Star Hopper

One tap. One thruster. An asteroid field with opinions.

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STAR HOPPER

Tap to fire the thruster; gravity does the rest. Thread the rocket through the gaps in the asteroid belt — every gate you clear is a point.

Tap, click, or press SPACE to hop

Tip: small, early taps beat big panic ones. The rocket answers to rhythm, not force.

How to play

Star Hopper is a one-button arcade game: your rocket falls, your tap lifts. That's the whole contract. The skill is in the rhythm — read the next gap, set up your altitude early, and feather the thruster through.

  • Phone / tablet: tap anywhere on the play field.
  • Desktop: click, or press SPACE. Press P to pause.
  • Hitting an asteroid column, the ceiling, or the floor ends the run.

Scoring

  • +1 per gate you pass through.
  • The belt drifts faster and the gaps wander more as your score climbs.
  • Your best run is saved on your device (nowhere else — see our privacy policy).

Tips from the team

  • Aim for the bottom third of the gap. A tap costs height you can always spend; height above you is gone forever.
  • Never tap twice in panic. Two quick taps launch you into the ceiling of the next gate.
  • Look one gate ahead. The current gap tells you nothing; the next one decides whether to climb or coast.

About this game

Star Hopper joins Sky Runner, Neon Breaker, Tile Fuse, Nova Strike and Circuit Serpent in our arcade. One HTML file, vanilla JavaScript, no engine, nothing to download.

We're Webmaster & More, a small web studio in Los Angeles. The arcade is our playground and our portfolio. Read the build notes on the dev log.