Astro Blaster

How to play Astro Blaster

1. Move the ship with the mouse, the arrow keys, or by dragging on a phone.
2. Hold Space or the mouse button to fire (touch and hold on a phone). The ship never fires by itself.
3. Destroy the number of asteroids shown at the top to clear the level.
4. Shoot a ⚡ shock rock when others are close to it for a huge chain reaction.

Controls: Move: mouse / arrows / drag · Fire: hold Space or mouse button (touch & hold on phones).

Press P to pause and M to mute. Works on desktop, tablet and phone.

Levels, bonus rounds and scoring

Astro Blaster is game 4 of 42 on Quick Play Arcade, in Zone 1 · Arcade Classics (Medium difficulty). Every game is open to everyone; the zones are the recommended order, and playing all six games of a zone completes it.

• Every level is a little faster than the last, with something new every few levels.
• Every 5th level is a bonus round: no way to lose, a timer and lots of points. Clear it to unlock a checkpoint you can start from next time.
• Chain hits quickly to raise your combo multiplier.
• Make the top 20 and type a nickname to go on the public leaderboard — no account needed. Boards reset daily and weekly.
• One game a day is the Daily Challenge: the same layout for everyone, with its own board. Play today's Astro Blaster challenge.

Looking for this zone's Golden Egg? It is hidden in The Vault Job, the zone's Legends game.