About the game
Slice Tower is a one-tap arcade game built entirely around timing. A knife hangs above a tower of coloured blocks, swinging from side to side while it spins in the air. Tap and it dives straight down. Land on a coloured block and it splits clean in two, the halves cartwheeling off the screen in a shower of sparks. Land on one of the steel blocks wedged beside it and the blade is thrown back — and your run is over.
The only input is when you tap, but that single decision carries everything: which block you land on, and how close to its centre the cut falls. Slice along the white centre line and you score a PERFECT; graze the edge and you survive with thin points. Every clean cut extends your combo, and the multiplier climbs to x5, so one long tidy run is worth many times a scrappy one. Each stage adds layers, narrows the targets, speeds up the swing, and from stage three sets some layers drifting sideways.
How to play
- Desktop: click anywhere on the game, or press Space, Enter or the Down arrow.
- Mobile: tap anywhere on the playfield — the whole canvas is the button.
- The blade falls from wherever it happens to be at the moment you tap. There is no aiming, only timing.
- Press P or use the Pause button to freeze the tower at any moment.
- After a game over, press Space or Enter to start a fresh run.
Rules
- Coloured wooden blocks can be cut. The grey steel blocks with rivets cannot — touching one ends the run immediately.
- The white line down the middle of each wooden block marks the perfect zone. A cut inside it scores PERFECT (50 base points), a near miss scores GREAT (25) and an edge cut still scores GOOD (10).
- Consecutive cuts build a combo. Every three cuts raise the multiplier by one, up to x5. Hitting steel or dropping into open air resets it to zero.
- From stage three some layers slide sideways, leaving a gap of empty air at the edges. Falling into that gap counts as a miss and ends the run.
- Clearing every layer of a stage awards a bonus of 100 × the stage number and starts the next, tighter stage.
Strategy & tips
Watch the swing, not the blade
The knife follows a sine sweep: fastest through the middle, slowest at the turns. If you tap the instant the blade looks right, you are already late. Release a fraction early and let the fall distance catch up.
The turning points are free points
At each end of its sweep the blade almost stops. When a target sits near the left or right edge, wait for the swing to turn over it and drop while it hangs — the timing window there is several times wider than in the middle.
Protect the combo before you chase the score
A GOOD cut keeps your multiplier alive; a greedy stab at a PERFECT that lands on steel throws away everything you built. Once you are on x4 or x5, aim for the fat part of the block and take the safe ten points.
Read the layer below before you cut
The next two layers are already visible under the current one. Spotting a narrow target or a drifting layer in advance lets you settle into its rhythm instead of reacting to it.
FAQ
Why did my blade bounce off instead of cutting?
You landed on a steel block. Steel segments are grey with rivets and flank every wooden target; only the coloured blocks can be sliced. Steel is always where the block is not, so the wider the target, the safer the drop.
What exactly counts as a PERFECT cut?
The white centre line marks the middle of the block — roughly its central fifth. A cut inside that band scores PERFECT and 50 base points, which the combo multiplier can push as high as 250.
Does the game ever end on its own?
No. Stages keep coming, growing to twelve layers with targets down to a tenth of the tower width and layers that slide sideways as you aim. A run ends only when the blade meets steel or empty air.
How is my best score stored?
The highest total you reach across all stages of a single run is saved in your browser's local storage. It stays on that device and browser and is never uploaded unless you submit it to the leaderboard yourself.
Does it play well on a phone?
Yes. The whole playfield is one large tap target, the canvas resizes to fit your screen, and the fullscreen button gives you an app-like view with no page scrolling.
