Scrap Metal — Play Free Online

Scrap Metal is a racing and driving game that runs straight in the browser, with nothing to install. The build on this page is a Unity WebGL release, so expect a short loading bar the first time before the menu appears. It sits in the driving corner of the Doodle Jump catalogue, a change of pace from the jumpers and platformers that dominate the rest of the site.

Where Doodle Jump is about climbing without ever stopping, a driving game asks you to keep control at speed. You steer with the keyboard, line up the next stretch of track, and use the mouse for menu choices and any aiming the mode asks for. Sessions suit a few minutes at a time: pick a level, see how far you get, and go again.

Little is documented about this particular release beyond its controls, so this page sticks to what can be confirmed rather than guessing at modes, car lists or level counts.

How to play

On a keyboard, use the arrow keys or WASD to move your vehicle. The mouse handles aiming and selecting, so use it for the menus and for anything on screen that needs a click. On a phone or tablet, tap and swipe instead.

Start from the menu, choose what is available, and drive. As in most browser driving games, the quickest way to learn the handling is a slow first attempt: see how sharply the car turns and how much it slides before you push for speed.

Tips

• Make small, early steering inputs. Holding a direction down flat usually overcorrects at speed.
• Click inside the game window once it has loaded so the keyboard goes to the game and not the page.
• Use fullscreen if the browser offers it, for a clearer view of what is coming up.
• If a section keeps beating you, restart and approach it slower. Repeating the same attempt rarely changes the outcome.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want something with quick restarts, Helix Jump and Bird Jumper are fast one-more-try games, though they are about timing rather than steering. Fireboy and Watergirl and Ovo 2 are the better picks if you like working through obstacles with precise control, and Doodle Jump itself remains the simplest of all: one hand, one goal, no end.

Scrap Metal suits a quick break on a desktop or laptop, where the keyboard and mouse together give the most control. It also runs on touch screens when you only have a phone.