Blocks of bricks are falling from the sky! Dodge them, push them, line them up and blow them away. Revive the golden age of arcade games.

Keyboard, gamepad, mouse or touch. No install, no account.

Paulo title screen

▮How It Plays

Two Buttons, Endless Trouble

Move left, move right. Bricks fall from the sky; get crushed and you lose a heart. Push the blocks around to line them up and destroy the wall.

Hand-Crafted Pixel Art

A night-time construction site, a skyline that never sleeps, and a hero drawn one pixel at a time.

Awesome Chiptunes

An original soundtrack straight out of the 80s arcades, and a CRT filter with scanlines you can switch off in the options.

Crates Full Of Surprises

Push a crate into a line and it turns into a gift: hearts, keys, coins, power-ups or a snack for your collection.

9 Costumes

Dress Paulo up as a robot, a superhero, a surfer, a judoka… Each costume unlocks once you have collected its set of items.

No Ads, No Accounts

The mobile ads and in-app purchase are gone. Every level is open. Just play.

▮A Night On The Site

Paulo is monitoring a construction site overnight but it isn't exactly going smoothly… Blocks of bricks are falling from the sky! While avoiding getting knocked, Paulo is trying to align the blocks to destroy the wall.

Every 27 bricks cleared is a level, up to 99. The higher the level, the faster the bricks, and the shorter the breaks between them. How far can you go?

Start the night shift

▮Know Your Blocks

Every block that falls is a problem or an opportunity. Bricks make up most of the sky; the special ones show up more often as the levels go by.

Inside The Crates

▮How To Play

TouchKeyboardGamepad
Move left / righttap the left / right half← → or A Dd-pad or left stick
Pause / backpause buttonEscB
  1. Avoid the bricks. A block landing on Paulo costs a heart; with no heart left, the night is over.
  2. Push the blocks. Walk into a block on the ground to shove it one column over. Anvils won't budge.
  3. Complete lines. A full row flashes and disappears. Bombs and TNT in the row take their neighbours with them.
  4. Open the locks. Locks only break with a key in your pocket. Keys come out of crates.
  5. Fill the collection. Crates also hide 32 fruits, vegetables and snacks. New ones appear as you level up.

The two-step tutorial in the game walks you through all of this in a minute.

▮Nine Costumes

Paulo starts in his overalls. Every other costume is tied to a few items of the collection: find them all and the closet lets you wear it.

▮The Collection

Thirty-two things to eat, hidden in the crates. Each level unlocks three more kinds, so the burger only shows up once you have survived a while.

▮In Motion

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“Best game! Must have if you like retro game!”

— Mahrez

“Wow, this reminds me of a more modern version of the old watch games I used to play with only two buttons. Simple but fun!”

— Julie

▮Screenshots

Blocks of bricks falling on the construction siteAvoid the bricksPush the blocksCollect fruits and vegetablesOpen locks with keys

▮Play Free, Or Say Thanks

Browser

Free

The complete game, right here. Nothing to install.

Play now

Mac & Windows

On itch.io

Offline, full screen, any window size. It is the "thank you" that keeps the lights on.

Get it on itch.io

Android

Coming back

The Google Play version is being refreshed, without ads this time.

Google Play

What's New In 1.7

  • free in the browser, downloadable on Mac and Windows
  • keyboard and gamepad controls next to the original touch controls
  • ads and in-app purchase removed: every level is open, the revive-by-ad button is gone