Best Scratch games: the all-time hits, and the ones you can play by touch

The best Scratch games are free web games made by Scratch users. Here are some of the most viewed, newer featured picks, and which ones work with a finger on iPad or a phone.

Quick answer

Among the most viewed Scratch games, checked November 4, 2026, are four by griffpatch: Paper Minecraft (about 67M views), Getting Over It (22.7M), Appel (15.6M) and Epic Ninja (12.2M). Pen Football by context has 4.1M. Most use a keyboard. For touch, try Guide The Geese, Level EATEN! or propeller hat cat. To make your own game on a phone, Roam is an iPhone app.

Updated Nov 4, 2026. Roam is our app, and the Roam team wrote this comparison. Roam is free to download and play on iPhone, and making works without a subscription; optional Spark and Reality plans and credit packs add more creation. Android: pre-register on Google Play.

Side by side

Popular Scratch games by views (checked Nov 4, 2026)
Game	Creator	What you do	Views	Controls
Paper Minecraft	griffpatch	Fan-made 2D take on Minecraft: mine, craft, build and save your world	67.1M	Keyboard and mouse
Appel	griffpatch	Platformer: run, wall jump and stick to ceilings to collect golden apples and beat Micro Manager	15.6M	Arrow keys or WASD
Epic Ninja	griffpatch	Fight across a level and find 33 fruits, with a built-in level editor	12.2M	Arrow keys or WASD
Massive Multiplayer Platformer	griffpatch	Run a course with other live players, grab the flags and post a time	7.0M	Arrow keys or WASD
Pen Football	context	Football (soccer) drawn 100% with the pen	4.1M	Listed in the menu
Scratchnapped	griffpatch	Mario-style platformer: rescue one Scratchling per level	3.0M	Arrow keys
Griffpatch's Tower Defence	griffpatch	Place towers to stop waves of enemies, on 3 maps	2.1M	Mouse
Level EATEN!	griffpatch	Platformer where you eat the blocks of the level	1.9M	Keys, or tap the screen on mobile
Snail Platformer	griffpatch	Stretch a snail's neck over gaps to reach its treats	1.4M	Arrow keys and space
Taco Burp	griffpatch	Cloud multiplayer shooter for up to 8 players	1.0M	WASD and mouse

Views, creators and controls come from each project's page on scratch.mit.edu. Scratch does not publish an all-time chart, and counts move every day.

Which one to pick

Play Scratch games if

You want free games made by other players and want to see how they work. You can open a shared project in the editor and remix it. Scratch works best on a computer or a tablet with a keyboard.

Make your own on Roam if

You want your own game on your iPhone without building it block by block. Describe it in a sentence or start from a photo, then change it by talking. Roam has no web or PC version and does not make Scratch projects, so stay with Scratch to learn to code.

The most viewed Scratch games we checked

One creator stands out. griffpatch made nine of the ten games in the table, and he teaches Scratch coding on YouTube. Paper Minecraft is his most viewed project by far, with about 67 million views and more than 72,000 remixes. It is a fan-made 2D take on Minecraft and is not an official Mojang game.

Many of his other hits are also fan remakes of famous games, like Getting Over It (22.7M views) and Hill Climb Racing (6.9M). We put mostly his original games in the table instead. Start with Appel: a full platformer with a story, wall jumps, speed runs and community levels.

Newer Scratch games that got featured

Older games collect the most views. These newer ones say in their own notes that they were featured.

Deja Moo! by catScratchhhhh A cow clones itself with an alien ship to switch off the farmer's beams and escape the farm. Made for the Pixel Game Maker Awards jam. About 174K views.
Target Rush! by zenithIsReal Click colored targets for points in one minute, and stay away from the glitch targets. About 237K views.
Guide The Geese by KrackenCodes Guide lost geese back to their ponds with your finger or the mouse. About 117K views.
propeller hat cat by sooop-dumpling Float a cat around, collect sushi and dodge raindrops. 9 lives, 120 points to win. About 89K views.

Scratch games on iPad and phones

Scratch's Help Center says you can play, but not create, Scratch projects on most smartphones in the browser version of Scratch. There is no Scratch app for smartphones. The Scratch app download page lists Windows, macOS, ChromeOS and Android tablets, not iPad. On tablets, the Scratch Team supports Mobile Safari and Mobile Chrome.

The catch is controls. Most top games want arrow keys, WASD or a mouse. On an iPad without a keyboard, pick games built for touch. Guide The Geese says it is mobile friendly, Level EATEN! lets you tap the sides and top of the screen, and propeller hat cat has an on-screen joystick.

Scratch games to play with friends

Some Scratch games use cloud variables, so players on different computers share one game. Massive Multiplayer Platformer puts everyone on one course, and the fastest live player shows in rainbow colors. Taco Burp is a flying shooter for up to 8 players, and its notes link a second server.

Where to find good Scratch games

Open Explore on scratch.mit.edu and pick the Games tab. The home page also has Featured Projects and Featured Studios rows. Studios collect games around a theme or a game jam, like the one behind Deja Moo!. When you find a creator you like, open their profile to see all their shared projects.

Scratch is free for everyone, says the Scratch Foundation, and the Scratch Wiki says it is aimed at ages 8 to 16. Scratch's Terms of Service give other users a license to modify shared projects for personal use inside Scratch. That is how remixing works.

Scratch games to make, easiest first

Make a game like these on your phone

Roam is an iPhone app where you play games and make your own. Type a sentence like "a snail stretches its neck over gaps to reach berries, 10 levels" or start from a photo. It comes back as a game you can play. Then say "add a boss" or "make it two-player" to change it. No blocks and no code. You keep ownership of what you make.

Your own platformer, on your iPhone

Describe the platformer you have in mind in one sentence, then play it on your iPhone with your friends.

Try: "a little ninja wall jumps through 10 levels to collect golden fruit, the last level has a boss, my friend plays the second ninja"

Questions people ask

What is the most popular Scratch game of all time?

Scratch does not publish an all-time chart. Paper Minecraft by griffpatch is one of the biggest, with about 67 million views on November 4, 2026. His most viewed original game is Appel, with about 15.6 million.

What are some good Scratch games?

Start with Appel, Epic Ninja, Scratchnapped and Griffpatch's Tower Defence for classics. For newer picks, try Deja Moo!, Target Rush! and Guide The Geese. All are free on scratch.mit.edu.

Can you play Scratch games on an iPad?

Yes, on the Scratch website. The Scratch Team supports Mobile Safari and Mobile Chrome on tablets. The Scratch app download page does not list iPad, and most games want a keyboard, so pick touch games like Guide The Geese.

Can you play Scratch games on a phone?

Yes. Scratch's Help Center says you can play, but not create, projects on most smartphones in the browser version. There is no Scratch app for smartphones.

Are Scratch games free?

Yes. The Scratch Foundation says Scratch is free for everyone. Playing, making and remixing projects on scratch.mit.edu costs nothing.

Can Roam make a Scratch game?

No. Roam does not make Scratch projects or blocks. It makes a game you play in the Roam app on iPhone, from a sentence or a photo. Roam is 13+ on the App Store.

Sources, checked Nov 4, 2026

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