Hole.io — Endless Black Hole City Eating Game Online

Play Hole.io free in your browser. Drag your black hole around an endless top-down city, swallow cones, cars, houses and buildings — and watch out for six rival holes hunting the same blocks. 120 seconds.

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How to play

Drag anywhere to move your hole. Swallow anything smaller than the hole to grow. Eat smaller rival holes for a bonus; flee from bigger ones.

About Hole.io — Endless Black Hole City Eating Game Online

Hole.io is a top-down arcade where you play as a small black hole rolling through an endless city, swallowing whatever is small enough to drop in. Drag your finger across the screen and the hole glides over the streets — first eating cones, then people, then trees, then cars, growing a little wider with every gulp. The city has no edges, the camera follows you everywhere, and the world is generated as fast as you can explore it.

You are not alone. Six rival holes are always loose on the map, hunting the same blocks. Smaller rivals are free score — chase them down and you score a fat bonus and inherit their size. Bigger rivals are deadly: they can eat you, and one wrong drift past one ends the run. Coloured arrows at the edge of the screen and a minimap in the corner tell you who is nearby and how big they are; a red flash means a threat is right next to you.

Every run is 120 seconds. Spend the first half clearing easy junk to bulk up, then turn predator — pick off a rival, then another, then start eating houses and towers. The score keeps your best on the device, so a strong run leaves a target behind it. Calm in the suburbs, ugly in the middle, frantic at the end.

Tips & strategy

  • Eat upward in tiers. Cones and people grow you fast at the start; ignore them as soon as cars are easy.
  • Watch the minimap. The white dot is you, coloured dots are rivals. The bigger their dot, the more dangerous they are.
  • Use the threat arrows. When a coloured arrow points off-screen, a rival bigger than you is close — drift the other way until you have grown.
  • Pick on small bots. A bot smaller than your hole is worth far more than the same-sized building, and eating one growth-spikes you for the next tier.
  • Don't sit still in the open. Bots seek the best target — if a bigger one locks on, you have seconds to move.
  • Roads are highways. Empty road tiles let you cross the city faster between dense pockets of objects.
  • Drag short, drag often. Small finger movements give plenty of travel — long swipes overshoot and break your line.
  • When time is low (timer turns red under 20%), forget strategy and go for the closest big thing. A late tower or rival kill can flip the leaderboard.

Frequently asked questions

What is Hole.io?

A casual top-down arcade game where you control a black hole around an endless city and swallow whatever is smaller than you. Six AI rival holes share the map and you can eat each other.

Does the map ever end?

No — the city is procedurally generated and extends in every direction as you move. New streets and buildings keep appearing at the edges of your view.

How do I control the hole?

On mobile, touch and drag anywhere on the playing field — your drag distance moves the hole. On desktop, use WASD or the arrow keys (mouse drag also works).

Why can I eat some holes and not others?

You can eat any rival hole that is noticeably smaller than you. If a coloured hole is the same size or bigger, it can eat you instead — keep your distance until you have grown.

What is the minimap for?

The minimap in the top-right shows the area around you. White dot is you, coloured dots are rival holes (bigger dot = bigger threat), faint grey dots mark houses and towers worth chasing.

Is my best score saved?

Yes, your best score lives in your browser's local storage on this device. Clearing site data resets it.

Does it work on mobile?

Yes — it is built mobile-first, plays in portrait, and the drag control was designed so your finger never covers the hole.