Game Guides
Find the controls, understand the goal, and pick up a useful tip before your next run.
Before you start
Choose a game below or browse the arcade. Use the game’s Start button or start area, then wait for its countdown. Pause and Quit are next to the game controls; confirm Quit to leave. A results screen shows your score and earned progress when a run finishes.
You can play as a guest. Each game has its own reward rules and limits; the game and results screen show the current details. Arcade Coins are in-app points, with no cash-out or real-value redemption available. See Rewards for more.
Crystal Command
Controls
Select troops by tapping or dragging a selection box, then tap the battlefield to move and attack. Use Build to place structures and Train to recruit units. Drag the map to look around; Pause and Quit sit below the controls.
Goal and challenge
Destroy every enemy structure to win. Completed wins lasting at least one minute with at least one enemy defeated earn 10 Coins plus one per three defeated units, up to 25 Coins. Lessons, quits, surrenders, draws and disconnects do not award Coins. Sign in to collect; up to nine rewarded battles per UTC day. Battles remain free to play.
Spend your Arcade Coins on avatar gear or furniture for your World rooms. Both use the same signed-in wallet.
A useful strategy
Protect your miners, scout enemy defenses, and combine ground troops with air support. Add supply buildings before your army fills its troop slots.
Neon Breach
A first-person arena where robot waves pressure you to move and aim at the same time.
Controls
Use the movement pad to move, drag to aim, and hold Fire. On a keyboard, use WASD to move, arrows to aim, and Space to fire.
Goal and challenge
Survive the robot waves while protecting your health. Higher waves hit harder.
A useful strategy
Keep moving between shots and use the radar to find threats before they surround you.
Tap Rush
A short reaction challenge built around accurate taps under a shrinking clock.
Controls
Tap the green target. Each miss costs 0.75 seconds from the 20-second run.
Goal and challenge
Land as many correct hits as you can before time runs out.
A useful strategy
Watch where the next target appears. A deliberate hit is better than several hurried misses.
Snake
Grow a neon snake by collecting apples while keeping a route open for its expanding body.
Controls
Swipe to steer, use the direction buttons, or use arrow keys on a keyboard.
Goal and challenge
Eat apples without hitting walls or your own body. One Coin is earned every three apples, with milestone bonuses and a 30-Coin run cap.
A useful strategy
Turn before you reach an edge and leave space to escape. Longer bodies make a tempting apple harder to reach safely.
Star Defender
An alien-wave shooter where your ship fires automatically and your attention goes to dodging.
Controls
Drag to steer; keyboard players can use Left/Right arrows or A/D.
Goal and challenge
Defeat aliens and avoid incoming shots. Three hits end the run, and a run lasts at most 45 seconds.
A useful strategy
Move toward open space between shots rather than chasing every alien across the screen.
Brick Breaker
Clear changing brick patterns with a paddle and ball, then face tougher boards.
Controls
Drag left or right to move the paddle and keep it under the ball.
Goal and challenge
Clear the bricks and advance through levels. Later boards add armored bricks, faster balls, and a smaller paddle.
A useful strategy
Track the ball on its way down. Catch useful falling power-ups only when you can still return the ball safely.
Memory Match
A timed card challenge that rewards remembering positions and avoiding repeated mismatches.
Controls
Tap two cards at a time to reveal them. Matching pairs stay face-up.
Goal and challenge
Find all eight pairs in 60 seconds. The first two mismatches are free; each later mismatch costs four seconds.
A useful strategy
Explore systematically, then use remembered matches. Reopening a known mismatch wastes both time and moves.
Coin Catch
Catch falling Coins while avoiding bombs as the levels become more demanding.
Controls
Move the basket with your finger or mouse, or use Left/Right arrows or A/D.
Goal and challenge
A missed Coin adds one strike; catching a bomb adds two. Five strikes end the run, and strikes carry across levels.
A useful strategy
Prioritize avoiding bombs. Letting one Coin fall can be safer than moving into a bomb to catch it.
Jungle Hopper
Optional gold coins sit near vine edges: +1 for gold, +2 for double gold. Chase them for extra Arcade Coins or stay in the safer middle. Vines and collected gold share a 25-Coin run cap.
Guide a hopping character through vine gaps with a rhythm of short taps.
Controls
Keep tapping to hop upward and let the character fall between taps.
Goal and challenge
Pass through the gaps without crashing.
A useful strategy
Use smaller corrections near a gap. A last-second burst of taps can lift you into the upper vine.
Block Drop
A falling-piece puzzle where complete horizontal rows clear space for the next pieces.
Controls
Drag left or right to move, tap to rotate, and drag down to drop. The buttons below the board also move, rotate, and drop pieces.
Goal and challenge
Fill full rows. The run ends when a new piece cannot fit.
A useful strategy
Watch the next piece and keep the surface fairly level. Deep holes become harder to fill as the board rises.
