Stealth Silent Squid

Mission briefing

A captive squid waits in a cage at the top of a guarded tower. Guide the tentacle through rooms, collect lost parts, and grow longer. Soldiers block the way, but everything around you can become a weapon. Grab enemies, throw furniture, break barriers, and solve puzzles to reach the cage. - Grow by collecting lost parts - Physics-based fights with soldiers - Throw enemies and objects - Puzzles and dangerous obstacles - Bright 3D levels

Field manual

Goal: guide the tentacle through guarded rooms and free the squid from the cage. Collect tentacle parts to increase your growth range. Grab soldiers and furniture, throw them, break barriers, and solve puzzles that open the way forward. Desktop controls: W, A, S, and D — move the tentacle. Left mouse button — move the tentacle toward the pointer. Mobile controls: Swipe across the screen to guide the tentacle.

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 flexible screen and takes its orders from mouse, keyboard or touch, depending on the mission. It adapts to both upright and wide screens, so phones, tablets and desktops all frame it sensibly. 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.

Stealth Silent Squid — questions from the ranks

What does it cost to play Stealth Silent Squid?

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 Stealth Silent Squid?

Stealth Silent Squid 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 Stealth Silent Squid on a phone or tablet?

Yes. It plays in the browser on phones and tablets exactly as it does on a computer. It adapts to both upright and wide screens, so phones, tablets and desktops all frame it sensibly.

Do I have to install anything before playing?

No installation of any kind. Stealth Silent Squid 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.