Soft Bricks 🪶
A free, calm brick breaker in your browser. Move the fluffy cloud to bounce a slow ball into soft pillows, and watch them pop into feathers with gentle musical notes. The ball can never be lost: the pillow floor always bounces it back. No timer, no lives, and a slow mode on by default.
How to play
- Move the cloud under the ball to send it up into the pillows.
- Pillows with more dots need more bounces. Star pillows split the ball into three.
- Missed it? No problem: the pillow floor bounces it back up.
Touch: Drag anywhere to move the cloud; tap to launch · Mouse: Move the mouse to steer the cloud; click to launch · Keyboard: Left/Right arrows to move, Space to launch
Why we made it this way
For anger, research suggests calm, slow activities work better than fast, exciting ones, and that games which make you feel clumsy can make things worse. So the ball is slow, you can never lose it, and there are no lives or timers.
Hits left are shown as dots on each pillow, not only by colour, so everyone can read the board.
Good for these moods
- 😠 Angry: Slow and forgiving on purpose: no losing, no timer, soft sounds. A gentle way to let things settle.
- 😫 Stressed: Easy, rhythmic and quietly satisfying. Nothing to get wrong.
- 🐿️ Restless: Something to follow with your eyes and hands, without any pressure.
- 🥱 Bored: Twelve pillow patterns (hearts, flowers, a smiling face) to pop through.
Questions people ask
Can I lose?
No. If the ball gets past the cloud, the pillow floor bounces it back up. Just keep going at your own pace.
Is Soft Bricks free?
Yes, free in your browser on phone, tablet and computer, with no download.
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