Tower Stack
Build a tower by dropping each moving floor onto the stack below it.
Controls
Tap when the moving floor lines up with the tower.
Goal and challenge
Stack as high as possible while keeping enough overlap for the next floor.
A useful strategy
Use the tower edge as your timing reference. Small alignment errors make later drops less forgiving.
Color Match
A quick decision game where the written word tries to distract you from its ink color.
Controls
Tap the button matching the ink color you see. Keyboard players can use 1, 2, 3, or 4 for the four buttons.
Goal and challenge
If RED is painted blue, choose BLUE. The ink color is the rule; the word is the distraction.
A useful strategy
Focus on the color first, then find its button. Reading the word automatically is the trap.
Paddle Rally
Keep a solo rally alive as each successful return makes the ball faster.
Controls
Move your finger or mouse to control the paddle, or use arrow keys.
Goal and challenge
Return the ball repeatedly. The run ends when it gets past your paddle.
A useful strategy
Start moving toward the landing position early. Large corrections are harder when the ball is close to the paddle.
Lane Runner
A lane-switching traffic run that asks you to choose openings before cars close them.
Controls
Swipe left or right to change lanes, or use Left/Right arrows on a keyboard.
Goal and challenge
Dodge oncoming cars as traffic becomes faster and more frequent.
A useful strategy
Look beyond the nearest car. A lane that is clear now may have another obstacle arriving immediately behind it.
Safe Cracker
Stop a moving marker inside the green target to open a series of increasingly difficult locks.
Controls
Tap to stop the marker while it is inside the green zone.
Goal and challenge
Successful locks shrink the target and speed up the marker. Three misses end the run; waiting too long also costs a life.
A useful strategy
Follow one pass to judge the speed, then commit. Waiting indefinitely will not protect the run.
Neon Drift
Slide through neon road bends and build combos with close passes.
Controls
Hold the left or right drift control and release to straighten. Keyboard players can use Left/Right arrows or A/D.
Goal and challenge
Race through six progressively faster sectors. Collect gold Coins for a bonus, and collect five in a row for a four-second Overdrive boost. Clean sectors add two bonus Coins. Score Coins are capped at 25 and bonus Coins at 20 per completed run. Reaching sector three unlocks violet paint; sector five unlocks gold paint for future runs.
A useful strategy
Release before oversteering. Set up for the next bend and choose a safe route before chasing a Coin. Missing a pickup or crashing breaks your pickup streak. Bonuses settle once at the end of your run; Quit does not cash them in.
Merge Rush
A limited-swipe number puzzle with targets to clear rather than an endless score chase.
Controls
Swipe in a direction to slide the board. Matching numbers merge.
Goal and challenge
Make 64 in 48 swipes and clear the displayed targets to score.
A useful strategy
Keep larger tiles together and plan where new merges will land. Random swipes use up the move budget.
Perfect Drop
A precision timing game where every drop must land inside the green target.
Controls
Tap to drop when the moving piece is aligned with the target.
Goal and challenge
Build your hit count and advance levels. Level five starts at 20 hits; three misses end the run.
A useful strategy
Judge the movement before tapping. Keep aiming for the center as the challenge grows.
Spiral Drop
Guide a falling ball through openings in successive rows.
Controls
Move left or right to line up the ball with each opening.
Goal and challenge
Clear rows by finding the gaps as they become tighter.
A useful strategy
Look at the opening below the current row and begin lining up before the ball reaches it.
Shape Fit
A visual matching challenge where the correct silhouette may be shown in another direction.
Controls
Choose the option with the same shape as the target, even when it is rotated.
Goal and challenge
Answer before the timer expires. Three mistakes end the run.
A useful strategy
Compare distinctive corners and proportions. Orientation alone does not make a shape different.
Bounce Run
An obstacle runner built around well-timed jumps as the pace increases.
Controls
Tap anywhere in the play area to jump.
Goal and challenge
Clear the red obstacles and keep the run going as it gets faster.
A useful strategy
Watch the spacing between obstacles. The right timing for one jump may leave you badly placed for the next.
Traffic Escape
Clear a crowded road board by choosing cars whose arrow paths are open.
Controls
Tap a car only when the path in the direction of its arrow is clear.
Goal and challenge
Each cleared road raises density and tightens the timer. Three crashes end the run.
A useful strategy
Open space from the outside inward. Check the entire arrow path before tapping a car in the middle of traffic.
Neon Maze
Collect energy cells through maze sectors while evading sentry drones.
Controls
Swipe to steer continuously, hold a direction button, or use arrow keys or WASD.
Goal and challenge
Clear sectors to add 35 seconds, up to a 120-second time bank. Three sentry hits end the run.
A useful strategy
Plan a route through nearby cells and leave yourself a way around the drones instead of heading into a dead end.