🧱 Arcade Game

Brick Breaker

Bounce the ball off your paddle and clear every brick. Where you hit the paddle steers the ball.

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Brick Breaker

Move the mouse to steer. Hitting the ball off-centre sends it out at an angle.

Mouse or touch to move · click or space to serve · arrow keys also work

Overview

Brick Breaker: the paddle-and-ball classic

Brick Breaker is the arcade game that has outlived every console it was ever bundled with. A wall of bricks sits at the top of the screen, a ball ricochets around, and a paddle at the bottom is all that stands between the ball and the floor. Clear every brick to finish the level — and the twist that turns it from luck into skill is that the paddle is not a wall but a steering wheel: where the ball strikes it decides the angle it leaves at.

This version has five rows of scoring bricks, reinforced bricks that take two hits from level two onward, three catchable power-ups, and a ball that speeds up as the wall thins out. It runs entirely in your browser with mouse, touch or arrow keys, and your best score is saved on your own device.

100% freeNo sign-upPower-upsRuns in your browser
How to play
  1. 1Move the mouse or drag your finger to slide the paddle.
  2. 2Click or press space to serve the ball.
  3. 3Hit the ball with the edge of the paddle to send it out at a sharp angle, or the centre to send it straight up.
  4. 4Catch falling power-ups for a wider paddle, a slower ball or an extra life.
Key features
  • Angle control — the contact point on the paddle steers the ball
  • Five scoring rows worth 1 to 7 points, highest at the top
  • Reinforced two-hit bricks from level two, marked with a bright outline
  • Three power-ups: wide paddle, slow ball and an extra life
  • The ball accelerates as the wall thins, and each level starts faster
  • Mouse, touch and keyboard controls, with your best score kept locally

Frequently asked questions

How do I control where the ball goes?
By where it hits the paddle. The centre sends it straight back up; the further out toward an edge you catch it, the sharper the angle it leaves at — up to about sixty degrees. This is the whole game: you are aiming, not just blocking.
Why does the ball speed up?
It gains a little speed each time you clear another column's worth of bricks, and every new level starts faster than the last. It keeps the endgame — when only a few awkward bricks remain — from dragging.
What are the coloured circles that fall?
Power-ups dropped by broken bricks. Green (W) widens your paddle, blue (S) slows the ball down, and amber (+1) gives you an extra life. Catch them with the paddle; miss and they are gone.
What is the best way to clear the top rows?
Open a channel up one side. Once the ball gets above the wall it ricochets along the top, clearing bricks rapidly without you touching it — the single highest-scoring move in the game.
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Full guide

Brick Breaker Strategy: Angle Control, Tunnelling and the Endgame

How paddle contact steers the ball, why opening a side channel is worth so much, and how to survive a fast ball.

Angle controlTunnelling the wallSurviving speed

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