Bob the Robber 3 — Play Free Online

Bob the Robber 3 is a top-down stealth game in the long-running Bob the Robber line. You play a thief who has to slip into a building, get what he came for and get out again without being seen. Rather than racing against a clock or fighting, the game is about patience: watching how the guards move, waiting for a gap, and then committing to a route.

A session is made of short levels, so it suits a few spare minutes. Each one is a small puzzle. The layout, the guards' patrols and the objects in the way are fixed, which means you can work out a solution and then execute it more cleanly on the next try.

On Doodle Jump's site, most pages are reflex games where you react in a fraction of a second. This one is the slow-burn opposite: it rewards looking before moving, which makes it a decent change of pace between jumpers and runners.

How to play

Move Bob with the arrow keys or WASD. The mouse is used to aim and to pick options in the menus. On a phone or tablet, tap and swipe instead. It is an HTML5 build, so it runs in the browser with nothing to install.

In each level, look at the whole screen first. Work out where you start, where the exit is, and which characters or hazards can spot you. Then move in short steps between safe spots instead of holding a direction key down.

Tips

• Watch a full patrol cycle before you move. Guards in stealth games repeat their routes, and the timing is the puzzle.
• Tap the movement keys in short bursts. It is much easier to stop exactly where you want to than when you are holding a key.
• If you get caught, treat the attempt as a scouting run. You now know more about the level than you did before.
• On a touch screen, give yourself room for your thumb so it does not cover the part of the screen you most need to see.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want something with more speed, Bird Jumper and Helix Jump test reflexes instead of planning. Fireboy and Watergirl is the closest in spirit here: it is a puzzle game where working out the route matters more than fast fingers, and it is even better with a friend. Ovo 2 mixes precise platforming with quick restarts.

Bob the Robber 3 suits players who like to think a level through, and anyone who wants a quiet game that works on both keyboard and touch.