Controls
Hold anywhere on the screen, or hold the mouse button, to fire the jetpack and let go to fall. With the gravity suit on, tap to flip between the floor and the ceiling. Keys: hold Space, Up arrow or W to fly. P or Esc pauses, and the pause screen has a button for the shop.
How to play Jetpack Dash
Your runner moves forward on their own. Hold to fire the jetpack and climb, let go and gravity pulls you down. That is the only control, so the whole game is about when to hold and when to release. One hit from a hazard ends the run, and your score is the distance you covered in meters.
Zappers block parts of the corridor. Homing missiles show a warning that follows your height, then lock on just before they fly in, so change height at the last moment. Laser beams show a dashed line first, then fire across a whole lane. Coins are everywhere, and a gem is worth ten coins.
Lab sectors, power-ups and the shop
Every 600 meters the lab changes. After the Main Lab come the Reactor with blinking pulse zappers, the Cryo Vault with sliding zappers, the Drone Bay with patrol drones and the Core, which mixes every hazard. The pace picks up as you go.
Power-up boxes give a bubble shield that blocks one hit, a coin magnet, a gravity suit that flips you between floor and ceiling and takes one hit for you, and from the Cryo Vault on, a turbo dash that smashes through obstacles. Coins are banked after every run. Spend them in the shop on three upgrades, longer magnet time, more frequent power-ups and coin value, and on four jetpack skins.
Tips and tricks
- Tap in short bursts to hover. Holding all the way up leaves you stuck at the ceiling when a zapper appears there.
- Do not dodge a missile too early. The warning keeps following you until the last moment, so move just before it fires.
- Buy Lucky boxes early. More power-ups means more shields, and a shield is a free mistake.
- When a run ends you can watch a short ad to revive once, or another for a 500 m head start on your next run. Skip it and you get nothing, but the button stays so you can try again.
FAQ
Is Jetpack Dash free?
Yes. It is free to play in your browser, with no download and no account.
Can I play on a phone or tablet?
Yes. Hold your finger anywhere on the screen to fly and lift it to fall. Turning the phone sideways gives you the widest view of the lab.
How do I avoid the laser beams?
Watch for the dashed line. It marks the lane that is about to fire. Get out of that lane before the line turns solid, and watch for a second beam in another lane.
Is my progress saved?
Your best distance, banked coins, shop upgrades and the skins you own are saved in your browser on this device.
