Snake
Take a quick break. Gather the dots, grow your snake, and keep clear of your tail.
How to play Snake
Guide the snake to the food. Each piece makes it longer and a little faster. The edges wrap around; touching your body ends the game. The snake starts paused. Returning to a saved game never starts it moving automatically.
- Press Space or tap the pause message, then steer with the arrows or direction buttons.
- Collect dots and avoid your growing tail.
- Pause anytime. The game also pauses when you leave the tab.
Keyboard & mouse controls
Click to head toward that spot (along whichever axis it's further off)
- Arrow keys
- Move or select a square
- Space / Enter
- Play the selected move, or resume
- N / P
- New game / pause
- H / Tab
- Help and settings / choose a game
- U
- Undo (where available)
Click the board before using keyboard controls. On a phone, you can also use the buttons beneath it.
Common questions
Is Snake free?
Yes. Play in your browser without an account or a download.
Can I pause and come back?
Press P to pause. Your current game is kept in this browser tab’s session; your best score is stored on this device. Clearing browser data removes saved progress.
Where is this game from?
The game engine and board drawings come from Nickelbar by Cob Muddybug, adapted to run in a browser. MIT licence and credit.