Brick Breaker Games
Brick breaker games are arcade games in which you bounce a ball into a wall of bricks and try to destroy every one — either by steering a paddle to keep the ball in play, as in Atari's 1976 Breakout, or by aiming volleys of balls from a launcher. BrickBreaker.app has 27 of them, all free to play in your browser with no download.
They are grouped below by how they play, so you can go straight to the kind you like. New to the genre? Start with the classic Brick Breaker on our home page, then try Block Breaker.
Paddle brick breakers (18)
The original form, unchanged since Atari's Breakout in 1976: you move a paddle along the bottom of the screen and keep the ball in play. These reward quick reflexes and the habit of reading a rebound before it happens.
Brick BreakerOur flagship game: a neon paddle-and-ball classic with ten lives on the counter and a running score. The place to start.
Block BreakerMove the paddle with the mouse or arrow keys, clear every block and collect power-ups as the levels climb.
Atari BreakoutA browser recreation of Atari's 1976 original: click to launch, steer with the mouse and clear the coloured rows.
Break it - Brick BreakerRainbow rows of bricks above a slim cyan paddle, in a modern, minimal take on the classic wall.
Face BreakerBounce a square-faced ball off your paddle through 45 levels of blocks.
Brick BlazeA neon paddle game: slide, bounce and smash every glowing block on the screen.
Spinning Oia Oia Cat BrickerThe classic paddle loop, starring the viral spinning 'oia oia' cat.
Block Breaker GameA level-based paddle game with blasters to collect and leaderboards to climb.
Brick Out CandyCandy-coloured bricks, one ball and a paddle: a bright, sugary version of the classic.
Galaxy BricksA cosmic neon paddle game with power-ups and escalating levels of glowing blocks.
Brick Breaker Classic Arcade FunPortraitA straight, Arkanoid-style paddle game in portrait format, with surprise power-ups to catch.
Simply BreakoutPortraitBreakout with nothing added: one ball, one paddle and a wall, on a tall portrait screen.
Neon Brick BreakerOne ball, no lives and two rows of neon bricks. Miss once and the run is over.
Jungle Bricks BreakerA wooden plank, a red ball and two rows of cat-face bricks in a cartoon jungle.
Brick Breaker RetroPortraitHundreds of tiny bricks in pixel-art patterns, three hearts and a ladder of locked levels.
Brick Breaker BlitzFifty bricks, three lives and falling power-up tokens: the barest classic on the site.
Toy Space Bricks BreakerA stage map, star ratings and boosters wrapped around an aimed-launch paddle game.
Brick FrenzyPortraitNine short levels played with on-screen arrow buttons, built for a phone held upright.Ball-launcher brick breakers (7)
The mobile-era branch that reached the top of the charts with Ballz in 2017. There is no paddle and no ball to catch: you aim, fire a whole volley at numbered bricks, and plan your angles one turn at a time.
Bricks BreakerHold to aim, release to shoot, and wear down numbered bricks hit by hit.
Bricks Breaker DeluxePortraitAim with the mouse and fire a stream of glowing balls into a neon wall of numbered bricks.
Balls Bricks BreakerPortraitOne angle per turn: fire a volley into numbered bricks before they reach the bottom.
Cartoon BricksPortraitLaunch balls at advancing cartoon blocks and fire rockets to clear whole columns.
Bricks Breaker. Gravity BallsPhysics-driven volleys ricochet through numbered brick patterns before falling back to you.
Crazy BallsA wide landscape launcher: chain bounces through numbered shapes and climb the leaderboard.
Brick Breaker EndlessPortraitSwipe to aim a cannon at bricks that never stop coming, while your volley grows.Brick-breaking spin-offs (2)
Games that borrow the wall-breaking idea and change the rules around it.
Paddle or launcher?
The two main styles look alike in screenshots and play nothing alike. If you enjoy fast reactions, pick a paddle game; if you would rather take your time over a shot, pick a launcher.
| Aspect | Paddle | Launcher |
|---|---|---|
| You control | A paddle sliding left and right | The angle of each volley |
| Pace | Real time; the ball never waits | Turn by turn; nothing moves until you shoot |
| Main skill | Reflexes and reading rebounds | Geometry and planning |
| A run ends when | The ball gets past the paddle | The bricks reach the bottom |
| Start with | Brick Breaker | Bricks Breaker Deluxe |
From Pong to the ball launchers
- 1972
Pong
Atari releases Pong on 29 November: two paddles, one ball, and the first commercially successful video game.
- 1976
Breakout
Atari turns Pong into a one-player game on 13 May. The opponent becomes a wall of bricks, and you get three turns to clear it.
- 1978
Super Breakout
The official sequel puts more than one ball in play at once.
- 1986
Arkanoid
Taito adds power-up capsules, enemies and a sequence of stages — thirty-three in most versions — and names the paddle the Vaus.
- 2017
Ballz
Ketchapp’s ball-launcher reaches number one on the free chart in March, after BBTAN and Swipe Brick Breaker. Aiming replaces the paddle.
- 2019
Idle Breakout
Kodiqi announces an idle game inspired by Breakout and Arkanoid, in which balls you buy do the breaking for you.
Brick breaker games FAQ
QWhat are brick breaker games?
Brick breaker games are arcade games in which you bounce a ball into a wall of bricks and try to destroy every one. In most you steer a paddle to keep the ball in play; in the newer ball-launcher kind you aim volleys of balls instead. This page lists all 27 on BrickBreaker.app.
QIs Breakout the same as brick breaker?
Breakout is where it started. Atari released it on 13 May 1976 as a one-player version of Pong, with a paddle, a ball and a wall of bricks. Brick breaker is the everyday name for the whole genre that followed, including Taito’s Arkanoid of 1986 and the games on this page.
QWhat is the difference between paddle and ball-launcher brick breakers?
In a paddle game you move a bat along the bottom of the screen in real time and lose when the ball gets past it. In a ball-launcher game there is nothing to catch: you choose an angle, fire a volley at numbered bricks, and lose when the bricks reach the bottom.
QWhich brick breaker games are best on a phone?
The 9 built for a portrait screen fit an upright phone best: Brick Breaker Classic Arcade Fun, Simply Breakout, Brick Breaker Retro, Brick Frenzy, Bricks Breaker Deluxe, Balls Bricks Breaker, Cartoon Bricks, Brick Breaker Endless and Idle Gravity Breakout. Brick Frenzy also puts all its controls on on-screen buttons.
QWhich brick breaker games have power-ups?
Block Breaker Game has blasters to collect, Galaxy Bricks and Brick Breaker Classic Arcade Fun drop power-ups from broken bricks, Brick Breaker Blitz has falling tokens to catch, and Toy Space Bricks Breaker offers three boosters before every stage.
QWhich brick breaker game should I play first?
Start with the classic Brick Breaker on our home page, then try Block Breaker. If you want to see how the ball-launcher style differs, Bricks Breaker Deluxe is a good first one, and Simply Breakout is the purest version of the 1976 design.
If you like brick breakers
Brick breakers grew out of Pong, share their keep-the-ball-alive skill with pinball, and their wall-bounce shots with bubble shooters.
