Wheely 4 — Play Free Online

Wheely 4 is a puzzle game where you drive instead of walking. You control a small car with big cartoon eyes, and each level is a short scene where the road is blocked, broken or missing a piece. Your job is to find out what the scene wants from you and get the car to the end.

The pace is slow and curious rather than frantic. There is no timer pushing you, so a session is mostly looking, trying something, backing up and trying again. It runs in the browser with nothing to install, which makes it easy to open for ten minutes between other things.

It sits a little apart from the jumpers and runners on Doodle Jump, but it shares the same basic pull: a small physical obstacle in front of you, and the satisfaction of getting past it by timing and positioning.

How to play

Use the arrow keys or WASD to move the car. The mouse is used to aim and select things in the scene, and on a phone or tablet you tap and swipe instead. Drive forward, look at everything the level offers, and try to interact with whatever stands between you and the exit.

When a level stalls you, the answer is usually not more speed. Look for something you can push, press, pick up or line up, and think about how the car's weight and momentum can help.

Tips

• Go slowly at first. Rushing a puzzle scene tends to leave the car stuck in a spot that is awkward to recover from.
• If you are stuck, drive back through the part of the level you already crossed. Items or switches you passed are often needed later.
• Try each thing in the scene once, even if it looks like decoration.
• If the car gets wedged, restart the level rather than fighting it.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

Fireboy and Watergirl is the closest relative here, since it is also about solving small spatial puzzles, though it is built around two characters working together. Ovo 2 and OvO game are precision platformers, so they ask for fast reflexes where Wheely 4 asks for patience. Bloons Tower Defense 2 is another thinking game, with planning rather than driving.

Wheely 4 suits players who like to take their time, and it works with either a keyboard or touch screen.