Quick steps to get started
Goal: survive as long as you can and defeat the bosses.
Desktop: move with WASD or the arrow keys, or hold the mouse button to steer toward the cursor; Esc or P pauses.
Mobile: drag anywhere on the left side of the screen to move.
Hit enemies with your head, then circle them with your body and touch your body with your head to close the loop and crush everything inside.
Collect essence gems to level up and pick one of three mutations that change your body.
What's it all about?
Tangle Tails is a top-down arcade roguelite about a creature made of bendy joints. Hit swarms with your head, then circle them with your body and close the loop to crush everything inside. Every level-up changes how your body looks and fights. There are 14 creatures, 6 maps, 12 bosses that get angrier at half health, six game modes and leaderboards, plus quests, relics, shrines and permanent upgrades to keep runs different.
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