Tilt Maze - Roll the Ball by Tilting Your Phone
The classic wooden labyrinth, in your browser. Tilt the phone to roll the steel ball past the holes and into the brass goal. Ten boards, from gentle to cruel. No download, no account, and your best times stay on your device.
A labyrinth with real physics, no app store in between
Tilt Maze recreates the wooden labyrinth toy: a board you tip in two axes to steer a ball through walls and past drilled holes. Your phone's orientation sensors read the board angle thirty to sixty times a second, and a small physics simulation rolls the ball with momentum and friction, so it accelerates downhill, coasts, and needs to be caught before it overshoots. The skill is the same one the toy demands: small, early corrections beat big, late ones.
Most games like this live in app stores. This one is a single web page. That matters for three reasons: there is nothing to install, it loads in seconds on any modern phone, and it is private by construction. The tilt readings that steer the ball are processed entirely in your browser and never leave the device. Progress and best times are stored locally on your phone, not on a server.
On a desktop or laptop without motion sensors, the game switches to pointer control automatically: the ball rolls toward your mouse position as if you were tipping the board toward it, and the arrow keys give precise nudges. It is a different skill, but the boards play the same.
How to play
- Tap Play holding the phone comfortably. That pose is calibrated as neutral, so you do not need to hold the phone perfectly flat.
- Tilt a few degrees to roll the ball. The board responds to small angles; steep tilt just makes the ball harder to catch.
- Avoid the holes. Falling in returns the ball to the start of the board and adds a fall to your count.
- Reach the brass ring to finish. Your time and falls are shown, and your best time per level is saved on your device.
- Drifting? Tap Re-center at any moment to make your current pose the new neutral.
Features
10 hand-built boards
From an open warm-up to corridor runs past clustered holes. Every board is verified solvable with a safe path.
Real momentum
The ball has inertia and friction, like the toy. Catching a rolling ball before a hole is the whole game.
Plays on anything
Tilt control on phones and tablets, pointer and arrow keys on desktops. Same boards, same times.
Private by design
No account, no upload, no tracking of your motion data. Best times live in your browser's local storage only.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to download anything?
No. Tilt Maze is a web page. Open it, tap Play, and you are rolling. It also keeps working offline after the first load.
Why does my iPhone ask for motion access?
Apple requires websites to ask before using tilt sensors. The prompt is Safari's own, and the readings never leave your phone.
The ball drifts when I hold the phone still.
Your neutral pose changed since you pressed Play. Tap Re-center while holding the phone the way you actually play and the drift disappears.
Can I play it on my laptop?
Yes. Without sensors the ball rolls toward your mouse pointer, and arrow keys give small nudges. Same levels, same best-time tracking.
Where are my best times stored?
In your browser's local storage, on your device. Clearing site data resets them. Nothing is synced to any server.
🔎 Verify it yourself: nothing uploads
Open DevTools (F12 → Network) while you play — no request ever carries your motion data or scores. Load the page, switch to airplane mode, and keep playing. Every tool and game on this site works the same way.