Freeplay

How to play

A written guide for every game on Freeplay: how a round works, the controls on keyboard and on touch, and tips from the game's real numbers.

How to play WARPAINT

WARPAINT is a territory war on a real-world map. Leave your land, draw a loop, close it back on your own ground and everything inside the loop becomes yours — rival land included.

Controls

  • Your warlord follows the mouse cursor; the arrow keys also steer.
  • Space, F or a mouse click fires WARPATH once its meter is full.
  • C switches the mouse style between POINT and RING.
  • On touch: Drag anywhere to steer, or switch on the fixed PHONE STEERING pad in the menu.

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How to play WOBBLE LEAGUE

WOBBLE LEAGUE has one verb: hold to charge, release to lunge. Knock everyone else off the disc and into the sea, and stay on it yourself.

Controls

  • Point the mouse to move, or use WASD or the arrow keys.
  • Hold the left mouse button, Space or J to charge; release to lunge.
  • Keys 1–4 vote for the next cassette.
  • On touch: Drag on the left half of the screen to move.

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How to play SPEARFALL

SPEARFALL is a long-range javelin duel across a stormy chasm. You and your rival stand on floating terraces on either side of the gap: tap to throw a quick spear, or hold until the bar is full for a kill shot that finishes in one hit.

Controls

  • WASD to move, SHIFT to sprint, SPACE to hop between terraces.
  • Aim with the mouse (right-drag to look around when not in fullscreen).
  • Click to throw a quick spear; hold the left button until the bar is full for a kill shot.

Read the full SPEARFALL guide →

How to play SKIP KING

SKIP KING is a stone-skipping game where every skip makes you stronger. You are Skip, a small otter on a wooden dock: wind up, let the stone fly, and watch it skim further across the water with every upgrade.

Controls

  • Hold the left mouse button to wind up, release to throw.
  • Click as the stone touches the water for a PERFECT.
  • Move the mouse left and right to steer the stone.
  • On touch: Right thumb: hold the red button to wind up, let go to throw, then tap it (SKIP!) as the stone touches the water.

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How to play LASTBOLT

LASTBOLT is a six-player mech brawl in a scrapyard where only the last bolt pays. Scrap bots camp the yard; chip at them all you like, but the gold goes to whoever lands the finishing hit.

Controls

  • WASD or the arrow keys to move, or hold right click to move toward the cursor.
  • Aim with the mouse; left click fires the cannons or swings the blade.
  • SPACE dashes; hold SHIFT to glide on your boot jets over low cover.

Read the full LASTBOLT guide →

How to play WhaleWars

WhaleWars is a free-for-all in the deep: eat, evolve and hunt your way up through 21 forms. Bigger forms hit harder but turn slower, so every size has a way to win.

Controls

  • The mouse steers.
  • Left-click attacks — one swing per click.
  • Shift sprints in the free-for-all (it costs XP); in Survival it is a dash.

Read the full WhaleWars guide →

How to play TOTALLY NORMAL TOWN

TOTALLY NORMAL TOWN is a multiplayer hide-and-seek game in a perfectly normal toy town. The townsfolk shop, sit, gossip and do exactly what the Town Crier shouts — and hidden among them are Sneaks, little masked bandits stealing capsules from the market stalls.

Controls

  • WASD or the arrow keys to walk.
  • SPACE (or E) to grab, stash and do what the Crier says.
  • SHIFT to run — careful, townsfolk never run.
  • On touch: Drag on the left half of the screen to walk.

Read the full TOTALLY NORMAL TOWN guide →

How to play Balloon Rise

Balloon Rise is a balloon-climbing game: every pump adds a balloon and lifts you higher. Pump on the rooftop, float up into a paper sky, and see how far your bouquet can carry you before the last balloon pops.

Controls

  • Click anywhere to pump a balloon; move the mouse left and right to steer.
  • Keyboard: SPACE (or W, Up or Enter) to pump, A/D or the arrow keys to steer.
  • ESC opens Settings.
  • On touch: Right thumb: tap the PUMP button.

Read the full Balloon Rise guide →

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