Snake Game

Steer the snake, eat apples and don’t let it hit the wall or itself. Play free in your browser, with no sign-up and no download.

The snake keeps moving forward on a grid, and you decide where it turns. Each apple makes the snake one square longer and gives you points. The game ends when the snake crashes.

Eat as many apples as you can. A new apple appears on a random free square as soon as you eat one. If the snake grows long enough to fill the whole board, you win.

• With a keyboard: the arrow keys or W, A, S and D. Space or P pauses the game, and the same key continues it.
• On a touch screen: swipe on the board in the direction you want, or tap the direction buttons below the board.
• The game starts when you choose the first direction.
• The snake cannot turn straight back. To turn around, make two quick turns: a snake moving right can go up and then left, for example.

• Walls: the edge of the board is a wall, and hitting it ends the game.
• Open edges: when the snake goes over an edge, it comes out on the opposite side. The game ends only if the snake runs into itself.
• Obstacles: the edges are walls, and there are four L-shaped obstacles near the corners.

There are three speeds: slow, normal and fast. The snake gets a little faster with each apple until it reaches the top speed of your setting.

An apple gives 1 point at slow speed, 2 points at normal speed and 3 points at fast speed.

The board can be small (10 × 10 squares), medium (15 × 15) or large (20 × 20). You can fill the small board completely, but the snake gets long quickly.

• You can change the mode, speed and board size in the settings. The change applies to the next game.
• The game pauses by itself when you switch tabs or go to another app.
• An unfinished game is saved in your browser. When you come back to the page on the same device, the game waits, paused, where you left off.
• Your best score is saved in your browser separately for each combination of mode, speed and board size.

• At the start, move along the edges and keep the middle of the board free.
• When the snake is long, sweep the board back and forth one row at a time. That way the snake does not trap itself.
• Don’t follow an apple into a narrow gap if you can’t see a way out.
• With open edges, the shortest way to an apple often goes over an edge.

Is the snake game free?
Yes. You play it in your browser for free, with no sign-up and nothing to install.

Does it work on a phone?
Yes. On a phone or tablet you steer the snake by swiping on the board or with the direction buttons below it.

Is my game saved?
An unfinished game and your best scores are saved in the browser on this device. They do not move to your other devices. In a private window, they are deleted when you close the window.

Why can’t the snake turn straight back?
It would run into its own body, so the opposite direction is ignored. You can turn around with two turns in a row.

Can you win the snake game?
Yes. When the snake fills the whole board, you win. It is easiest on the small board.

How are points counted?
An apple gives 1 point at slow speed, 2 at normal speed and 3 at fast speed. Best scores are kept separately for each combination of mode, speed and board size.

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