Hold to steer
You never stop. Let go and you coast straight on. Edges wrap around.
Plate I · Arcade · Solo · 1–2 min
Hungry Hungry Snake
Every bite makes you longer.
Hungry Hungry Snake is a free snake game about a snake that never stops, one compact field, and a food chain to eat your way up: seeds, worms, sparrows, mice, goats and elephants.
Plate II · The appetite ladder
Eat your way up the food chain
A longer snake has the mouth for the next animal up — but it is also more body to steer round, and your own body is the wall.
Seed from the start 1 point
Worm at length 5 2 points
Sparrow at length 6 4 points
Mouse at length 8 8 points
Goat at length 12 16 points
Elephant at length 17 32 points
They graze, wander and take fright as you close in, then run or freeze, and they route around rocks, ponds and your coils. Eat the elephant and the whole field speeds up and grows up around you.
Plate III · Observed in the field
The four rules on the game's first screen
Aim your mouth
Only prey inside your forward mouth opening is a bite. Brushing past does nothing.
Four ways to die
Your own body, an animal still too big for you, a rock, or a pond.
One way to finish
Catch your own tail tip in your mouth from length 9 and the score doubles — and the hunt is over.
Plate IV · Score more
Bite big, bite close, bite fast
A hunt lasts at most two minutes and only bites score. Each animal is worth twice the one below it, and the biggest bite you can take, a bite close to your own body and bites in quick succession all multiply it.
- Full Mouth take the biggest bite you can
- ×2
- Tight Bite eat close to your own body
- ×2
- Hungry Chain keep biting quickly
- +0.5× per bite
The finish
End it on your own tail
Or end the hunt on purpose: from length 9, take the tip of your own tail in your mouth and the score doubles.
×2 from length 9
How to play
How to play Hungry Hungry Snake
- Hold left or right to steer. You never stop; let go and you coast straight on.
- Eat what fits inside your forward mouth. Your first meals are ringed in green; a coral ring always means too big.
- Grow into bigger prey: worms at length 5, sparrows at 6, mice at 8, goats at 12, elephants at 17.
- Don't touch your own body, a rock, a pond or anything still too big for you. The edges wrap around.
- Score more with a Full Mouth, a Tight Bite and a Hungry Chain — or, from length 9, finish on your own tail for double.
Controls
On a computer
- Turn left
- Hold Left arrow or A
- Turn right
- Hold Right arrow or D
- Go straight
- Let go
- Pause
- Esc
On a phone
Hold the left or right half of the screen to turn that way; let go to go straight.
Leaderboard
Worth up to 250 zaps
Your best hunt is what counts.
Sign in with a free zapjam account and your best hunt goes on the all-time board, with your own rank and the players either side of you — then challenge a friend to beat it. Playing never needs an account.
Every submitted hunt is replayed by the server from its seed and your steering before it ranks.
Snake fact
Snakes do not dislocate their jaws – nothing comes apart. The two halves of the lower jaw simply are not fused at the chin: a stretchy ligament joins them, so they spread sideways around the meal.
Questions about Hungry Hungry Snake
- Is Hungry Hungry Snake free to play?
- Yes. Hungry Hungry Snake is free in your browser, on a computer or a phone: no download, nothing to install, no ads, and no account needed to play.
- How do you play Hungry Hungry Snake?
- Steer a snake that never stops up the food chain, from seeds to elephants. Eat what fits inside your forward mouth: every bite makes you longer, and your own body is the wall.
- Is Hungry Hungry Snake like classic Snake or Google Snake?
- It keeps what classic Snake and Google Snake are about: every bite makes you longer, and your own body is the wall. What changes is the food: you eat your way up a food chain from seeds to elephants, each animal only once your mouth is big enough for it, and the animals graze, wander, and run or freeze as you close in. The snake steers freely rather than on a grid.
- What ends a hunt?
- A hunt lasts at most two minutes. Running into your own body, an animal still too big for you, a rock or a pond ends it early, and from length 9 you can end it on purpose by taking the tip of your own tail, which doubles the score.
- How do I score more?
- Only bites score, and each animal is worth twice the one below it. A Full Mouth and a Tight Bite each double a bite, and every quick bite in a row adds 0.5× more, up to 3×.
- Can I play Hungry Hungry Snake on a phone?
- Yes. Hold the left or right half of the screen to turn that way, and let go to go straight.
- Is there a Hungry Hungry Snake leaderboard?
- Yes. With a free zapjam account your best hunt goes on the all-time board, and every submitted hunt is replayed by the server from its seed and your steering before it ranks.
