Crossy Road asks the oldest question in video games — why did the chicken cross the road — and answers it with an endless one. You hop forward across lanes of traffic, log-filled rivers, train tracks and grass, and the further you go the denser the hazards get. Stop moving for too long and an eagle carries you off, so there's no waiting it out.
Hipster Whale released it in 2014 and it defined the 'endless hopper' genre with its blocky voxel art and enormous cast of unlockable characters. This browser version keeps the core: one direction that matters, instant restarts, and a score that's simply how far you hopped.
An eagle swoops in and takes you. It's the game's answer to camping — you can pause briefly to time a gap, but not wait indefinitely.
Collect coins as you hop; they accumulate across runs and buy characters from the machine on the start screen. The characters are cosmetic and sometimes change the setting's theme.
It's a direct descendant — same core of crossing lanes of traffic and rivers — made endless, three-dimensional and randomly generated, with the eagle added to stop players waiting for perfect gaps.