What is Snakoff?

Snakoff is a free daily Snake game that runs as a global knockout tournament. Every day the world plays the same arena: identical walls, shape, food order and mode. You control the snake with swipes, taps, buttons or keyboard and try to score high enough to advance past the median cut in each round until one player becomes the day’s champion.

How to play Snakoff

  1. Open the game at 00:00 UTC or later. Round 1 stays open for half a day so every time zone has a fair window.
  2. Take the free warm-up run that does not count, then play your single ranked run for that round. Leaving early scores zero.
  3. When the round closes, the field is cut at the median. Anyone who matches or beats the middle player advances. At least half the field always survives.
  4. If you qualify, you receive a personal window (four hours for Rounds 2 and 3, eight hours for the Final) that starts the moment you next open the app. Play before it expires or you are eliminated.
  5. Each later round is slightly harder: Round 2 is faster, Round 3 has one fewer food item, and the Final combines both. The walls and food order remain the day’s fixed layout.
  6. The highest score in the Final wins the day. Ties on food and time alive are broken by who ate the last food first.

Modes, hazards and extra play

Each day uses one of eight modes chosen by the date. Classic lasts 45 seconds and accelerates steadily. Sprint is a fast 20-second burst. Marathon stretches to 90 seconds with a slow start. Gold Rush scores gems of different values. Harvest requires eating exactly 12 food pieces as quickly as possible. Survival has no food; walls appear and the snake grows on its own. Blackout and Rotate keep Classic rules but add brief darkness or board rotation.

Some days also place fixed hazards: a rival snake that steals food, a drifting ghost, rising spikes, linked portals, a shrinking arena, or sudden wind gusts. All hazards follow the day’s seed so every player faces the same sequence.

Endless mode removes the clock and lets the snake keep accelerating for several minutes on a large open version of the day’s arena. Practice mode always offers yesterday’s arena under today’s rules and never affects rankings. Both can be played without limit.

Tiers, leagues and fair scoring

Every ranked run earns points that permanently raise your tier from Bronze through Silver, Gold, Diamond and Legend. Weekly leagues reset every Monday UTC; the top players promote and the bottom demote. Coins buy only cosmetic looks and minor conveniences. Nothing that improves score can be purchased.

Every run is stored as a short list of turns. The server replays those turns with the same game code. A score that does not match the replay is discarded. This keeps competition fair across all devices and time zones.