A free 3D brick breaker, synced to music

PULSE//BREAK is a futuristic arcade brick breaker that runs directly in your web browser — no download, no account. Break the bricks of a living machine across 24 levels and 12 universes, while the whole arena pulses, lights up and rebuilds itself on the beat of the Nocturnal Pulse EP by Ekko/Night.

Genre

Arcade · brick breaker (breakout-style) · rhythm

Platform

Any modern web browser, desktop or mobile (WebGL)

Price

Free, no account, no download

Content

24 levels in 2 acts · 12 universes · 11 power-ups · campaign + arcade modes

Languages

English, French, Spanish

Soundtrack

Nocturnal Pulse EP — Ekko/Night

Created by

Oreakids

How to play

1. Move the mouse (or slide your finger) anywhere: the paddle follows, no click needed.
2. Click, tap or press SPACE to launch the ball.
3. Where the ball hits the paddle sets its angle: hit with the edge to aim sideways.
4. Destroy every required brick to rebuild the machine and complete the level.
5. ESC or P pauses the game, M mutes the sound.

The 24 levels

Each universe is driven by one track of the EP: the light, the pulses and the rebuilding of the machine follow its tempo.

• 
  01 · AWAKENING

  FIRST CONTACT

  Wake the machine. Learn the pulse.

  ♪ Track: Nocturnal Pulse

• 
  02 · AWAKENING

  THE SIGNAL

  Energy remembers. Strike the cells, follow the chain.

  ♪ Track: Nocturnal Pulse

• 
  03 · ORBITAL

  ORBITAL RING

  The ring turns. Read its rhythm before you strike.

  ♪ Track: Neon Horizon

• 
  04 · ORBITAL

  TWIN ORBITS

  Two rings, two directions. The core waits behind them.

  ♪ Track: Neon Horizon

• 
  05 · REFRACTION

  GLASS CHAMBER

  Prisms split the light. Their beams are always shown.

  ♪ Track: Glassy Digital Plucks

• 
  06 · REFRACTION

  LIGHT DIVISION

  Open the sections in order. Let the beams converge.

  ♪ Track: Glassy Digital Plucks

• 
  07 · OVERLOAD

  REACTOR

  Every charge wants to go off. Choose where it starts.

  ♪ Track: Neon Nocturne

• 
  08 · OVERLOAD

  CRITICAL MASS

  Three hearts, moving shields, one chain reaction too many.

  ♪ Track: Neon Nocturne

• 
  09 · FRACTURE

  THE RIFT

  Space is torn. Enter low, arrive high — the gates never lie.

  ♪ Track: Fading Memories

• 
  10 · FRACTURE

  PARADOX

  The architecture folds over itself. Trust the frames, not the shadows.

  ♪ Track: Fading Memories

• 
  11 · SINGULARITY

  THE CORE

  A geometric mind behind three layers of armor.

  ♪ Track: Game over

• 
  12 · SINGULARITY

  SINGULARITY

  Break the modules. Break the shield. Break the pulse.

  ♪ Track: Game over

• 
  13 · ECHO

  ECHO CHAMBER

  The first pulse comes back, louder. Every cell answers the others.

  ♪ Track: Nocturnal Pulse

• 
  14 · ECHO

  DOUBLE PULSE

  Two blocks cross the beat. Strike them as they pass.

  ♪ Track: Nocturnal Pulse

• 
  15 · DRIFT

  SATELLITES

  Three orbits, three speeds. Find the gap and slip through.

  ♪ Track: Neon Horizon

• 
  16 · DRIFT

  GRAVITY WELL

  Two rings spin against each other. Their hearts hold the beat.

  ♪ Track: Neon Horizon

• 
  17 · PRISMATIC

  SPECTRUM

  Three prisms, one chamber. Let the light do half the work.

  ♪ Track: Glassy Digital Plucks

• 
  18 · PRISMATIC

  MIRROR MAZE

  Gates and prisms. Enter low, strike high, follow the light.

  ♪ Track: Glassy Digital Plucks

• 
  19 · MELTDOWN

  CHAIN REACTION

  Every charge is wired to the next. One spark is enough.

  ♪ Track: Neon Nocturne

• 
  20 · MELTDOWN

  MELTDOWN

  Burn the rods around the core. Then the core itself.

  ♪ Track: Neon Nocturne

• 
  21 · SHATTER

  SHARDS

  The pieces turn over when you least expect it.

  ♪ Track: Fading Memories

• 
  22 · SHATTER

  BROKEN MIRROR

  Gates, wings and a mirror that refuses to stay still.

  ♪ Track: Fading Memories

• 
  23 · EVENT HORIZON

  EVENT HORIZON

  Past this ring, nothing comes back. Except the ball.

  ♪ Track: Game over

• 
  24 · EVENT HORIZON

  THE LAST PULSE

  Four modules, a living shield, a heart that beats back. End it.

  ♪ Track: Game over

Power-ups

• Wide paddle — a much wider paddle for 15 seconds.
• Multi-ball — two extra balls; losing an extra ball never costs a life.
• Piercing ball — for 8 seconds the ball smashes through bricks without bouncing, even armored ones.
• Shield — a force field under the paddle: no ball can be lost for 12 seconds.
• Double points — every brick is worth twice as much for 15 seconds.
• Shockwave — an instant blast that destroys the bricks around the ball.
• Slow motion — the ball slows down for 10 seconds.
• Extra life — one more life (up to 5).
• Laser — for 8 seconds the paddle shoots: click or hold SPACE to fire (automatic on touch screens).
• Magnet — the ball sticks to the paddle: aim, then click to relaunch (it leaves by itself after a moment).
• Mega ball — a giant ball that deals double damage for 10 seconds.

Power-ups drop from destroyed bricks — at least one every 7 bricks. Catch them with the paddle.

Bricks and mechanics

• Candy bricks — break in one hit.
• Energy bricks — glowing glass that needs several hits; their core shrinks with each hit.
• Explosive bricks — blow up and damage their neighbours: chain reactions.
• Prisms — indestructible; they split the light and show the path of their beams.
• Portals — teleport the ball from one gate to another.
• Ghost bricks — phase in and out of reality.
• Force fields — indestructible green structures the ball bounces off.
• Cores — the hearts of the machine, protected until the level opens them.

Soundtrack — Nocturnal Pulse EP by Ekko/Night

The original music of PULSE//BREAK is the Nocturnal Pulse EP by the electronic project Ekko/Night. The game reads the real tracks and syncs its lights to their measured tempo. Listening inside the game does not count as a Spotify stream: listen to the EP on Spotify to support the artist.

1. 01 Nocturnal Pulse 3:20
2. 02 Neon Horizon 3:23
3. 03 Glassy Digital Plucks 2:33
4. 04 Neon Nocturne 2:52
5. 05 Fading Memories 3:28
6. 06 Game over 3:23

Listen to the EP on Spotify ↗

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