Cage Arcade — an honest story about a game that owns your evening

Sometimes the simplest-looking game hooks you harder than a blockbuster. This is exactly that case: the rules take a minute to learn, and putting it down is much harder.

What this game is

Cage is a tense arcade about walls and restless balls. Two springy balls zip across a white field while you steer a short paddle: aim at any open spot and tap (or click), and a wall shoots out from the paddle in both directions until it hits the border or another wall. Once it locks in as a building, it slices off a piece of empty space — and that space counts for you.

How to play, in short

1. Cage is a tense arcade about walls and restless balls.

2. Two springy balls zip across a white field while you steer a short paddle: aim at any open spot and tap (or click), and a wall shoots out from the paddle in both directions until it hits the border or another wall.

3. Once it locks in as a building, it slices off a piece of empty space — and that space counts for you.

A few final tips

• Check out the demo mode on the game page — the AI shows how it is played, and repeating it yourself gets much easier.
• Play in short sessions: the best results come with a warmed-up head.

Simple on the surface, deep underneath — exactly the kind of game that never ages. Ready to try? "Cage Arcade"