts things out for free. Bears and deer wander through the forest. Gas stations and wooden houses pay out if you keep them standing.

FROM THE LAKES TO THE MOON
Play through Lakes, Forest, Villages, Town and City, where the buildings share their walls and fire runs the length of a street. Then take on The Old Fire Station, where Louis throws purple fire from the hose tower, and follow him all the way to The Moon Base and The Moon Surface. Beat the clock to unlock the next level.

COME BACK EVERY DAY
A daily challenge and a weekly challenge put everybody on the same map. Compare scores on the leaderboard, add your friends, and collect achievements as your firefighter grows.

Hand-drawn pixel art, one-finger controls, runs that last a few minutes. Easy to start, hard to put down. Fire Rush is free to play.