Poor Eddie Unblocked — Play Free Online

Poor Eddie is a short, mean little obstacle game: a ragdoll character has to reach the end of a level, and the level is full of things built to stop him. The catalogue lists a giant hammer, saws and falling blocks, and the whole game comes down to timing your steps between them.

It sits a little apart from the toy-box games on Kick the Buddy. Instead of poking a dummy with weapons until it breaks, you are trying to keep the dummy alive, and the fun comes from failing in silly ways on the way there. A run is short, a mistake costs you seconds, and the urge to try just one more time is strong. It loads right in the page, so there is nothing to install.

How to play

You move Eddie by walking, using the arrow keys on a keyboard or taps on a touchscreen. Some listings for this game describe it as a mouse-driven sandbox, but the game itself is about walking Eddie forward, so try the arrows or a tap first. If something does not respond, click inside the game window once so it has focus.

The goal is simple: get Eddie to the end of the level. The difficulty is that he does not move like a controlled hero. Steps take a moment to play out, so you have to decide about a hazard a beat before you reach it, not when it is already swinging at you.

Tips

• Watch a hazard through a full cycle before you move. The hammer and the saws repeat, so once you know the rhythm you can walk in on the safe part.
• Use single, deliberate steps near danger instead of holding a direction down. Holding a key makes it hard to stop where you want.
• Falling blocks are the ones that punish rushing. Pause before the spot where they drop and cross after they land.
• Treat each death as information. Note where it happened and what timing would have worked, then go again.

Similar games on this site

If you like watching a ragdoll get into trouble, Short Life and Short Life 2 are also about a fragile character crossing dangerous levels. Super Falling Fred has a similar comic feel. For a pure sandbox with no goal, Kick The Teddy Bear, Interactive Buddy and Smash Room let you experiment with damage instead of surviving it.

Poor Eddie suits a quick break on a laptop, Chromebook or phone. It needs little setup and a level does not take long, so it is easy to play in short sessions.