Slice Master — Play Free Online

Slice Master is a one-button skill game about a knife that never stops flying. You do not walk or aim a cursor around the screen. Instead, a blade tumbles through the air, and a single click decides where it goes next. Slice through fruit, burgers and donuts along the way, collect the cash they are worth, and try not to touch the purple spikes that end a run on the spot.

A session is quick and a little hypnotic. Each level is a short course of targets, and your job is to chain flips from one object to the next until you reach the landing zone at the end. It has the same "one more try" pull that brings people to Doodle Jump, with timing doing all the work. It runs in the browser with nothing to install, so it is easy to open for five minutes between longer games.

How to play

The whole game is controlled by one action: click (or tap on a phone). While the knife spins through the air, it can cut into things it lands on. When it is stuck in an object, click to launch it toward the next target. Keyboard keys and a mouse pointer are not needed for the actual play, only the click or tap.

Cash comes from what you slice, and a bigger haul means a better run. At the end of a level the knife drops toward a row of landing spots with score multipliers. Your final landing multiplies the cash you earned that round, and the higher multipliers sit on much smaller targets, so a safe landing pays less than a risky one. Some levels end with a bonus section packed with extra items to cut through.

Earned cash also buys new knives. You begin with a plain kitchen knife, and the first unlock costs around 5k, so a few good runs get you a different blade to try.

Tips

• Watch the spikes before you click, not after. The knife already has its momentum, so look one target ahead.
• Early on, aim to finish levels safely and bank cash. Go for the big multiplier landings once you can read the knife's rotation reliably.
• Do not click in a rhythm. The gaps between targets change, so wait for the blade to point the way you want first.
• A lower multiplier you actually hit beats a x50 you miss, so match the landing you chase to how steady your last few runs were.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you like timing-based games with one-touch control, Bouncy Basketball and Bird Jumper are close in spirit, with simple input and a lot of repeat attempts. Helix Jump also asks you to react to what is coming rather than memorize a route, though it is about descending a tower rather than flying forward. For something with more puzzling, Fireboy and Watergirl swaps the instant reflexes for planning with two characters.

Slice Master suits short sessions best, on a phone or a laptop, since one click or tap is all it needs.