Snake
Controls
⌨️ Desktop
Arrow keys or WASD to move. Space or P to pause.
📱 Mobile
Swipe in any direction to turn the snake.
About this game
Snake is the iconic arcade game that defined casual mobile gaming long before the smartphone existed. In this modern HTML5 version on lithappy you control a candy-pink snake gliding across a soft grid. Every time you eat a glowing yellow morsel, the snake grows one segment longer, your score climbs, and the pace ticks up a notch. The challenge is deceptively simple: keep eating without crashing into a wall or your own ever-growing body. A swipe on mobile or an arrow tap on desktop is all you need, but plan a couple of moves ahead once the tail gets long. We track your personal best so every run becomes a small showdown against your past self. Quick to learn, surprisingly hard to master, and perfect for a one-minute escape between meetings.
Tips & tricks
- Plan two or three moves ahead, especially once the snake fills more than half the grid.
- Hug the walls early to keep the middle of the board open for food spawns.
- When the speed jumps after a milestone, slow your breathing - panic kills more snakes than walls do.
- Build long straight sections and avoid coiling tight - one wrong tap inside a coil and it's over.
- If you box yourself in, look for the closest edge and follow it back out instead of trying to cut through.
