Snake of Bullets: Collect and Shoot!

The saws show up fast, and that's when Snake of Bullets: Collect and Shoot! stops feeling relaxing and starts feeling tense. One clip against an obstacle and your whole chain of collected bullets is gone, so every swipe past a trap matters more than the last.

You start with a single, sad little bullet. Swiping your finger or mouse guides your bullet-snake along the route, picking up upgrades that make your trail longer and meaner - which is harder to pull off than it sounds once the levels start throwing obstacles at you. Getting a long chain safely to the end of a level is the payoff that keeps you swiping back in.

Controls stay smooth and simple throughout, so the challenge comes from reading the road ahead, not fighting the interface. It plays well as a between-tasks reset, the kind of casual game you open for five minutes and somehow stay in for twenty.

If you like games built around one clean loop you can lose yourself in, Stick Merge is worth a swipe too. Snake of Bullets runs free in the browser on desktop, Android and iOS - no download, no fuss.

Guide your bullet-snake through each level, collecting better bullets and reaching the end without crashing into anything in your path.

Swipe your finger, or drag with your mouse, to steer your snake along the route. Start with one basic bullet and pick up upgrades as you go to build a longer, stronger trail.

Watch for traps and saws blocking the road - hitting one ends your run, so plan your line a few moves ahead instead of reacting at the last second.

Tip: prioritize the safest path over the biggest bullet pickup. A long snake that survives beats a short one that panics into a saw.