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8-Ball Pool

Line up your shot. Find your angle. A familiar pool table for practice, friends, and Ranked play.

Players
1–2 human players
Devices
Desktop · Tablet · Phone

Choose how to play

Play SoloChoose this route when you want to play on your own.Play TogetherGather other people around the same game.Play RankedChoose competitive play when the Game supports it.

How to play

  1. Aim with the pointer or tap the felt. Adjust power, then shoot. Left / Right or A / D fine-tune your aim; Up / Down or W / S adjust power; Space shoots. Spin is optional.
  2. Pocket solids (1–7) or stripes (9–15), then call a pocket and sink the 8-ball. The table stays open after the break; the first legal pot afterwards assigns groups.
  3. Pocket one of your balls legally to keep your turn. A scratch, no contact, wrong ball first, or no cushion contact after a miss gives the opponent ball in hand. Click clear felt to place the cue ball.
  4. A legal break pockets an object ball or sends at least four object balls to cushions. An illegal break gives ball in hand. An 8-ball on the break is re-spotted.
  5. Pocketing the 8-ball early, in the wrong called pocket, or with a foul loses the rack. Three missed shot clocks lose a multiplayer rack. Solo has no clock.
  6. These are PLAY IS JOY house 8-ball rules: ordinary pots need no call, mixed-group pots assign the first group potted, and all fouls allow placement anywhere. No jump or masse shots. Both players use the same cue.

Keyboard: Left / Right or A / D: aim. Up / Down or W / S: power. Hold Shift and move the mouse to set spin. Space: shoot. Use Tab for spin and pocket selection.

About

An original PLAY IS JOY house 8-ball game, inspired by the welcoming tables of classic online pool. Solo offers a computer opponent and practice. Play Together uses private remote invites. Ranked uses your shared account and server-validated results. All players use the same cue.