A free browser game by Glitchbug Studio

Glitchcraft

A block world drawn in letters, ink or light.

Play now See the seven looks

The game

A block world drawn in letters

Glitchcraft is a survival and building game set in a world of blocks, and everything in it, from the grass to the clouds to the creatures, is drawn in letters and symbols. Seven themes redraw that world: a comic book with bold outlines and a POW! for every hit, an ink painting on paper, a black-and-white noir, the green glow of an old terminal, neon glitch, a glowing forest that never sees the sun, and the classic look it started with.

Play in survival or creative. Mine and smelt, craft tools and armour, farm, enchant and brew. Villages are full of people with jobs to trade with, and iron golems keep them safe. Saddle a horse and ride. Build an ember gate to reach the Emberdeep, a cavern of lava crossed by fortress bridges, then find the star gate to the Starfall Isles, where the Gloam Dragon circles over its crystals.

Glitchcraft Lite, the free web edition, is a single page that runs in any up-to-date browser on a computer, tablet or phone. There is no install, no account, no ads in the game, no chat and no tracking, and saves stay in your own browser.

  • Survival and creative modes, with four difficulties (Peaceful, Easy, Normal, Hard)
  • 113 crafting recipes and 22 smelting recipes, all listed in the in-game guide
  • 25 enchantments, and a brewing stand for potions
  • Villagers with 11 different jobs to trade with
  • Horses to saddle and ride, no taming needed
  • Day and night, weather, thunderstorms and lightning
  • The Gloam Dragon, a flying boss with 200 health, healed by star crystals
  • Touch controls on phones and tablets
  • 7looks to switch between
  • 3worlds to explore
  • 28kinds of creatures
  • 0installs, accounts or ads

Seven looks

One world, seven ways to see it

Change the look at any time from the menu. The world, the creatures and the menus all change with it. Here is the same village in each one.

The same village in the Classic look. The original look: every block, cloud and creature drawn in letters and symbols.

Classic. The original look: every block, cloud and creature drawn in letters and symbols.

Seven looks, one village: the camera circles while the look changes every second. 9 s

What you can do

Gather, build, explore, survive

  • The same village in the Comic look. Bold outlines, flat colour, and a POW! for every hit.

    Seven looks, one world

    Switch between seven themes whenever you like. The world, the creatures and even the menus are redrawn.

  • The village at night under a starry sky: dark houses, a glowing lantern by the path, and villagers' names floating above.

    Survive the night

    Hunger, health and monsters that come out after dark. Build a shelter, light it up, and sleep in a bed to skip the night.

  • The creative inventory: tabs for Building, Nature, Tools, Combat, Food, Brewing and Other above a palette of blocks, with the player's inventory below.

    Build anything

    Creative mode gives you every block, flight, and a full inventory with armour slots and a crafting grid.

  • Two village houses seen from a hillside in the afternoon, with the villagers' names floating above them and a lantern by the path.

    Villages and trading

    Villagers work 11 different jobs. Trade emeralds for their goods while iron golems keep the monsters away.

  • A rider in a purple hat on a saddled horse at full gallop across a meadow, with mountains and a village behind.

    Saddle up

    Put a saddle on any grown horse and ride. Horses run about twice as fast as you walk and jump two and a half blocks.

  • First-person view drawing a bow at a zombie across the meadow. A gold ring around the crosshair shows the bow is fully drawn.

    Bows, swords and armour

    Every click is a blow. Draw a bow until the ring turns gold, raise a sword to block, and wear armour from leather to diamond.

  • The enchanting screen with a diamond sword and lapis: three offers, Sharpness I, Knockback I and Smite II, costing one to three lapis at level 30.

    Craft, enchant, brew

    113 crafting recipes, 22 smelting recipes, 25 enchantments and a brewing stand. A built-in guide lists every recipe.

  • A player in diamond armour, bow in hand, faces the Gloam Dragon as it swoops in with its wings spread, with the dragon's health bar across the top of the screen.

    Face the Gloam Dragon

    A flying boss with 200 health, healed by star crystals on the pillars. Break the crystals first, then shoot it as it circles, or strike when it swoops down or lands.

Three worlds

Past the meadows, through the gates

  • A village of dark wooden houses on a grassy hill at golden hour, with the sun low over mountains. The grass, the hills and the sky are all drawn in letters and symbols.

    World 1

    The Overworld

    Meadows, mountains, lakes and forests, with villages to find. The days are bright, and the nights belong to the monsters.

  • The Emberdeep: a sea of glowing orange lava under a dark cavern roof, with pillars of rock rising from it.

    World 2

    The Emberdeep

    A cavern world over a sea of lava, crossed by fortress bridges. Cinderwisps, wailers and ashbrutes live here, and it is where you find ember wart for brewing.

    How to get there. Build a 4 × 5 frame of obsidian, light it with flint and steel, and stand in it.

  • The Gloam Dragon flies over the Starfall Isles, wings spread, under a purple sky full of stars, with dark stone pillars below and a trail of violet light from a star crystal.

    World 3

    The Starfall Isles

    Islands in a starry void. On the largest, a ring of dusk pillars holds the star crystals, and the Gloam Dragon circles overhead. The way home opens only when it falls.

    How to get there. Find the star gate in the biggest crypt room and fill its twelve frames with star eyes.

In motion

Short clips from the game

Captured from the game itself. Click or tap a clip to play it.

  • Riding across Lantern Meadow. 5 s
  • From afternoon to night. 7 s
  • Glowwood after dark. 6 s
  • WHAM! Fighting in the Comic look. 5 s

Screens

Every screen follows the look too

Crafting, the creative palette, enchanting, trading and the menu.

Plays anywhere

On a computer, a tablet or a phone

Glitchcraft is one web page. Open it in an up-to-date browser and play: keyboard and mouse on a computer, touch controls on a phone or tablet. Saves stay in that browser.

Keyboard and mouse

Move
W A S D
Look
the mouse (click the game first)
Jump
Space (twice to fly in creative)
Sprint
Ctrl, or W twice
Sneak
Shift (you never walk off an edge)
Hit, dig
left click (hold to dig)
Use, place
right click
Eat, draw a bow, block
hold right click
Inventory
E
Hotbar
1 to 9, or the wheel
Drop
Q
Camera
F5 or V
Emotes
G
Hide the bars
F1
Menu, let go of the mouse
Esc

Touch

Move
the left thumb
Look
drag anywhere else
Use, place
tap
Hit
tap a creature
Dig
hold your finger still on a block
Bow
hold still to draw, let go to shoot
Eat, drink
tap with food in hand
Jump, sneak, drop
the buttons on the right
  • The Glitchcraft title screen on a phone, in portrait, with a big Play button.
    The title screen on a phone.
  • Playing on a phone in portrait: the village ahead, the movement pad at the bottom left, jump, sneak, inventory and drop buttons on the right, menu buttons at the top, and the hotbar along the bottom.
    Touch controls on a phone.

Glitchcraft Lite

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