Hatch or Steal: Online

Mission briefing

Buy eggs, hatch or steal cute pets and build the richest farm in Hatch or Steal: Online! Play with up to 6 players or invite friends to a private room with a link. Discover 40+ pets from 8 egg rarities and earn money even while you're away. Steal pets from players and NPCs, lock your farm and chase thieves with your club! Feeling brave? Enter the portal to the dragon’s lair, overcome obstacles and steal a rare egg! Upgrade your farm, train your speed and rebirth for permanent bonuses. Customize your look with outfits, wings and trails, enjoy daily rewards and return anytime with automatic progress saving.

Field manual

Keyboard and mouse: - TAB - lock or on coursor - WASD / Arrow keys - move - Space - jump - E - action: buy an egg, pick up, place, steal - G - drop what you carry - 1 - take out the club, Left mouse button - hit - Hold Right mouse button - rotate the camera, Mouse wheel - zoom - M - outfits, B - emotes - Enter - chat, Esc - close a window - H - show or hide the controls Mobile: - Joystick on the left - move - Swipe on the right side - rotate the camera, pinch - zoom - On-screen buttons - jump, action and drop - Tap the club slot at the bottom to use the club

Launch orders: press Launch mission above and the game loads on this page itself — nothing downloads and no form stands between you and the first move. It is designed for a landscape (wide) screen and takes its orders from mouse, keyboard or touch, depending on the mission. It is built wide, for a landscape screen — rotate a phone sideways, or give it a tablet or monitor to stretch out on. If it offers a fullscreen control, use it — a fight this size deserves the whole screen.

Field notes for action operations

• First run is reconnaissance. Spend it learning where the danger actually spawns from instead of chasing a score — most action games announce their patterns honestly in the opening minute, then repeat them with worse manners.
• Movement is a defensive stat. A moving target at half health outlives a stationary one at full health in nearly every game on this board, so keep relocating between shots, strikes and reloads.
• Learn the exit before the entrance closes. In arena and chase games alike, the players who survive longest are the ones who noticed the second doorway while everyone else was watching the first.

Hatch or Steal: Online — questions from the ranks

What does it cost to play Hatch or Steal: Online?

Nothing at all. The mission is free from the first order to the last — no sign-up, no download, no paid tier guarding the good levels. The advertising around this page is what keeps the board free.

What sort of mission is Hatch or Steal: Online?

Hatch or Steal: Online is filed in our Action theatre. Like every operation on this board, it is a browser game — read the briefing above for the publisher's own account of what you are deploying into.

Can I run Hatch or Steal: Online on a phone or tablet?

Yes. It plays in the browser on phones and tablets exactly as it does on a computer. It is built wide, for a landscape screen — rotate a phone sideways, or give it a tablet or monitor to stretch out on.

Do I have to install anything before playing?

No installation of any kind. Hatch or Steal: Online is an HTML5 game: press the launch button and it loads on this page, and closing the tab leaves nothing behind.

After-action

Mission complete, or still pinned down? The full Action theatre is one click away — The main hall of the board: 469 operations where something is always moving, exploding, escaping or being chased. If a game has a pulse and a problem, it is probably filed here.