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Ricochet
Bounce a glowing ball off your paddle to smash every brick — catch power-ups and keep the combo alive.
A brick-breaker in the Breakout and Arkanoid lineage — bounce a ball off your paddle to smash a wall of bricks and clear level after level.
How to play Ricochet
Steer the paddle along the bottom of the screen — move your mouse or finger, or use the ← and → keys. Launch the ball with a click, a tap, or the Space bar.
The ball bounces off the side and top walls, the bricks, and your paddle. Where it strikes the paddle sets the angle it flies back: hit near an edge for a sharp angle, near the centre for a steep one — that's how you aim.
Break every colored brick to clear the level and drop into the next one, a little faster each time. Some bricks take two hits, and a few steel bricks can't be broken — the ball just bounces off them.
Broken bricks sometimes drop a power-up; catch it with the paddle for a wider paddle, an extra ball, or a slower ball. Miss the ball past your paddle and you lose one of your three lives.
Controls
- Mouse / finger
- Move the paddle left and right
- ← → arrow keys
- Move the paddle on a keyboard
- Click / tap / Space
- Launch the ball (and play again)
- New game button
- Restart from level one any time
Tips
- Aim with the paddle: catch the ball near its edge to send it sharply sideways at hard-to-reach bricks.
- Break bricks back-to-back without letting the ball touch the paddle to build a combo multiplier for more points.
- Clear a gap up one side so the ball slips above the wall, where it ricochets around and clears bricks on its own.
- Chase the wider-paddle and multi-ball drops when you can, but never lunge so far for one that you lose the ball.
About Ricochet
Ricochet is Navritto's take on the classic brick breaker — the paddle-and-ball arcade game in the Breakout and Arkanoid lineage — rebuilt to play instantly in the browser. You steer a paddle, launch a glowing ball into a wall of colorful bricks, and clear level after level as the pace climbs, with two-hit bricks, unbreakable steel, and the odd power-up (a wider paddle, a second ball, a slow-ball) to catch. Where the ball meets the paddle decides its angle, so it rewards aim, not just reflex, and chaining breaks without a paddle touch builds a combo for a bigger score. It needs no install or account, works with the mouse, touch, or the keyboard, fills the screen on phone and desktop alike, and saves your best score on your device. Ricochet joins Coil, Prism, Doubler, Lexicon, Sudoku, Skyhop, Pairs and Skyline in Navritto Games and shares the same feel — the bright board, the particle burst on every break, the little celebration on a clear — that runs through them all.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Ricochet free to play?
- Yes, Ricochet is free to play in your browser with no signup and nothing to install. It's Navritto's take on the classic brick breaker (Breakout-style) arcade game.
- How do you play the brick breaker game Ricochet?
- Move the paddle with your mouse, finger, or the left and right arrow keys, and launch the ball with a click, tap, or Space. Bounce the ball into the bricks to break them; where it hits the paddle sets its angle. Clear every breakable brick to advance a level.
- Does Ricochet work on mobile?
- Yes. Ricochet works on phones and tablets — drag the paddle with your finger — and on desktop with the mouse or keyboard. The board fills the screen either way, and there's nothing to download.
- What are the power-ups in Ricochet?
- Some broken bricks drop a power-up you catch with the paddle: a wider paddle that's easier to hit with, an extra ball for a multi-ball, and a slow-ball that gives you more time to line up your shots.
- How is my score calculated in Ricochet?
- You earn points for every brick you break, and breaking bricks back-to-back without the ball touching the paddle builds a combo multiplier for more. Clearing levels adds up too, and your best score is saved on your device.
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