How to play Snake
- Press Start (or Space), then steer with the arrow keys or WASD. On a phone, swipe on the board or use the pad below it.
- Each piece of food adds one segment to the snake and one point to your score, and shortens the interval between moves slightly.
- Hitting a wall or any part of your own body ends the game.
- Press Space or P to pause; the game also pauses automatically if you switch tabs.
Scoring
- One point per food eaten. Length is score plus the three starting segments.
- The best score is kept in your browser's local storage.
Tips
- Move in long sweeps along the edges and turn in from the walls, leaving the middle open for later.
- Queue your next turn early: the game remembers up to two inputs, so a quick double tap for a U-turn is safe.
- When the snake gets long, follow your own tail; the space it frees is always safe to enter.
- Slow your hands as the speed rises. Most late-game deaths come from a rushed extra keypress, not the speed itself.
About Snake
Snake dates back to the 1976 arcade game Blockade and became a global habit when Nokia shipped it on the 6110 in 1997. The appeal is the same today: rules you understand in one second and a difficulty curve that comes entirely from your own growing body.
This version uses a 20×20 grid, walls that end the game (no wrap-around), and a speed that rises gradually with your score.
Scores and preferences for this game are stored only in your browser's local storage. Nothing is sent to a server and no account is needed. Browse all games.