Trick-Shot Game · Free on Android
Bank off the posts.
Strike the kite.
Light the festival sky.
Drag to aim and the line shows every bank off the festival posts. Light lanterns, strike the Windkite, and keep the canopy above the rope.
Not on iPhone yet. On an iPhone? Wordward and Decant are free on the App Store.
Free to start on Android · $4.99 one-time to own · No ads, ever.
Bank shots off festival posts
Strike the Windkite
Always-free Daily Tide
No ads
How it plays
A one-thumb trick-shot game above a lantern festival: bank off the posts and strike the Windkite.
A one-thumb trick-shot game above a lantern festival. Drag to aim and the glowing line shows each bank off the posts before you let go. Pair matching lanterns to light the next tier, strike the Windkite for bonus points, and keep the canopy above the rope. Three sky routes, earned powers, and a free Daily Tide: 50 launches, one ranked run a day.
- Festival posts in casual play, with an aim line that predicts each bank
- The Windkite: four flight patterns, bonus points for a fresh-shot strike
- Three sky routes that change the physics, three earned powers, eight Festival Kit specials
- Official and Pro Open Daily Tide, Endless Rise, Glow Rush, Crownlight Quest and Lamplight
Inside the app
Real screens from Glowtide.
The loop
Every run follows one honest loop.
- 01Read the posts
- 02Aim the bank
- 03Strike the Windkite
- 04Pair a lantern
- 05Earn a power
- 06Hold the canopy above the rope
- 07Chase the next tier.
What is inside
Inside Glowtide.
Bank off festival posts
Four to six festival posts line the lane in casual play. The aim line bends at each post the shot will strike, so a great bank is a read, not a gamble. Drag and release, or turn on tap to launch.
Strike the Windkite
The Windkite crosses within seconds of the start and returns often, in four flight patterns: glide, wave, swoop and crosswind. A fresh shot that hits it is kicked sideways and scores 250 points, doubled during Tide Rush.
Routes that change the physics
Open Sky Festival is the classic lane of posts and wind. On Moonlit Promenade a side current reverses every few seconds, and pairs made against it score 1.5×. On Golden Bazaar warm updrafts lift the canopy, and pairs made during one score 1.5×.
Keep above the rope
Two lanterns of the same colour pair up and light the next tier. Lanterns hanging below the festival rope build pressure, and the run ends when the meter fills. Gather pulls the canopy together, Harmony pairs a useful match for you, and Updraft lifts it clear.
Fair unlocks
Play free. Own the rest when it earns it.
Free
$0
- The Official Daily Tide and its leaderboard
- Open Sky Festival and every lantern tier
- 3 casual runs a day
- The Tidelight Atlas, achievements, and storage for 9 of each special
Glowtide Full Game Unlock
$4.99 one-time
- Unlimited casual runs and the Pro Open Daily
- Glow Rush, Crownlight Quest and Lamplight
- Moonlit Promenade and Golden Bazaar for free play
- Current styles, prestige ranks, and storage for 99 of each special
StackForge Play Pass
$2.99/mo or $14.99/yr
- Pro in every participating StackForge game
- Best for players who want the full game portfolio
Includes every StackForge game and One Good Thing; PlateStack is separate
No ads in either tier. Nothing you buy changes the Official Daily Tide.
Our promise, in every StackForge game
No ads. Ever.
- No banners
- No videos between levels
- No watching ads for rewards
- No advertising code in any app
Our games pay for themselves with optional unlocks, never with your attention.
We never sell your data.
Not to advertisers, not to data brokers, not to anyone.
We don’t track you.
Nothing in our apps follows you across other apps or websites.
No third-party analytics.
Our games carry no outside analytics, attribution or tracking code.
No cookies. Not even here.
This website sets no cookies at all, and never measures you as an individual.
No account needed.
Every game plays without signing up. An account is optional: it carries the Play Pass between games, and cloud saves in the games that have them.
Pay once, own it.
$4.99 unlocks a game for good. A subscription is only ever an option.
Ready when you are
Play Glowtide.
Free to start on Android, with no ads, ever.