Night Swatter
Night Swatter is a timing reflex 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.
Stand in the dark with a bat and swing toward moths, beetles, comets and other things flying in from every side. Each swing winds up before it goes live, so you commit a beat early, and a perfect hit at the edge sends a threat flying back out through others. Three threats reaching you end the night.
How to play
- Click toward a moth to swing that wayOn a touch screen: Tap toward a moth to swing that way
- The swing winds up first. Hit things at the edge of the swing for Perfect
- A perfect hit flies back out through others. Three that reach you end the night
The game shows these steps as you play, the first time.
Controls
- Click or tap toward a threat to swing that way
- Arrow keys swing in that direction
- The swing winds up first
Tips
- Beetles take two hits, but a Perfect does double damage: one edge hit on the beat removes a beetle and sends it back out through the others.
- Seed pods appear from 90 points and split into two moths when struck, so swing at them while the rest of the sky is quiet rather than in a crowd.
- Comets arrive from 60 points at nearly twice a moth's speed. Since the swing winds up for 0.14 seconds, start it while a comet is still well outside the ring.
What makes a hit Perfect?
Timing and distance together. The bat is live for 0.11 seconds after its wind-up, and a threat struck in the first 0.05 seconds of that window while still in the outer band of the reach ring is Perfect: double points, double damage, and it flies back out at speed, hitting anything in its path.
Does the night get faster?
Yes. Threats speed up by as much as 80% over about three and a half minutes, and the gap between arrivals shrinks from 1.7 seconds to half a second. Nothing slows it again, so the score is a matter of lasting, and a streak resets whenever a threat reaches you.
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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