Snake online
The classic snake game, free and with nothing to install: steer with the arrow keys or WASD, on a phone with the on-screen arrows or a swipe, eat and grow.
Press "Play" and use the arrow keys, WASD, or swipe.
How to play Snake
You steer a snake that never stops moving across a grid: every time it eats the orange fruit you score 10 points, the snake grows by one square, and the game speeds up slightly. You lose if you hit a wall or run into your own body. On a computer, use the arrow keys or W, A, S, D (the spacebar or the P key pauses the game); on a phone or tablet, use the four arrows under the board or swipe on the board in the direction you want to go, and tap the board to start a game. Your best score is saved on your device, so it will be waiting for you next time you visit.
Strategy: think in zigzags
The classic mistake is chasing the food in a straight line: once the snake is longer than 15-20 squares, you end up boxing yourself in. Experienced players sweep the board in a zigzag pattern, row by row, always keeping an escape route along one edge, it takes a little longer, but you never get trapped. And remember that the snake can't make a 180-degree U-turn: plan each corner one move ahead, especially at the faster levels.