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The timeless arcade classic — eat the food, grow longer and don’t run into your own tail.

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Eat the food to grow as long as you can — without hitting a wall or yourself!

How to play
  • Steer with the arrow keys or W A S D.
  • Swipe in any direction on a touch screen.
  • Press Space to pause or resume the game.
  • Each piece of food is worth +10 points and grows your snake.
  • You lose if you run into a wall or your own tail.

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About Snake

Snake is one of the oldest video game formulas still going strong — most people met it on Nokia phones in the late 1990s, but the concept dates back to arcade games of the 1970s. You steer an ever-growing snake around the board, eating food while avoiding the walls and your own lengthening tail.

Each piece of food is worth 10 points and adds a segment to your snake, so the game gets harder the better you do. This edition supports arrow keys, WASD and touch swipes, pauses with the spacebar and remembers your best score. Play snake online free right in the browser — no app required.

How to use Snake

  1. Steer the snake with the arrow keys or W A S D; on a touch screen, swipe in the direction you want to go.
  2. Guide the snake to the food — each piece scores 10 points and makes you one segment longer.
  3. Avoid the walls and your own tail; touching either ends the run.
  4. Press Space to pause or resume whenever you need a break.
  5. Keep eating to climb the score and set a new personal best.

Frequently asked questions

Hug the edges and coil in an S-pattern so your body stays organized, leaving a clear corridor back out. Panic turns into your own tail are the top cause of death once the snake gets long.

Every piece of food is worth 10 points, so your score is simply ten times the food eaten. Your best score is saved in your browser so you always have a target.

No — the snake cannot turn 180 degrees into itself. To go back the way you came, make two quick 90-degree turns instead.

Yes. Swipe up, down, left or right anywhere on the playfield to steer. The game is free, loads instantly and never asks you to install anything.

Yes — press Space on a keyboard, or use the on-screen pause control. The snake freezes in place until you resume.


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