Ice Clash

Ice Clash is a fast, friendly table-hockey duel built for two players on a single screen. The rink is split in half: each player owns one side, slides a glowing mallet with their own finger and tries to knock the puck into the opponent's goal. Thanks to multi-touch, both players can play at the same time on a phone or tablet, and on a keyboard one player uses W A S D while the other uses the arrow keys. No second device and no sign-up are needed, just pass the screen to a friend and start.

No one around? Play against the CPU in three difficulties. Rookie is forgiving, Pro blocks and banks shots off the walls, and Legend reacts like lightning and aims for the corner you just left open. Every match is a race to seven goals, with a countdown before each serve, slow-motion goal celebrations, confetti and a booming horn.

Wins against the CPU raise your rank from Rink Rookie to Glacier Legend and unlock new mallet designs, from Frost and Ember to Aurora, Royal and Solar. Chain wins to build a streak, collect match points and beat your best score. If you fall two goals behind the CPU you can watch an optional short video to freeze it for a few seconds and fight back.

Tips: keep your mallet between the puck and your goal, hit the puck from behind to aim it, and use the side walls for sneaky bank shots. A hard flick sends the puck flying, but a calm touch gives you control. Ice Clash works in portrait and landscape, on phones, tablets and desktop browsers, and includes music and sound effects you can mute at any time.