Paddle Blast: break every brick

Paddle Blast is a free brick breaker game for your browser. You move a paddle along the bottom of the screen and bounce a ball up into a wall of bricks. Break all the breakable bricks to clear the level. Each new level has a different layout and a slightly faster ball. You have three lives per game.

How to play

• Move the paddle by dragging anywhere on the game with your finger or mouse, or with the ← → arrow keys or A and D.
• Launch the ball with a tap, a click or Space.
• Where the ball lands on the paddle sets its direction. The middle sends it straight up, the ends send it off at a steep angle.
• Light blue bricks break in one hit, pink bricks take two and gold bricks take three. Each hit knocks a brick down one colour.
• Grey steel bricks, from level 4 on, can't be broken. You don't need to break them to clear the level.
• Some bricks drop a capsule when they break. Catch it with the paddle: W (green) makes the paddle wider for a while, M (pink) splits the ball into three, and S (purple) slows the ball down for a while.
• If the ball falls past the paddle you lose a life. Lose all three and the game ends.

Tips

• Aim with the paddle ends to send the ball toward the side of the wall you want to hit.
• Try to get the ball above the bricks. It will bounce along the top and break several in a row.
• With several balls in play, keep the paddle under the lowest one.

FAQ

Is my progress saved?

Your highest level and best score are stored in this browser. A new game always starts again from level 1.

Can every level be cleared?

Yes. Steel bricks are never placed next to each other, so they can't wall off a breakable brick, and only breakable bricks count toward clearing a level.

Can I get another life?

Once per game, when you run out of lives, you can choose an extra life and carry on from the same level with the bricks you've already broken still gone.