Crowdsurge
You start as one runner. Steer left and right as the track rushes towards you, and every pair of gates is a choice: one side adds or multiplies your crowd, the other takes away or halves it — read the numbers in time and the one becomes hundreds. Then the track fights back: spinning saws cut through whoever runs into them, walls block half the way, and rival crowds stand in your path and trade one for one. At the end a giant waits with a strength of its own; reach it with more runners than that and it falls, and everyone left climbs the steps for a coin multiplier. Every level is longer and harder, and your level is kept so you pick up where you left off.
How to play Crowdsurge
⌨️ Keyboard & mouse
- Mouse
- steer
- Left/Right/A/D
- steer
- Space
- start
- Free, no sign-up
- Plays in the browser
How Crowdsurge works
Your crowd runs on its own; you only steer it, by dragging left or right anywhere on the screen. The track is split into a left and a right half at every pair of gates, and the half your crowd's centre is in when it reaches them is the gate it takes. Blue gates add (+) or multiply (×), red ones subtract (−) or divide (÷), so the right choice is not always the bigger-looking number: ×2 on a crowd of 40 beats +30, while +30 on a crowd of 5 beats ×2.
From level 2 the track fights back. A spinning saw cuts down every runner that touches it, a sweeper slides from side to side across the track, and a wall blocks one half — whoever runs into it is gone, so a wide crowd should squeeze to the open side early. Rival crowds in red stand in the way; both sides lose one runner for one until one is gone.
At the end of the track a giant waits, with its strength shown above it. Reach it with more runners than that and it falls; whoever is left climbs the steps, one step for every four runners, and each step adds to the coins you earn. A level you clear is kept in this browser, so the next visit starts at the next level.
Tips for Crowdsurge
- Do the sum before you pick. ×2 is worth more than +20 only once your crowd is bigger than 20.
- Move early. A big crowd is wide and turns slowly, so start drifting towards a gate long before you reach it.
- A bad gate on both sides? Pick the one that hurts less: −5 on a big crowd beats ÷2.
- Watch the sweeper's rhythm and pass behind it, not in front of it.
- A wall takes everyone in its half. Squeeze the whole crowd to the open side, not just the middle of it.
- Rival crowds trade one for one. If you are close in number, grow first at the gates before you meet them.
- Every four runners you bring past the giant is one more step, and one more multiplier on your coins.
