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Helix Jump is a one-button-feeling arcade game about falling. A ball bounces on the spot at the top of a tall tower, and your whole job is to get it to the bottom. The tower is built from stacked rings with gaps cut into them, and the ball drops one ring each time you line a gap up underneath it.

The catch is the coloured sections. Most of each ring is safe to land on, but some segments are dangerous, and touching one with the ball ends the run. Rings get busier the deeper you go, so the gaps shrink and the hazards multiply. A round is short, often under a minute, which makes it a good fit for a quick break between longer games.

On a site built around Snail Bob, it sits at the opposite end from the patient puzzle-solving. Snail Bob is about planning a safe route and waiting for the right moment. Here the pace is faster and the decisions are made by eye, but the core skill of watching timing and spacing carries over.

How to play

The page lists these controls: arrow keys or A/D to move, and Up, W or Space to jump. On a phone, tap or swipe. Click inside the game once before you start so it picks up the keyboard. In Helix Jump games the left and right inputs are what turn the tower or steer you toward a gap, so those are the keys you will use most.

A round goes like this: wait for the ball's bounce, turn until a gap sits directly below it, then let it fall through. Repeat for each ring. Keep your eyes on the next ring rather than the one you are on, because the next decision is the one that matters.

Tips

• Make small, deliberate turns. Big sweeping swipes or long key holds tend to carry the gap past where you wanted it.
• Look one ring ahead. If the next ring's gap is on the far side, start lining up while you are still falling.
• Do not rush the first few rings. They are forgiving, so use them to learn how far a single press turns things.
• If your phone swipes feel twitchy, try the keyboard on a laptop for finer control.

Similar games on Snail Bob

If you want something slower, Happy Glass and Pull the String are physics puzzles where you think first and act once. Circloo and Sides of Gravity play with motion and direction in a more thoughtful way. Roly Poly Monsters and Rubble Trouble are puzzle games where timing again matters. And the Snail Bob series itself is the calm, route-planning counterpart to this one.

Helix Jump suits short sessions on a phone, tablet or Chromebook. It runs in the browser with nothing to install, so you can open it, play a few rounds and be done.