A daily trivia game that takes you higher.
RARE Air is a free English daily trivia game with five open-answer questions. You get 30 seconds per question. Correct answers give your hot-air balloon lift, and less obvious answers take you further. A new daily flight opens at midnight UTC.
Play RARE Air ↗Five prompts, one shared daily challenge.
Each date has the same five prompts for everyone. Questions cover subjects such as geography, history, science, books, films and everyday knowledge. Enter one answer that fits the question. The game handles capitalization, spacing, punctuation and accepted aliases.
Your browser gets one daily attempt per date. You can return to a flight after refreshing. The server keeps the time for an active question.
Why rare answers climb higher.
Every accepted answer has a fixed editorial rarity tier. Common answers add 100 meters, uncommon answers 250, rare answers 500 and exceptional answers 1,000. A wrong answer, skip or timeout adds zero. Across five stages, a perfect flight reaches 5,000 meters.
For a prompt such as naming a planet, several answers can be correct. Your challenge is to reach for something a little less expected. The rarity ratings are editorial difficulty choices.
Practice between daily flights.
Practice creates a fresh five-question set from the current question bank. It follows the same 30-second clock and scoring rules, while daily leaderboards keep the shared daily challenge separate. The archive lets you play earlier dates beginning November 12, 2026.
After an answer, you can enjoy the view before continuing. A three-second preparation countdown comes before each new prompt, then the 30-second timer starts.
A sky you can explore.
Drag your balloon to steer, or focus it and use the arrow keys. Tap the balloon or press Space to catch a gust. Rarer correct answers bring stronger wind rings, cloud breakthroughs and paper-plane companions. Reduced-motion settings turn off the animated flight effects.
Finish all five questions to see your flight report, accepted answers and final altitude. Share a spoiler-free flight card to challenge a friend.