Tomb Escaper — Play Free Online

Tomb Escaper is an endless runner set in the kind of crumbling tomb that every adventure game seems to have. You keep moving, the passage keeps coming, and the run ends the moment you make a mistake. There is no story to read through and nothing to set up. You open the page, start, and try to get further than last time.

On Doodle Jump the pull is the same: one more attempt, a slightly better result, a score you want to beat. Tomb Escaper swaps the vertical climb for a run through hazards. The pace and the short sessions will feel familiar to anyone who comes here for the headline game.

It runs in the browser with nothing to install, so a single run fits into a spare couple of minutes.

How to play

On a keyboard, move with the arrow keys or WASD. The mouse is used to aim and to select things in the menus. On a phone or tablet you tap and swipe instead.

A run is simple in outline. You start, the tomb scrolls toward you, and you steer around whatever blocks the way. The goal is to last as long as you can. When you fail, you restart and go again. The page does not publish a level list or a scoring rule, so treat any detail beyond this as something to find out by playing.

Tips

• Keep your eyes on the area ahead of your character, not on the character itself. Most mistakes in runners come from reacting late.
• Make small, early corrections. Big last-second movements are harder to control, especially with a mouse in your other hand.
• If the first runs feel too fast, spend one on just learning the controls. Use the arrow keys and WASD as you prefer and stay with one so your hands learn it.
• On a touch screen, short swipes are easier to repeat than long ones.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you like the feel of Tomb Escaper, Bird Jumper and Hoppenhelm are other quick jump-focused games on this site. Ovo 2 and OvO game are precision platformers where the challenge is timing rather than distance. Fireboy and Watergirl is slower and more puzzle-driven, and it suits two people at one keyboard.

Tomb Escaper suits short sessions, on a laptop keyboard or a phone, when you want a quick score chase without any commitment.