Brick Breaker
Move the paddle with your mouse, a finger, or the arrow keys. Click, tap, or press space to launch.
Score: 0 · Lives: 3
How to play
Launch the ball and keep it in play with your paddle. Every brick it hits disappears. Clear all 40 bricks to win. If the ball gets past your paddle you lose a life, and the game ends when your three lives are gone.
| Action | Controls |
|---|---|
| Move the paddle | Mouse, drag on the screen, or the left and right arrow keys |
| Launch the ball | Click, tap, or Space |
Scoring
Each brick is worth 10 points, so a cleared wall is 400. Your best score is saved in this browser.
Controlling the angle
Where the ball hits the paddle decides where it goes. Hits near the center send it up steeply; hits near the edges send it off at a sharper angle. Use the edges deliberately to reach bricks in the corners instead of waiting for the ball to drift there.
Tactics
- Break a gap through one side of the wall. Once the ball gets behind the bricks it bounces around the top and clears many of them on its own.
- Keep the paddle under the ball’s path early instead of chasing it at the last moment.
- When only a few bricks remain, slow down and aim. Random bounces can take a long time to find the last brick.
About the genre
Paddle-and-ball games that break a wall of bricks date back to the mid-1970s arcades and are among the oldest video game formats still played today. This is an independent version and is not affiliated with any brand or trademark holder.