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You're a turtle. One turtle is IT.

Run, belly-slide and hide in your shell in a bouncy game of tag against six AI turtles. Free, in your browser, on your phone or computer.

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Best played with your phone sideways

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  • No sign-up
  • Works offline
Three taggers in red bandanas close in on a green turtle on Sunny Beach, between the palm trees and boulders

Easy to learn, hard to stop

One turtle wears the red bandana. Everyone else runs. A round lasts 90 seconds, and the next one starts as soon as you're ready.

Run

Keep away from the turtle in the red bandana. Water is fast, mud is slow.

W A S D or arrowsdrag on the left

Dash

A quick belly-slide to escape a close call. It recharges in 3 seconds.

SpaceDASH button

Hide

Duck into your shell to dodge a tag. Careful: a tagger can flip you over.

ShiftHIDE button

Mystery clams. Swim over a glowing clam for an item: Speed Kelp, an Ink Jar, a Bubble Shield, a Decoy, and the rare Golden Shell that lets you bonk the tagger back.

A new twist every round

Six modes, and after every round you vote on what's next, so tag never plays the same way twice.

Infection mode on Sunny Beach: a tagger closes in on a cyan turtle by the sandcastle
Classic

Infection

Tagged turtles join the taggers. Last turtle standing wins big.

A tagger round on the Lily Pond: you're IT, chasing a blue turtle across the water
You're IT

Tagger round

Your turn to wear the bandana. Quick tags in a row make combos.

Hot Potato on the Coral Reef: a green turtle holds the potato beside a coral wall
Pass it on

Hot Potato

Tag someone to pass the potato. Don't hold it when time runs out.

Rescue mode in the Sewer, beside the sludge channel and a grate
Team up

Rescue

Tagged turtles get stuck on their backs. Touch them to set them free.

Golden Rush on Volcano Island: turtles race past the lava pools
Payback

Golden Rush

Golden Shells everywhere, so the hunted get to hunt back.

Crown Turtle on Sunny Beach: a black turtle wears the crown as six chasers close in
New

Crown Turtle

Grab the crown and keep it. Any bump knocks it loose. First to hold it for 30 seconds wins.

Some rounds add a twist: Fog, Ice Rink, Giant Tagger, Two Taggers, Item Frenzy or Windy.

Five arenas, plus three more coming

Start on Sunny Beach. New arenas unlock as you play, and Shuffle sends you somewhere different every round. Three more are on the way in Turtle Tag Plus.

Sunny Beach: sandcastle towers, boulders, palm trees and tide pools, with turtles scattering across the sand
The tide

Sunny Beach

Loop round the sandcastle and the rock pools before the tide comes in and the beach shrinks.

Open from the start
Coral Reef: pink coral walls and sandbars in clear blue water, with turtles darting between them
Vents and kelp

Coral Reef

Everyone is fast underwater. Hide in the kelp, ride the current and warp through the vents.

Unlocks after 3 rounds
Lily Pond: lily pads, a floating log and rocks in a pond with grassy banks
Fast routes

Lily Pond

Lily pads and logs are the fast routes. Mud slows everyone down, so pick your path.

Unlocks after 6 rounds
Sewer: a pool of light over tiled floors, pipes and a green sludge channel
Lights out

Sewer

The lights are low for everyone. Break line of sight and sneak away through the pump room.

Unlocks after 10 rounds
Volcano Island: four lava pools crossed by cooled-rock bridges, on scorched ground by the sea
Lava bombs

Volcano Island

Dodge falling lava bombs and race across the cooled-rock bridges.

Unlocks after 15 rounds
Iceberg Floes: big round ice floes on a blue sea, with turtles crossing between them
Drifting ice

Iceberg Floes

Ice floes drift apart and back together. Ice is quick and slippery, the water in between is slow, so time your jumps.

Coming soon in Plus
Shipwreck: the wooden deck of a ship, with crates, a barrel and a compass rose
The tilt

Shipwreck

With 30 seconds left, the deck tilts: everyone slides, and loose barrels come rolling across the planks.

Coming soon in Plus
Turtle Garden: hedge walls, stone paths and a fountain on a striped lawn
Hedge gates

Turtle Garden

Step on a stone plate to open a hedge gate for five seconds: a shortcut for quick-thinking turtles.

Coming soon in Plus

Always something to come back for

Every round earns coins, even when you get tagged.

The hat and pet shop: owned hats, a crown being worn, and more hats and pets to buy with coins

Hats and pets

Spend your coins on party hats, shades or a pizza box, and pick a pet that follows you around.

The trophy cabinet, with ten of eighteen trophies earned

19 trophies

From Close Shave to Bonk Master, each one pays out bonus coins.

The results board after a Daily Challenge, with a treasure chest opening

Daily Challenge

The same mode and arena for everyone, every day. Every day you play grows your Daily bonus, and missing a day never takes it away.

Questions

Short answers for players and parents.

Everything the game keeps and sends is set out in our Privacy Policy.

Is it really free?
Yes. There are no ads and nothing to buy. Coins, hats, pets and arenas are all earned by playing.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes. On a phone or tablet you get touch controls: drag anywhere on the left to move, and tap the DASH and HIDE buttons. Hold your phone sideways.
Can I play offline?
Yes. After your first visit the game saves a copy in your browser, so it opens even with no connection. Installing it puts it on your home screen like an app.
Can we play together?
Yes. Couch Party puts up to 4 players on one screen: two share the keyboard (WASD and the arrow keys), and gamepads join with one press. Bots fill the other turtles. Open it from the lobby, or press C.
How do I install it on my phone?
  1. iPhone or iPad: open the game in Safari, tap the Share button, then Add to Home Screen.
  2. Android: open the game in Chrome, tap the ⋮ menu, then Install app (or Add to Home screen).
What data do you collect?
Nothing about you. There are no accounts, ads or trackers. Your progress is saved only in this browser on this device, so clearing your browser's site data resets it. The game only ever talks to our own server for three optional things, each after a grown-up answers a quick times-table question: a 1 to 5 star rating, daily play totals (rounds and wins per mode, off unless you turn them on in Settings), and a crash report if the game ever breaks. None of them carries a name, an account, typed text or a device id, ratings and play counts are kept only as totals, and crash reports are deleted after 30 days. The one thing the game learns is how well you play, so it can pick bots that make each round fair: not too easy, not too hard. That stays on this device too, is never shown as a rank or used for anything else, and can be switched off or reset under Settings, "Fair games". The full details are in our Privacy Policy.

Ready? Somebody's IT.

Rounds take 90 seconds. You'll want another.

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