Slide Away 🐛

A free, calm tap puzzle in your browser. Every caterpillar and beetle faces one way. Tap one and it crawls off the leaf, if nothing is in front of it. Clear the whole leaf in the right order. No timer and no lives: a bump just costs a star.

How to play

1. Each critter faces one way. Tap it to send it crawling off the leaf.
2. It can only leave if nothing is in its way. Otherwise it bumps and comes back.
3. Clear the leaf. No bumps = 3 stars. Stuck? Tap 💡 for a hint.

Touch: Tap a critter · Mouse: Click a critter · Keyboard: Tab to a critter, Enter to send it off

Why we made it this way

Every leaf is checked before you see it: because a critter leaving only ever makes space, we can prove each level can be cleared.

There are no lives. A bump costs a star, and you can always carry on or try again for three stars.

Good for these moods

• 🥱 Bored: Quick, clever little puzzles that start instantly and get trickier as you go.
• 😌 Calm: No timer and no lives: just look, think and tap.
• 🤯 Overwhelmed: One clear rule and one critter at a time. The leaf empties in front of you.
• 🫠 Unmotivated: Each leaf takes a minute or two. Small wins, fast.
• 🐿️ Restless: Lots of satisfying taps and little critters zooming away.

Questions people ask

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