Snake — Play the Classic Google Snake Game

Snake is the oldest trick in this collection — older than Google itself. Eat apples, grow longer, and don’t bite your own tail. Arrow keys on desktop, buttons on mobile, and the walls wrap around so the only thing that can kill you is you:

From Nokia legend to Google doodle

Snake’s lineage runs from 1976 arcade cabinets through the 1997 Nokia 6110 — where it became the most-played mobile game of its era, burned into a generation of thumbs — to Google’s playable version, which launched as a Chinese New Year doodle in 2013 (Year of the Snake) and later became a permanent fixture: search “snake” or “play snake” and Google offers its own version right in the results.

How our version plays

Wrap-around walls: exit right, re-enter left — like the classic Nokia “no walls” mode, so runs last longer and self-collision is the real enemy. One apple at a time, each worth one segment. Steady speed rather than a ramp, because Snake’s difficulty comes from your own growing tail, not the clock.

Strategy that actually works

1. Hug the edges early. Keep the center open for maneuvering when your tail gets long.
2. Never chase an apple into your own curve. If the path in looks tight, circle once and approach from open space.
3. Use the wrap. Crossing the edge is often the safest route past your own body — beginners forget it exists.
4. Late game, think in laps. Long snakes survive by running an S-pattern or perimeter laps, feeding on apples that appear along the route.

Keep playing

For reflexes instead of planning, Dino Run ramps the speed forever; for chaos, Zerg Rush attacks you back. Everything else: Google Easter Eggs.