Orbit Breaker
Play Orbit Breaker free online. Slide your paddle around a glowing ring and bounce the ball inward to smash rings of bricks around a bright core in the middle.
How to Play Orbit Breaker
This brick breaker is turned inside out. Your paddle runs around a big outer ring, and the bricks sit in rings around a glowing core in the middle of the screen. Bounce the ball inward and smash every brick.
Where the ball hits your paddle decides where it goes. Hitting it with the middle of the paddle sends it straight back toward the core, and hitting it with an edge sends it off at an angle.
Each brick scores 20 points when it breaks, and some bricks take more than one hit. Clearing every brick finishes the stage with a bonus of 200 points times the stage number.
If the ball slips past the paddle and out of the ring, you lose a ball. You have three. From stage 2 the brick rings slowly turn, and the ball gets faster every stage.
Controls
Touch
- Drag a finger around the circle to move the paddle. Tap to launch the ball.
Mouse
- Move the mouse around the circle to steer the paddle, and click to launch.
Keyboard
- Left and Right arrows, or A and D, slide the paddle around the ring. Space launches the ball. P or Escape pauses, M mutes.
Tips and Tricks
- Use the paddle edges to send the ball at an angle into gaps between the brick rings.
- Once the ball gets behind the outer ring of bricks, it can bounce around and clear lots of bricks by itself.
- Keep the paddle on the same side of the ring as the ball.
- If you wait, the ball launches by itself after a couple of seconds.
About the Game
Orbit Breaker is a fresh spin on the brick breaker. Because the paddle runs around a circle, every bounce angle feels new, and the turning brick rings make later stages a moving target.
It is drawn in neon purple, pink and teal over a retro sunset grid, with a bright yellow core at the heart of every stage. Your best score is kept in this browser and can go on the Top 10 board.
Orbit Breaker FAQ
How do I aim the ball in Orbit Breaker?
Hit it with the edge of the paddle to send it off at an angle, or the middle to send it straight in.
Why do some bricks not break?
Some bricks take two or three hits. Each hit cracks them a little more.
When do the brick rings start turning?
From stage 2 on. They turn a little faster each stage.
How many balls do I get?
Three. Losing the last one ends the game.
