How to play

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You are an antivirus bot. The ads are robots. Beat them.

  1. 1 · Tap to fight.
    Every tap is a punch. Hold your finger down to keep punching at the best pace: mashing faster doesn't hit harder, it just tires you out.
  2. 2 · Crits are earned.
    A CRIT hits three times as hard, and they come in special moments: the bot glowing green, three parries in a row, a COMBO, a Takeover you beat, a special you throw back or block, and Overdrive. The meter under the bot's bar shows your parry streak.
  3. 3 · Watch for red.
    A red wind-up is an attack. Tap the PARRY ring the moment it flashes to throw the hit back: the bot is stunned and eats its own punch. From zone 3 the ring moves, and a purple HEAVY hit can't be parried: block it with Firewall or VPN.
  4. 4 · Cards win fights.
    Before each fight, Patch picks your cards: up to 5 on screen (3 at first, one more per zone boss) and up to 5 backups that jump in when an ad, a big hit or a Takeover needs them. Cards cost Charge and cool down. A card that glows can be played. The right card at the right moment is a COUNTER!
  5. 5 · Close the ads.
    Pop-ups, trackers, cookie banners, autoplay videos… every open ad makes its hits hurt more. Each one shows how to clear it (tap the ✕, swipe it, tap the tracker), and the scouting report lists them before the fight. When an ad takes over the screen (a Takeover), solve it or play the card that answers it. Crits and parries fill SUPER; when it's full, tap SUPER (next to your cards) for OVERDRIVE: every hit crits for a few seconds.
  6. On a keyboardMouse in your right hand, left hand on the keys: Space punches (hold it to keep punching), F parries (every ring, so it's all timing), 1–5 play cards, E fires Overdrive, Esc pauses. Prefer the mouse? Left-click punches (hold it too), right-click parries, and clicking closes ads, solves Takeovers and plays cards. Mouse in your left hand? Flip it to J (Overdrive I) in Settings.

The Junkyard — the first zone of seven

  • POP-UP

    A window that covers the close button

    Pop-up Blocker
  • AUTOPLAY

    Video that starts itself

    Mute
  • COOKIE CREEPER

    It followed you after you said no

    Cookie Cleaner
  • NEWSLETTER NINJA

    The pre-checked box

    Unsubscribe
  • SKIP-LOCK

    5…4…3… unskippable

    Skip
  • BANNER BRICK

    728×90 pixels of pure weight

    Overclock
  • PUNCH THE MONKEY

    Punch it! Win $50!

    Pop-up Blocker
  • MEGA BANNER

    Boss of the Junkyard

    Pop-up Blocker

Fair play

Money never buys power. Cards drop from the bots you beat, the same for everyone, and never get bigger numbers. Coins, earned by playing, buy looks only. Leaderboard scores are verified: the server replays every fight from the inputs you sent. Sponsored bots are always labelled.

Privacy

No account needed. As a guest, your progress is saved on this device. If you sign in, your progress is saved to your account in the cloud. We keep anonymous gameplay stats (fights, wins, taps) to make the game better, and the name you choose for the leaderboard. Privacy policy.

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