Snake Free online game

What is it?

Snake is the classic game of steering a snake that grows one segment longer with every bite. The board is fixed at 15 by 26 cells, so everyone competes under the same conditions regardless of screen size.

Red food is worth 1 point and the occasional golden food 3. The longer you get, the less room you have, so planning your path matters as much as chasing food.

How to play

1. Swipe to turn the snake
2. Red food is 1 point, the occasional golden food is 3
3. Hit a wall or yourself and it's over

Playing on PC (keyboard · mouse)

On phones you tap the screen; on PC you can also use the mouse and the keys below.

Difficulty and rankings

There's a weekly ranking and an all-time ranking; the weekly one resets every Monday at midnight (Korea time). For details, see the Help.

Good to know on Hanpanmadang

• The snake speeds up a little with every red food. Time per cell drops from 0.16 s to 0.09 s on Easy, 0.13 s to 0.07 s on Normal, and 0.105 s to 0.055 s on Hard.
• Golden food sometimes appears after you eat red food and disappears after 6 seconds.
• You can queue up to two turns in advance. Swipe twice quickly and the snake turns in that order. A swipe directly opposite your current direction is ignored.
• You can continue once per game. No ad is required, and your score and time carry on.

Common mistakes

Swiping several times in a hurry and turning the wrong way.

Up to two queued turns are used in order. Enter them one at a time, slightly before the turning point.

Following food into a dead end when you're long.

Before going in, check that you have a way out after eating. Cells your tail passes through free up as the snake moves.

Tips

• As you grow, get in the habit of circling along the edges of the board. It leaves a big safe space open in the middle.
• Rather than heading straight for the food, decide how you'll get out after eating before you go in.
• Turns can be queued ahead, so don't swipe frantically — enter each one precisely.
• Golden food is worth 3 points, but if it appears in a tight spot between your body, skipping it keeps you alive longer.