Neon Slash
Adrift in a silent neon starfield, you wait for a single word: SLASH!
About This Game
Adrift in a silent neon starfield, you wait for a single word: SLASH! Neon Slash strips the reaction genre down to one beautifully staged instant.
Tap to begin and the space-warp backdrop slows to a crawl while READY glows on screen — then, after a randomized wait of anywhere from 1.5 to 6.5 seconds, the signal detonates: stars stretch into hyperspeed streaks and a flash, beep, and buzz all fire at once.
Cut at that exact moment and your reaction time is clocked to the thousandth of a second — that number is your score, and lower is everything. Twitch even a hair before the signal and the run is thrown out as a false start with nothing recorded, so every attempt becomes a tiny war between anticipation and discipline.
There are no levels and no filler — just you, the void, and a millisecond scoreboard that never lies. Made for quick-draw players who want a clean, honest measure of how fast their hands really are.
Game Tips
- ⏱️ The wait time changes every round — memorizing the beat won't work
- 🔊 The signal comes with sound and vibration — keep your ears open too
- 🚫 Slash before the signal and you're disqualified with no record — hold it in
Controls
- Tap the screen : start → wait for the signal → slash the instant 'SLASH!' appears
- Space · Enter : start / slash (same as tapping)
- Esc : slash (same as tapping)
Game info
- Players
- 1 player
- Developer
- PLAYMINIT — original game, made in-house
- Released
- 2026.05.23
- Last updated
- 2026.11.11
- Version
- v1.9
- Scoring
- sec · Lower is better
- Monthly ranking
- Supported
- Controls
- Touch · Keyboard
Dev Log
- v1.9
Black screen fix
- Fixed a black screen after switching apps
- Pauses while the exit or ad screen is open
- Updated the game engine
- v1.8
Behind-the-scenes cleanup
- No changes to gameplay
- v1.7
Smoother play
- Fewer background stars
Earlier versions (7)
- v1.6
Exit popup removed
- Removed the 'Leave this page?' popup
- v1.5
Less predictable signal
- Signal now comes after a random 1.5 to 6.5 seconds
- False starts no longer post a score
- Fixed the glowing text getting clipped
- v1.4
Play Again fix
- Fixed Play Again leaving the game stuck
- Fixed the game sitting off-center
- v1.3
Keyboard controls
- Added Space, Enter or Esc to start and slash
- v1.2
Leaderboard
- Leaderboard now ranks by reaction time
- Removed the title screen and in-game best record
- v1.1
Reaction time score
- Results now show your reaction time in seconds
- Added a warp-speed starfield
- Added vibration and a best record
- v1.0
First release
- Wait for SLASH! to appear, then tap as fast as you can
- Tapping too early is a false start
