🚀 Space Snake
Rotate and drift through a screen-wrapping asteroid field, collect gems to grow.
How to play
- Your ship always drifts forward, rotate with Left/Right, A/D, or the on-screen buttons.
- The screen wraps, fly off one edge to reappear on the other.
- Collect diamond gems to grow your trailing body.
- Avoid asteroids and your own body.
The one control scheme in this cluster that isn't a grid or a lane
Space Snake swaps every other snake game's grid or lane movement for real rotate-and-thrust controls, the same feel as classic asteroid-dodging arcade games: your ship drifts forward on its own, all you do is rotate left or right, and momentum carries you the rest of the way. The screen wraps at every edge, fly off the right side and you reappear on the left, with your trailing body passing through the seam without a visible seam or glitch.
Diamonds scattered through the field grow your trailing body when collected, while drifting asteroids and your own body are the two things that end a run. Longer snakes have more of their own body to keep track of while threading between tumbling asteroids, the same rising tension every game in this cluster is built around, just expressed through completely different controls here.
Works with keyboard (Left/Right or A/D) or the on-screen rotate buttons on touch devices, no download or account needed. For the free-roam growing-arena take on snake, try Snake Battle Royale, or browse the rest of the lineup on the Snake Games hub.
Frequently asked questions
How do I control Space Snake?
Your ship always drifts forward. Rotate with the Left/Right arrow keys, A/D, or the on-screen buttons.
What happens at the edge of the screen?
The screen wraps like classic Asteroids, fly off one edge and you reappear on the opposite side, your body trails through the wrap seamlessly.
What ends a run?
Colliding with an asteroid or with your own trailing body.
Is Space Snake free with no account needed?
Yes. It's free with no download and no account, and your best score saves only in your own browser.