Welcome to Battlesnake!
Build a server to play snake and compete with other developers.
Step 1
Build a web server to play the game using our API.
Step 2
Deploy using whatever technology you like.
Step 3
Battle other snakes in tournaments and arenas!
Join our growing community of friendly Battlesnake developers
An awesome new programming side project.
Build your programming skills by writing AI snake bots using modern, real-world technology and compete to be the last snake slithering.
Learn
Practice programming and learn new technologies for fun! As your snake improves, so will you.
Compete
Challenge yourself, your friends, your colleagues, or other developers for fun and glory!
Collaborate
Learn alongside a community of developers that want to help and support eachother in learning new things.
Recent Games
Create a Game"A tonne of fun! ... so proud that we got our snake to respond to the API within the first 20 minutes."
"Battlesnake is still the most fun I’ve ever had programming, and now you can play it any time, with anyone!"
"That is pretty much the best logo on the internet. We need more robot snakes please."