Pool Club — Play Free Online

Pool Club is a browser pool game: a table, a cue ball and a rack of coloured balls, and your job is to line up a shot and sink them. It is a slower, more thoughtful kind of game than most of what sits on this site, and that is exactly why it is worth a visit when you want a break from constant jumping.

A session is built from single shots. You look at the table, pick an angle, choose how hard to hit, and watch the balls settle before the next turn. There is no timer pushing you along in the way a jumper or runner would, so you can take as long as you like to plan. If you came to Doodle Jump for quick, one-more-try rounds, this offers the same pull with a calmer pace: a missed pot is easy to understand and easy to fix next time.

It loads directly in the page, so there is nothing to install and no account to create. It is listed here as a Poki title.

How to play

On a computer, use the mouse to aim and to select options on screen. The arrow keys or WASD handle movement where the game asks for it. On a phone or tablet, tap and swipe instead: drag to set your aim, and tap to confirm.

A turn goes like this: aim the cue along the line you want the ball to travel, set your power, and take the shot. Then wait for everything to stop moving before you plan again, because the position the cue ball ends up in decides how easy your next shot is.

Tips

• Think about where the cue ball will finish, not just whether the target ball goes in. A slightly weaker shot that leaves a clear next angle beats a hard hit that scatters the table.
• Use less power than you think you need on short shots. Over-hit balls bounce off the cushions and cause trouble.
• Make small aim adjustments. On a long shot, a tiny change at the cue becomes a big miss at the far end.
• On a touch screen, zoom or steady your hand before confirming, since an accidental swipe changes the aim.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you like the sports side of the catalogue, Bouncy Basketball is a much faster physics sports game where timing matters more than planning. For something else that rewards careful thought, Fireboy and Watergirl swaps shot planning for puzzle solving. For a quick, twitchy contrast, Helix Jump and the original Doodle Jump are all reflexes and no waiting.

Pool Club suits short sessions on a laptop with a mouse best, but it works fine on a phone when you have a few minutes to spare.