Blocky Cars — Play Free Online

Blocky Cars is a racing and driving game built around boxy, voxel-style vehicles. You take the wheel, steer with the keyboard and try to keep the car on the road while the scenery rushes past. It loads in the browser in a few seconds, with nothing to install, so it fits the gap between two longer sessions.

It will feel familiar if you come to Doodle Jump for quick, score-chasing rounds. A run is short, a mistake ends it or costs you time, and the next attempt is one click away. The difference is that you are managing speed and steering instead of timing jumps.

The page is a Unity WebGL build, so the first load takes a moment longer than a tiny HTML5 game. After that it runs smoothly on most laptops and Chromebooks.

How to play

Use the arrow keys or WASD to drive. The mouse handles aiming and menu selection, and on a phone or tablet you tap and swipe instead. Start from the menu, pick what is on offer and head out.

The basic loop is to accelerate, steer around whatever is in your way and stay on course. Small, steady steering inputs keep a boxy car much more stable than big corrections.

Tips

• Tap the steering keys in short bursts rather than holding them. Holding makes the car swing wide and hard to recover.
• Look well ahead of the car, not at its bonnet. Most crashes come from reacting to an obstacle too late.
• Slow down before tight corners. The time you lose is usually smaller than the time a crash costs.
• If the game feels sluggish, close other tabs. Unity builds are more sensitive to memory than simple browser games.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want something faster and more reflex-based, Helix Jump has you guiding a ball down a tower, and Bird Jumper is another quick one-button style game. For a two-player option, Fireboy and Watergirl is a co-op puzzle platformer. Blocky Cars is the one to pick when you would rather drive than jump.

It suits short sessions on a keyboard best, though touch controls are available on phones.