Tux Racer

App

Racing Penguins

About Tux Racer

Tux Racer lets you take on the role of Tux the Linux Penguin as he races down steep, snow-covered mountains.

**Note: This game currently doesn't work on the PinePhone and PineTab due to SDL lacking Wayland support**

Enter cups and compete to win the title! Tux Racer includes a variety of options for gameplay, including the ability to race courses in fog, at night, and under high winds.

Your journey starts as you compete on local courses. Win and you will unlock other courses and cups that will lead you to more exciting and challenging races. Only the quickest, smartest, and luckiest will win!

Recent Changes

# [1.1.0] (Focal) - 2025-04-23
## Added

* Code improvements thanks to @ex_nihilo
* Reduced size (~2MB) by recompressing the image files
* Added Forced orientation again (Rotation lead to display errors, view can be changed in the game settings)
* Fixed Frame rate limitation and glesCleanUp() not being called

# [1.0.0] (Focal) - 2025-01-10
## Added

* Focal port thanks to @ex_nihilo

# [0.9.0] (Xenial) - 2020-11-13
## Added
- Accelerometer support using QtSensors and usability on Halium < 9.0 thanks to [@fredldotme](https://gitlab.com/fredldotme).

## Fixed
- Dutch translation enabled.

# [0.8.1] (Xenial) - 2020-10-05
## Added
- Dutch translation thanks to [@Vistaus](https://gitlab.com/Vistaus).
- French translation and translation template updates thanks to [@Anne17](https://gitlab.com/Anne17).
- Adjusted the way the game starts up to use the entire screen.

## Fixed
- Fixed the size and positioning of the arrows in the configuration menu which were incorrect on some devices.
- Fixed text overlapping in the configuration menu (when language is set to French).

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# [0.8.0] (Xenial) - 2020-09-27
## Added
- Implemented building and automatic packaging with clickable rather than autotools, thanks to [@Jonnius](https://gitlab.com/jonnius).
- Added GitLab CI to automatically build the click packages.
- Provided builds for all three architectures: armhf, arm64 and amd64.

## Fixed
- Repositioned and resized the player and race selection widgets, e.g. where scaled incorrectly or overlapping.
- Adjusted the in-game keyboard to fix corruptions in the layout, positioning and key sizes.
- Ensured that sound effects do not play when the sound volume is set to 0.
- Fixed the up and down arrows in the configuration menu, since they were working the wrong way around in the original code.

Permissions

Audio
Sensors
Keep Display On

Community Built

This app has been released under the GNU GPL v2 license. It is developed in the open and you can review the source code.

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Info

Published Date

Sep 27, 2020
Updated Date

Apr 23, 2025
Current Version

1.1.0
Total Downloads

14,455
Latest Version Downloads

1,765
Supported Architectures

armhf, arm64, amd64

Reviews

xcx

Reviewed Mar 5, 2026 for version 1.1.0

Crashes on launch in UT 24.04

Tymkiv Rostislav

Reviewed Feb 21, 2026 for version 1.1.0

На UT 16.04 работает, а вот на UT 20.04 не запускается.

Denys Assaul

Reviewed Jan 27, 2026 for version 1.1.0

Doesn't start 24.04-1.1/stable Fairphone 5

obifur

Reviewed Dec 1, 2025 for version 1.1.0

not starting on 24.04-1.0 on tb-x306f

Daniel Karpiński

Reviewed Nov 19, 2025 for version 1.1.0

Not starting on UT 24.04-1.0 on Xiaomi Redmi Note 9

Vincent Gerris

Reviewed Nov 8, 2025 for version 1.1.0

not starting on 24.04 oneplus n10

StyZeus

Reviewed Sep 26, 2025 for version 1.1.0

It won't even start unfortunately

Charlywhat

Reviewed Aug 26, 2025 for version 1.1.0

Screen doesn't fit well on Lenovo Tab (portrait mode). App doesn't close gracefully, music keeps playing even after closing the application.

Ampurex

Reviewed Apr 19, 2025 for version 1.0.0 (older version)

game works good on redmi note 9, UT 20.04

Melody Myszkowska

Reviewed Apr 3, 2025 for version 1.0.0 (older version)

Wrong orientation on poco x3 and doesnt boot anymore :(