snake game

Dot-eating line grows

Snake game is a video game genre where players control a line that grows longer as it consumes items, typically pixels representing food.

The challenge increases as the lengthening "snake" must avoid colliding with walls or its own body.

The format became iconic on Nokia mobile phones in the late 1990s: I spent hours playing snake game on my old Nokia.

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Opposites
game mechanics/movement style

snake gameplatformer

Leap-based video game

Super Mario Bros. · Sonic the Hedgehog · Donkey Kong · Super Mario Bros · fighting game

visual/technological complexity

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First-person nanosuit shooter

Call of Duty · Grand Theft Auto V · Cyberpunk 2077

game structure/scope

snake gameRPG

Explosive launcher or fantasy genre

Skyrim · MMO · World of Warcraft · sandbox game · Minecraft

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G