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🐍 Snake Battle
Snakes sharing one arena. Eat apples to grow — and remember that everyone else's body is a wall, but so is yours.
- Up to 4 players
- Classic
- In your browser, free
- With friends or against bots
The arena is shared
Up to four snakes on a 30 by 20 grid, each starting in a corner. Apples appear constantly; eating one adds a segment to your body.
You die by hitting a wall, someone else's body — or your own. Last one alive wins, and elimination order sets the podium.
What changes from single-player Snake
In classic Snake, growing is always good until you run out of room. Here growing is good and dangerous for the same reason: your body is an obstacle for everyone else, but it is also the biggest obstacle for you, and the arena does not grow with you.
Hence the central decision: chase every apple, or leave the far one to an opponent and stay short and nimble? A small snake at the end of a match usually beats a huge one boxed in by its own coils.
The aggressive play
Because your body blocks, you can box someone in: cut in front of them and close the exit. It is legitimate, it is the main way to kill on purpose, and it is risky — you need room to get out of the manoeuvre, and frequently you do not have it.
Cutting in front of a big snake almost never works. It arrives sooner than it looks.
Controls
- Computer: arrow keys or WASD.
- Phone: on-screen d-pad.
You cannot reverse 180 degrees in one move — the snake will not turn into its own neck. Going back takes two turns.
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