A cosy running game · free to play
A cosy running game for the whole family. Mom needs bread, milk and a few more things, so lace up and run through a warm little town to bring them home. Free to play in your browser.
In Little Errand you play a five-year-old who runs the family errands. Mom writes a shopping list, hands it over at the front door, and off you go: down the street, through the market, past the vegetable gardens and all the way to the harbour and the night market.
The child runs by themselves; you choose the way. Change between three lanes, jump over crates, slide under laundry lines and flip over tall stacks, and pick up every item on Mom's list. Bring enough home and you earn stars. Bring everything home and Mom is very proud.
There are no lives and no game over. A bump only costs a moment, so young players can keep going and older players can chase a faster time on the leaderboards.
Swipe or use the arrow keys to switch lanes, jump, slide and double-jump. Every level keeps the same layout, so you can learn it and get better each time.
The street is split into three lanes, and crates, rolling carts, banners and swinging signs fill them as you go. A second swipe in the middle of a lane change carries you on to the far lane, so quick fingers can weave through a whole row of obstacles.
Each level asks for one, two or three kinds of shopping. Collect at least 70% of each kind for a star, 90% for three stars, and 95% for a Perfect run.
At a fork the items are always on one branch, so a full list is always possible. Miss too many and the run ends with a gentle "Not quite enough yet" and a Try again button; one star is all it takes to open the next level.
Drink a milk carton when you want a burst of speed: half as fast again for 15 seconds, up to three times a level. It is the only way to beat the level's normal time.
You start with nine cartons in your bag and can get more in the shop with gems you earn by playing. A soft tick warns you in the last three seconds, and the boost keeps running through pace changes and even a tumble.
Ten neighbourhoods at five times of day make 50 maps. Each one has its own houses, trees, roads, music, and a landmark at the end of the last level.
The last level of every map ends at the neighbourhood's own landmark: the Clock Tower, the Striped Lighthouse, the Great Waterwheel, the Moon Observatory and more. Every 25th level is one of Mom's special days, with a special finish and extra gems.
1Choose a boy or a girl, a skin tone, a hair colour and a name. You can dye the clothes and add patterns later.
2Before each level Mom tells you what to buy. The list stays on screen while you run, so you always know what is left.
3Follow the warnings and the 3-2-1 countdown when the pace changes, dodge what is in the way, and pick up everything on the list.
From the quiet street outside your own front door to a magic market under the moon, every neighbourhood looks, sounds and feels different.
1Every errand starts right outside the front door. Doorstep Lane is the kid's own street: warm, gentle and a little sleepy in the morning, with neighbours waving from their window boxes.
2The market wakes up before anyone else. Striped awnings go up, crates of fruit come off the carts and the stall keepers call out the morning prices.
3Behind the houses lies a patchwork of vegetable gardens. The light is fresh and green, and the path winds between beds of lettuce, herbs and tomatoes.
4Out past the gardens the town opens up into farmland. The sky is wide, the clouds throw long soft shadows and the cows watch the runner go by.
5Down by the water the air turns cool and salty. The pier is made of sun-bleached planks, and the sea sparkles on both sides.
6Where the river meets the paddies stands the old mill. A humid golden haze hangs over the fields, and sacks of rice wait by every door.
7The old town is a maze of narrow, cosy alleys. The shade is deeper here, and warm lamplight pools on the steps between the shophouses.
8The festival square is the warmest place in town. Lanterns glow everywhere, banners hang across the road and the stage is always busy.
9At the edge of town the path slips into the woods. Sunlight comes through the leaves in green-gold spots, and the beekeepers live among the trees.
10When the sun goes down, a little magic night market opens. Everything is cool blue, with warm glows from the stalls.
Bread, milk and butter on Doorstep Lane; apples, carrots and bananas at the morning market; lettuce, herbs and tomatoes in the gardens; fish, shrimp and seaweed on the pier; ginger, medicine and tea in the old alley; moonberries, starsugar and glowbeans at the night market. Every neighbourhood has its own three items.
Apple
Banana
Berries
Bread
Butter
Candles
Carrot
Cheese
Eggs
Fish
Flour
Ginger
Glowbeans
Herbs
Honey
Lettuce
Medicine
Milk
Moonberries
Noodles
Nuts
Ribbons
Rice
Seaweed
Shrimp
Starsugar
Sweets
Tea
Tomato
Online, start a quick race on any level you have opened, or make a room and share its code with a friend. If nobody joins, ghost runners recorded from other players' best runs fill the empty seats.
Runners pass through each other, so nobody can block you. The winner is the best score, not just the fastest feet, so Mom's list still matters most. Every level and every map has its own leaderboard on this website.
See the leaderboards →Little Errand is made for players of all ages: gentle colours, friendly characters, a tutorial that teaches one move at a time, and no lives or game over. Falls are soft and the child gets straight back up.
The game currently has no ads and no real-money purchases. Children can play as a guest without an email; players under 13 need a parent's permission to play online.
Little Errand: Run for Mom is a cosy three-lane running game. You play a five-year-old who runs through a small town to buy what Mom needs, dodging crates, carts and laundry lines and picking up every item on Mom's list.
Yes. You can play every level in your browser. There are currently no real-money purchases and no ads in the game.
Right here in your web browser, at littleerrand.com. There is nothing to download or install. Phone app versions are not available yet.
Any modern browser on a computer, tablet or phone. You can play with a keyboard (arrow keys or A/D, Space, S), a gamepad, a touch screen (swipes) or a mouse.
50 maps: ten neighbourhoods, each visited at five times of day, and every map has 20 levels. Level 20 of every map is a finale at the neighbourhood's landmark.
Collect at least 70% of every kind of item on Mom's list for one star, 80% on average for two and 90% for three. 95% or more is a Perfect run. One star is enough to open the next level.
