Snake Games

Snake games are one of those ideas you get in five seconds: a snake that never stops moving, food to pick up, and a body that grows with every bite. They became famous with Snake on Nokia phones in the nineties. Today this section has more than 80 versions.

Two ways to play

The first is the classic. Snake, Snake Classic or Google Snake run on a grid: the snake moves by itself and you only decide where to turn. If it hits a wall or its own body, it's over. The more you eat, the longer you get and the less room you have, so the hard part comes when you barely fit.

The second is the .io games, like Slither.io, Snake io war, Amogus.io or Worms Zone. You share a map with other players, the snake moves freely, and what knocks you out is running into another snake. There's no end of level: whoever survives and grows biggest wins.

Variants with a different idea

Among the 25 most played there are themed versions, like Fruit Snake, Fruit Snake Challenge, Sonic Snake or Emoji Snakes, and others that change something in the formula, like Snake Maze 2, Snake Puzzle or Snake Ball 3D. If you'd rather have worms, try Apple Worm or Worm Hunt.

Tips

In the classic, you can't turn back the way you came (most versions won't let you), so always think a couple of moves ahead. Once you're long, sweep the board in a zigzag instead of going for the food at all costs, and don't wander into a dead-end corner.

In the .io games it's the other way around: you start small and fragile, so eat near the edges and stay away from big snakes that can trap you. Once you've grown, the trick is to circle the small ones.