About Knife Spin
Time each throw into a spinning log and never hit a stuck knife.
Knife Spin is a timing game played against a spinning wooden target. Each tap throws one knife straight up, where it sticks in the log and turns with it. Every stage hands you a set number of knives; land them all and the log bursts into chunks before the next target appears. Knives score 1 point each and a cleared stage adds 10. Hit a knife that is already stuck and yours bounces off, which ends the run.
The spin changes as you climb: faster, reversing, speeding up and slowing down, stopping and starting, rocking back and forth. Later stages start with old knives already stuck, and apples on the rim pay 5 points when sliced. Every fifth stage is a boss target worth 50, such as an iron-banded shield or a cheese wheel, and beating one earns a new knife for the rest of the run. Tip: a knife needs a split second to fly, so release just before a wide gap reaches the bottom.
How to play Knife Spin
- 1Tap the screen, click, or press Space, Enter, W or the Up arrow to throw a knife.
- 2Land every knife in a stage to break the target and move on; a boss target comes every fifth stage.
- 3Score 1 point per knife, 5 per sliced apple, 10 per cleared stage and 50 per boss.
- 4Hitting a knife that is already stuck ends the run.
Your best score is saved on this device.
Made from one sentence
“A knife-throwing timing game where you stick knives into a spinning log, slice apples on the rim and face a boss target every fifth stage.”
An AI model built Knife Spin from this line, and we played it through before publishing. Start from the same idea to make your own version.
Use this idea- Genre
- Reflex
- Players
- Single player
- Plays on
- Phone & desktop
- Added
- August 2025