Aether Tail
Free snake game for iPhone and Android

Weave light. Grow longer.

The classic snake game, reimagined. Guide a glowing serpent to its food, grow longer, and never hit a wall or your own tail. Then try six more boards, from silk-ribbon physics to music you make as you move.

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Try Classic

Swipe, tap or press an arrow key to start.

Seven boards to play

Classic, Elastic, Chroma, Constellation, Resonance and Fusion on the home screen, and one more hidden for you to find.

Every move makes music

Turns, bites and crossings each have their own sound, and on Resonance and Fusion the board plays a scale as you move.

Colors for every eye

Six color themes, plus two secret ones, in light or dark mode. Pigments differ in lightness as well as hue, with optional numbers.

25 achievements

Earn them in the app, with Game Center or Google Play Games. Some are secret: hidden jingles, secret colors and a few surprises.

Parental controls

A parent PIN, daily activity, and a say in sharing, ads and Easy mode. Break reminders and play limits for everyone.

Free, with an optional upgrade

Aether Tail is free with a few ads. A one-time purchase removes them, unlocks every board and color, and makes revives free.

See it on your phone

A glowing ribbon, calm colors.

Pick one of six color themes, Aether, Celestial, Ember, Orchid, Folk and Autumn, in light or dark mode. Two more are secrets.

The Elastic board in dark mode with the Celestial colors, the ribbon whipping after a turn
The Classic board part way through, the snake turning towards a glowing pellet
A closer look

Seven boards, one serpent

The home screen with the Classic, Elastic, Chroma, Constellation, Resonance and Fusion boards
Pick a board
The Chroma board with three colored zones and the snake carrying a mix of two pigments
Mix colors to feed
The Constellation board with glowing nodes joined by threads
Weave the stars
The celebration after a new best, with stars, score, length and time
Chase three stars
The boards

Learn Classic in a minute. Then it gets interesting.

  1. Classic. Eat, grow longer, and never hit a wall or your own tail.
  2. Elastic. Free 360° movement with momentum. Sharp turns whip and stretch the body.
  3. Chroma. Cross the colored zones to mix pigments. Only a matching mix can eat a pellet.
  4. Constellation. Every 5 pellets your tail sheds a gravity node. Weave through the threads between them.
  5. Resonance. The board pulses to a beat. Eat on the pulse to build a combo, and play the scale as you move.
  6. Fusion. Elastic, chroma, constellation and resonance in one board.
From the blog

Tips, the boards explained, and healthy play

  1. Parental controls and healthy play in Aether Tail
    How Aether Tail suits younger players, what a parent can see and choose, and the break reminders and play limits anyone can turn on.
  2. How the seven boards work: physics, pigments, nodes and the beat
    Classic is a grid. The other boards add momentum, subtractive color mixing, gravity nodes and a beat to eat on. Here are the rules behind each one.
  3. How to grow longer in Classic: walls, serpentines and your own tail
    The habits that keep a snake alive as it fills the board, from hugging the walls to sweeping in serpentines and following your own tail.

Questions about boards, ads or parental controls?

Read the FAQ