How to make a game with Claude

Route 1: a game as an artifact

• Ask for a complete game. "Build a Breakout game as a single-page artifact with mouse and touch controls, 3 lives and a high score."
• Play it in the panel. The game runs next to the chat. Play a full round before asking for changes.
• Change it by talking. "Bricks drop power-ups." "Speed up after every row." One change per message keeps it stable.
• Publish and share. Use Publish to get a public link. Publishing is available on the Free, Pro and Max plans.
• Know the limits. It is one page. Saving progress between visits is limited, and it is not an app store release.

Route 2: a project with Claude Code

• What you need. A computer, a terminal, and a paid Claude plan or an API account.
• Start in an empty folder. Ask for a plain HTML and JavaScript game or a Godot project, and say what done looks like.
• Run and test it yourself. Claude Code edits the files. You open the game, play it and report what is wrong.
• Save versions with git. Commit after every working step, so a bad change is easy to undo.
• Ship it. Upload a web build to itch.io, or export from an engine to the stores and pay their fees.

When a describe-and-play app is simpler

Claude Code can build a real game. It also takes a terminal, a project, and someone who can tell when the code is wrong, and the result is a file on a computer.

If you want the game on your phone with friends in it, Roam is the shorter path. Describe it in a sentence or a photo, play it, and change it by talking. No repo, no agent session.

Questions people ask

Can Claude make a game?

Yes. It can build small games as artifacts in the Claude app, and bigger projects with Claude Code.

Do I need to code to use Claude Code?

Not to start, but it helps a lot. You run the game, read errors and judge the changes yourself.

Can I share a game made as a Claude artifact?

Yes. Publish the artifact and anyone with the link can open and play it.