Obby Roads — Play Free Online

Obby Roads is an obstacle-course platformer. The name borrows from "obby", the Roblox-style term for a run of jumps and hazards that you clear one section at a time. You steer a small character along a course, time your jumps, and try to reach the end without falling off or being caught by a hazard.

It sits on the jump and platform shelf of Doodle Jump, and the appeal is much the same as the headline game. Each attempt is short, a mistake costs you a few seconds rather than a whole session, and you improve by noticing where you went wrong and trying again. If you enjoy the "one more go" rhythm of Doodle Jump, this plays on the same instinct, only on a course instead of an endless climb.

It runs in the browser with nothing to install, so you can open it for a few minutes between other things.

How to play

Move with the arrow keys or WASD. The mouse is used to aim and to select things on screen. On a phone or tablet, tap and swipe instead. Press Play on the page and the game loads in the frame above.

Most of the skill in a game like this is judging distance and timing, so expect the first few attempts to be about learning the layout of each stretch rather than finishing it.

Tips

• Slow down at the first sign of a new hazard. Look at the gap or obstacle before committing to a jump.
• If you keep failing at the same spot, change your approach point instead of repeating the same timing. A different starting position often fixes it.
• On a laptop, WASD with the mouse hand free is usually more comfortable than reaching for the arrow keys.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want a different kind of jumping, try Bird Jumper or Bouncy Basketball, which build their challenge around bouncing instead of a fixed course. Ovo 2 and OvO game are precision platformers where each level is a short run of tricky jumps. Fireboy and Watergirl adds puzzle-solving and a second character to the platforming.

Obby Roads suits short sessions on either a keyboard or a touch screen, and it is a good pick when you want something to pick up quickly and put down just as fast.