Pac-Man
The arcade legend, faithfully rebuilt: chomp the maze, dodge four ghosts with classic personalities, grab power pellets and chase the fruit. Keyboard or swipe.
PAC-MAN
Eat every dot. Grab a power pellet to hunt the ghosts. Survive all 3 lives!
Arrows / WASD · swipe · P to pause
READY!
Paused
press P
LEVEL CLEAR!
GAME OVER
Score · Level
🏆 New high score!
YOU WIN! 🎉
Cleared level with pts
🏆 New high score!
Arrows / WASD to move · P to pause · R to restart · swipe or use the D-pad on touch. Eat ghosts in a chain for 200 → 400 → 800 → 1600 points.
Why you’ll love Pac-Man
Instant & free
No signup, no paywall, no limits — Pac-Man works the moment the page loads.
Completely private
Everything runs in your browser. Nothing you enter is ever uploaded or stored on a server.
Works on any device
Fully responsive and touch-friendly — use it on your phone, tablet or desktop.
Beat your best
High scores and streaks save on your device — and results are shareable.
How to use it
Open it
No download and no login — the tool is ready right at the top of this page.
Use it
Enter your details or start interacting. Everything updates live as you go.
Get your result
Copy, download or share your result in a single tap. That’s it.
About Pac-Man
Pac-Man was released by Namco in 1980, designed by Toru Iwatani to pull in players who were tired of space shooters — legend has it the character was inspired by a pizza with a slice missing. It went on to become one of the highest-grossing arcade games ever made, and its maze-chase formula still holds up nearly half a century later.
This browser version rebuilds the arcade experience faithfully: the classic maze with side tunnels, power pellets, bonus fruit, three lives and a saved high score. Crucially, the four ghosts use the authentic arcade targeting logic — Blinky (red) chases your exact tile, Pinky (pink) aims four tiles ahead of you to cut you off, Inky (cyan) computes a flanking vector off Blinky's position, and Clyde (orange) pursues you only until he gets close, then shies away to his corner. The ghosts alternate between scatter and chase phases, and the scatter windows shrink as you climb levels, so the pressure keeps building.
A few strategy basics go a long way. Save power pellets until ghosts are actually near you, then chain them for the 200 → 400 → 800 → 1,600 point combo. Use the side tunnels to shake pursuers — ghosts slow down inside them in the arcade tradition. And clear the awkward corners early, while the ghosts are still settling into their patterns, rather than leaving stray dots for the endgame.
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Frequently asked questions
Each ghost has its own targeting rule, just like the 1980 arcade original. Blinky heads straight for your current tile, Pinky targets a spot four tiles ahead of your direction of travel, Inky takes a point two tiles ahead of you and doubles the vector from Blinky to it, and Clyde chases you until he is within about eight tiles, then retreats to his corner. The mix is what makes the ghosts feel coordinated — Blinky pushes you forward while Pinky waits where you are heading.
Grabbing a power pellet turns the ghosts blue and vulnerable for a short time. The first ghost you eat during that window is worth 200 points, the second 400, the third 800 and the fourth 1,600 — so the biggest scores come from luring several ghosts close together before you take the pellet, not from eating it the moment you pass one.
Swipe anywhere on the maze in the direction you want to turn, or use the on-screen D-pad below the board. Your input is queued, so you can swipe slightly before a junction and Pac-Man will take the turn as soon as it opens. On desktop, use the arrow keys or WASD, P to pause and R to restart.
Yes. Every time you clear the maze the level counter rises, the dots refill and the ghosts spend less time in their scatter phase — meaning they hunt you for longer stretches before backing off to their corners. Your score and lives carry across levels, and your best run is saved as the high score on your device.
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Yes — best scores save in your browser and most games give you a shareable result to challenge friends.
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