Popsplit is a free multiplayer cell-eating game you play in the browser. You are one cell in a shared arena: eat anything smaller than you, stay clear of anything bigger, and finish the round on the leaderboard. No download, no install.
Play Popsplit free →Bigger eats smaller. Your mass decides who wins an overlap, so every decision in the arena is really a decision about mass: gain it by swallowing cells, lose it by splitting and ejecting, and never spend it in front of something that can eat the pieces.
On a desktop the mouse does the moving and the keyboard does everything else. Keys can be rebound in Settings > Hotkeys, and mouse buttons too - so if you know these controls from another cell game, you can make them match.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Mouse | Move - your cell follows the cursor; bigger cells are slower |
| Space | Split - throw half your mass forward as a new cell |
| D | Double Split - split into four cells |
| S | Triple Split |
| A | Quad Split |
| Z | Split x16 - the full sixteen-cell burst, sent split-delay apart |
| W | Eject Mass - spit pellets out, to feed a teammate or move a virus |
| F | Freeze Movement |
| X | Instant Respawn - skip the menu and rejoin straight away |
| Tab | Minion Toggle - take control of a minion (on Dual Mode, swap to your other body) |
| E | Minion Split |
| Q | Minion Quad Split |
| R | Minion Eject (hold) |
| T | Minion Freeze |
| Enter | Chat - type your message, Enter again to send |
| Esc | Back to the menu |
The stick appears wherever your thumb lands instead of a fixed corner, so your hand does not have to travel to steer. The corners carry the actions a keyboard would: Split, D and x16 on one side, Eject on the other, chat and the menu above them. Holding the menu button switches full screen on and off; a tap opens the menu over the life you are playing.
The classic free-for-all arena. Everyone is alone, everyone is food, and the leaderboard reshuffles all game.
You control two bodies at once and can swap between them, so one of you can hold a valuable corner of the map while the other hunts.
Faster pacing and more XP for what you eat, which is what makes it a good place to level up quickly.
The phone server: touch controls, a layout built for a small screen, and its own leaderboard.
On the servers that allow them, a minion is a second cell you can switch into for a few moments with Tab. It is a scout, a decoy, or a way to feed your main body without ever putting it at risk.
Playing earns XP and coins: XP levels your account up (the progress bar sits in the lobby) and coins are spent in the store on skins, boosters and cosmetics. You can also draw your own skin and wear it, or link your Discord account so your name and level follow you between devices. None of this is needed to play - a guest with no account gets the same arena as anyone else.
Press Enter to open the chat box. Plain text goes to everyone in the arena; type
/h to see the command list, /kill to respawn immediately, and
/pc followed by your message to talk only to your party.
Yes. Popsplit is free and plays in the browser. There is no download, no install and no account needed to start playing - signing in only adds saved progress like level, coins and skins.
The mouse steers your cell: it always moves toward the pointer, and the speed falls off as the cell grows. Space splits, W ejects mass, F freezes movement and X respawns instantly. Every key can be rebound in Settings > Hotkeys.
Yes, sometimes. Splitting throws half your mass forward as a separate cell, so a split can reach prey that is bigger than one of your cells but smaller than the two together. Splitting into a bigger cell is how players usually die, so it is worth doing deliberately rather than by reflex.
They are viruses. A cell larger than the virus that swallows one bursts into many small pieces, which is good news for whoever is chasing you. Feed one with ejected mass to move it, and hide behind it to make bigger players think twice.
Yes. On a touch screen the stick appears where your thumb lands instead of sitting in a fixed corner, and Split, D, x16 and Eject are buttons in the corners. Mobile mode is its own server with its own controls, and full screen is available from the menu button.
There is a chat box in the corner - press Enter to type. Type /h for
the list of commands, /kill to respawn immediately, and /pc followed
by text to talk only to your party.
It is the same kind of game: a multiplayer cell-eating arena where you eat smaller cells and avoid bigger ones, with splitting and mass ejection. Popsplit is its own game though - it adds game modes such as Dual Mode and Instant, an XP and coin system with skins, and it is made to run well on a phone.