BLOCK 89 / GUIDES / PLAY ONLINE

Play a brick game online, right now

You want a round of falling blocks and you do not want to install anything for it. Fair. The browser version of Block 89 is the complete game, the exact same v2.0 build that ships in the apps: the dot-matrix LCD, the 8-bit bleeps, all ten shapes, all the levels. It loads in about a second and it is free.

How to start

1. Open block89.dsd164.com/play.
2. Press any arrow key, or tap a button. That is the whole onboarding.
3. On a keyboard: arrows steer, Space rotates, P pauses, M mutes, D flips dark mode.
4. On a phone or tablet: the four round buttons do everything, with auto-repeat when held.

Your game survives the tab. Switch away and the game pauses itself; close and reopen, and the session picks up where you stopped. The high score stays in your browser.

When the app is the better pick

The web version needs a connection for the first load. The apps carry the game whole: aeroplane mode, subway tunnels, the beach. They also add haptic feedback on every landed piece and native share for GIF replays.

Play Block 89 in your browser, free and instantly. Or take it with you: App Store · Google Play.

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