Play Snakes Online
You guide a pixel snake that grows longer with every dot you eat, dodging your own tail as the screen fills up—mess up once and it’s game over. Simple controls, brutal tension.
Game Overview
Ah, Snakes—the MS-DOS game that somehow made a line of pixels feel like life or death. You start with this tiny snake, just a few blocks long, and suddenly you're frantically steering it toward dots while your own tail becomes the world's worst obstacle course. The first few rounds feel easy, until you realize your snake's body doesn't disappear—it just piles up, turning the screen into a claustrophobic maze.
There's something weirdly hypnotic about it. The controls are dead simple (arrow keys, no excuses), but the tension builds fast. One moment you're feeling smug about your growing snake, the next you're watching in horror as it folds into itself because you zigged when you should've zagged. And yeah, you'll absolutely say "one more try" out loud, even though you know it's a lie.
It's the kind of game that makes you appreciate how much stress a beeping PC speaker and green-on-black graphics can create. No tutorials, no power-ups—just you versus your own bad decisions. Still weirdly satisfying when you pull off a tight corner at the last second, though.
Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".
Download Snakes ROM
You can download this ROM to play Snakes offline using an MS-DOS emulator (Top Emulators).
*This ROM is provided for backup and educational purposes only.
