Snake: Play the Classic Snake Game Online
Steer the snake around a 20×20 board, eat the apples and grow without hitting the walls or your own tail. Classic and Wrap modes, plus a daily run with the same apples for everyone.
Quick facts
- Category
- 🕹️ Arcade
- Price
- Free, no download or sign-up
- Plays on
- Computer, phone and tablet
- Screen
- Portrait
- Provided by
- After School Play
- Added
About Snake: Classic Arcade Game
Snake: Classic Arcade Game is our own take on the arcade classic. Your snake starts three cells long in the middle of a 20×20 board and never stops moving. Steer it to the apple: every apple you eat makes the snake one cell longer, and the next apple appears somewhere else on the board. Run into your own tail and the run is over. In Classic mode the walls end the run too; in Wrap mode the edges are open, so the snake slides off one side and comes back in on the other.
The snake glides smoothly from cell to cell instead of jumping, and the controls are built for quick play. Use the arrow keys or W A S D on a computer, swipe on the board, or tap the big on-screen arrows on a phone. Every key press is kept in order, so a fast double turn to double back along your own body is never lost, and a press straight back into your neck is simply ignored. The board always fits the screen without scrolling, held upright or sideways. Every five apples the level goes up and the snake gets faster, from level 1 up to top speed at level 10.
Your score is 10 points per apple plus 1 point for every cell of your snake. Fill all 400 cells of the board and you reach the top score of 4,370. Classic and Wrap each keep their own best score, and the game remembers your longest snake. The daily run gives everyone the same apples, the same start and the same speed on each UTC day. It is one run a day, its score goes on the leaderboard, and playing every day builds a streak. A run in progress is saved, and the game pauses by itself when you switch away.
If you have gems, there is one helper at a fixed price: after a crash in Classic or Wrap, Continue (15 gems) carries the run on from where it crashed with the snake three cells shorter. The apples you ate still count. It is offered only when the snake has a way out, and never in the daily run. Snake: Classic Arcade Game is free to play in your browser with no download or sign-up, and its art, music and sound effects are all made for the game.
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How to Play
- Pick the daily run, or Classic or Wrap in free play.
- Press an arrow key, W A S D, swipe or tap an arrow to set the snake moving.
- Steer to the apples. Each apple makes the snake one cell longer and scores 10.
- Don't run into your own tail. In Classic the walls end the run too; in Wrap you come out on the other side.
- Every 5 apples the level goes up and the snake speeds up, to level 10.
- At the end you also score 1 point per cell of your snake. A full board scores 4,370.
Tips
- Turn a little early: the snake turns at the next cell, not where its head is now.
- Sweep the board in rows and keep an open lane back to the far side.
- As the snake gets long, follow your own tail around: the cell it leaves is always safe.
- Plan the path to the next apple before you eat this one, especially at higher levels.
- In Wrap mode the edge is a shortcut: crossing it costs nothing.
FAQ
- Is Snake: Classic Arcade Game free?
- Yes. It is free to play in any modern browser, on a phone, tablet or computer, with no download and no sign-up.
- What is the difference between Classic and Wrap?
- In Classic the walls around the board end the run. In Wrap the edges are open: the snake leaves one side and comes back in on the opposite side, so only your own tail can stop you.
- How is the score worked out?
- 10 points for every apple you eat plus 1 point for every cell of your snake. The snake starts 3 cells long, so filling all 400 cells means 397 apples and the top score of 4,370.
- What is the daily run?
- One run a day with the same apples, start and speed curve for everyone. It changes at midnight UTC, its score goes on the leaderboard, and playing each day builds your streak.
- Does the snake get faster?
- Yes. The level goes up every 5 apples and each level is a little faster, up to top speed at level 10.
- What do gems do?
- After a crash in Classic or Wrap, Continue costs 15 gems and carries the run on from where it crashed with the snake three cells shorter. It is not available in the daily run, so the leaderboard stays fair.
