Dotwatch

Dodging maze game
1 player
Daily challenge
Phones and computers

Dotwatch is a dodging maze game that plays in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, for one player. It has a daily challenge, the same for everyone that day.

Slide a small square past patrolling dots, collect every token and reach the green zone. Touching a dot sends you back to the start of the room, and a ghost of your last try shows where you were caught. There are 40 rooms of sliding, circling, sweeping and pulsing dots, plus a daily room.

Play Dotwatch

How to play

Move the red square with WASD or the arrowsOn a touch screen: Drag anywhere: the red square follows your finger
Pick up the gold token
Blue dots send you back to the start. Take every token, then reach the green zone

The game shows these steps as you play, the first time.

Controls

WASD or the arrows move the square
Touch: drag anywhere, the square follows your finger
Esc pauses

Tips

Diagonal movement is quicker than straight, as in the classic games of this kind, so cut corners through open floor when a gap is closing.
Every patrol repeats every 4 seconds and restarts with you, so a route that worked up to the point of capture will play out exactly the same next try.
Dots never enter the green start and goal zones, so waiting inside one costs you nothing except time against the par.

What does the ghost show?

A ghost of your last try replays as an outline square in step with the dots, with a cross where it was caught. Because the dots restart with you, the ghost shows exactly which dot and which moment went wrong, so you can leave a beat earlier or later.

What is par, and can I skip a room?

Par is the fastest time the game's own solver found for that room, and the end card shows your time, the par and your deaths. After 12 deaths in one room a Skip room button appears. The daily room, built from the date at room-30 strength, keeps your best time for the day.

About this game

Made by Sucia in Houston, Texas. Built with AI assistance, designed and tested by Sucia. Last updated October 4, 2026. It plays in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, with no download and no sign-in; your best scores and progress stay in this browser on this device. Without a pass, every game is free for 5 minutes a game and 30 minutes a day; an Arcade pass removes the limit. How Sucia makes and tests its games.

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