Asteroids is a free online game that recreates the vector arcade classic — pilot a lone ship through a drifting field of space rocks with real inertia, shoot the rocks to split them apart, and chase the high score. No install, no account, just you, the rocks, and Newton's first law.
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Ready, pilot?
Thrust, turn, and blast the rocks before they blast you. Your ship keeps drifting when you stop thrusting — steer with counter-thrust.
←↑→ steer & thrust · Space shoot · Shift hyperspace · P pause
Level clear
Paused
Press P or tap Resume to carry on.
Game over
New best score!
Press Enter to play again
Steer with ←↑→ or AWD · Space to shoot · Shift for hyperspace · P to pause.
How to play
Controls — rotate with ←→ or AD, thrust with ↑ or W, fire with Space, hyperspace with Shift. On touch screens, use the buttons under the game.
Inertia — thrust only accelerates you along the nose. You keep drifting when you stop, so turn around and thrust back to slow down. Everything wraps around the screen edges.
Scoring — large rock 20, medium 50, small 100; clearing a field pays a bonus of 250 × level. Large rocks split into 2 medium, medium into 2 small.
Hyperspace — an emergency jump to a random spot, but there is a 15% chance the ship does not survive re-entry. Use it when cornered, not as a taxi.