What is Frogger?
This is Frogger unblocked: the game loads straight from frogger.ee in your browser, so you can play Frogger online free on a school Chromebook, a laptop or a phone with no download and no sign-up.
Frogger is the 1981 arcade game from Konami in which you steer a frog from the bottom of the screen to the five empty bays at the top. The first half of the trip is a highway — cars, racers and trucks in alternating lanes — and the second half is a river you can only cross by hopping between the logs and turtles drifting past. Water, wheels, the screen edge and the timer all kill; five frogs home starts the next, harder level.
What runs on this page is a Flash remake of that arcade game, played through the Ruffle emulator so it works without the Flash plugin. It keeps the arcade's layout and rules — road, median strip, river, the fly and lady frog bonuses, the crocodile in the bay — and adds a pause key, a mute key and a local high score table. It is keyboard-only, so there is no touch control on a phone.
How to play
You start with three frogs, each with its own timer bar under the play field. Every hop forward onto a new row scores 10 points. Reaching a home bay is worth 50 plus a time bonus of 10 points for every unit left on the bar, and once all five bays are full you collect 1,000 and move up a level. An extra frog is awarded at every 10,000 points.
- Press Play above and wait a moment for the emulator to load the game, then click the Play button on its title screen.
- Hop with the arrow keys, one lane at a time, waiting for the gaps.
- On the river, land on logs and turtles only, and hop off before your ride carries you off the edge of the screen.
- Aim for an empty bay; the bank between bays, an occupied bay or a crocodile in the bay all cost a life.
- When a game ends, type a name to put your score on the local high score table.
Controls
Click on the play field once if the frog does not respond. These are the only keys the remake listens for; there are no alternative bindings and no gamepad support.
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Hop up / down | ↑ ↓ |
| Hop left / right | ← → |
| Pause / resume | Space or P |
| Mute / unmute sound | M |
| Quit the current game | Q, then Y to confirm or N to cancel |
| Start a game / enter high score name | mouse click, then type |
| Fullscreen | button under the game |
Tips and strategy
- Look two lanes ahead. The lanes alternate direction, so the gap you are waiting for has to line up with a gap in the next lane. Hop when both are open.
- Hop sideways on the river, not just forward. A left or right hop along a log to line up the next one is safer than guessing.
- Never sit still near the screen edge. A log that carries the frog off the side kills it as surely as the water does.
- Fill the outer bays first. The end bays are the hardest to reach once the middle ones are taken and the logs have to be exactly right.
- Watch the bay before you commit. From level 2 a crocodile surfaces in one of the bays; hop into it and the frog is eaten. A fly in a bay, on the other hand, is 200 free points.
- Pick up the lady frog when she is in your path. Carrying her home is worth 200, but do not detour for her when the timer is low — the time bonus is often worth more.
- Learn the six layouts. Level 1 only has a snake on the median strip; level 2 adds the crocodile bay and a crocodile log; level 3 brings an otter into the river and puts a snake on a log; the later layouts speed the lanes up and add a second crocodile log. Once you know which hazard belongs to which level, nothing feels random.
A brief history
Frogger was developed by Konami and released in arcades in 1981; in North America it was distributed by Sega/Gremlin. It stood out from the shooters and maze games of the time by having no weapon at all — the only verbs are hop and wait — and its two-part screen, half road and half river, gave it a rhythm nothing else had. It was ported to most home computers and consoles of the early 1980s and has been remade and imitated ever since.
About this version
This is a Flash-era remake of the arcade game, not the original coin-op ROM. The Flash file is played through the Ruffle emulator, an open-source Flash player compiled to WebAssembly, so it runs in a modern browser with nothing to install and no plugin for a school admin to block. The game's own code identifies it as the Neave remake, one of the best-known Flash versions of Frogger.
Included: the five-bay layout, cars, racers and trucks, logs and turtles, the snake, otter and crocodiles, the fly and lady frog bonuses, six level layouts that then repeat, pause and mute keys, and a high score table saved in your browser's storage for this site. Not included: the arcade's soundtrack and cabinet artwork, two-player alternating play, and any touch or gamepad control. For emulated arcade originals from the same era, see our retro games collection, Pac-Man and Donkey Kong.
Frequently asked questions
Is Frogger unblocked at school?
Frogger runs in an ordinary browser tab from frogger.ee, with nothing to download or install, so it plays on most school Chromebooks and work computers. If a network filter blocks the site, only that network's administrator can change it.
Is Frogger free to play here?
Yes. The game runs in your browser on this page — no download, no install, no account. Press play, wait a moment for the emulator to load, then click the Play button on the game's title screen.
What are the controls?
The arrow keys hop the frog one square up, down, left or right. Space or P pauses the game, M mutes the sound, and Q asks whether you want to quit — answer with Y or N. Everything else, including starting a game and entering your name for the high score, is a click or a short typed name.
How does scoring work in this version?
Every hop forward onto a row you have not reached yet is worth 10 points, and landing a frog in a home bay is worth 50 plus 10 points for every unit of time still left on the timer bar. A fly sitting in the bay adds 200, and carrying the lady frog home adds another 200. Filling all five bays pays 1,000 and starts the next level.
How many lives do I get, and can I earn more?
You start with three frogs. An extra frog is awarded every 10,000 points, so a long run of full home bays with the time bonus pays off in lives as well as score.
What kills the frog?
Any car, truck or racer on the road; landing in the water instead of on a log or turtle; riding a log off the edge of the screen; hopping into an occupied home bay or the bank beside one; and the animals — a snake on the median strip, an otter in the river, and crocodiles on logs and lurking in a bay. Running the timer out also costs a frog.
Does it get harder?
Yes. The game has six hand-built level layouts before it repeats: level 1 has a snake on the median strip, level 2 adds a crocodile that surfaces in a home bay and a crocodile log, level 3 brings in an otter and puts a snake on a log, and the later layouts add faster lanes, more traffic and a second crocodile log.
Is my high score saved?
Yes, locally. When a game ends you type a name (letters and digits only) and the score is kept in your browser's storage for this site, so it survives a page reload. Clearing site data clears it, and it is not shared with other players.
Does it work on a phone or a school Chromebook?
It works on a Chromebook and on any desktop browser — the Flash file runs through the Ruffle emulator, which is WebAssembly, so nothing installs and there is no plugin to block. On a phone the game loads, but this remake is keyboard-only: it has no touch controls, so you will need a keyboard to hop.
