Gymnastics Game

Gymnastics Game is an artistic gymnastics game with three apparatus: vault, uneven bars and floor. Each tests a different kind of timing: sprint and twist on vault, swing in rhythm on bars and tumble to the beat on floor. You can play it free in your browser with no download, on a keyboard, a mouse or a phone’s touch screen.

How to play

Every event is scored as difficulty (D) plus execution (E). Difficulty comes from the skills you complete. Execution starts at 10.0 and loses tenths for timing errors, steps and falls. This is a simplified game version of gymnastics scoring, not the official rules.

• Vault: alternate Left and Right (or the two side pads) to sprint. Tapping the same side twice barely helps. Press Jump while the runner is in the green part of the hurdle bar, then Push as the shrinking ring reaches the table. A fast run, clean hurdle and on-time push mean more air time. In the air, every tap of Twist adds a half twist worth 0.5 difficulty, up to two and a half twists. Still twisting when your feet reach the mat is an under-rotated fall.
• Uneven bars: tap at the bottom of every swing, when the green arc under the bar lights up, to swing higher. A tap elsewhere costs height. Once the swing passes 120 degrees, tap at the front of the swing to let go and fly to the high bar. Keep pumping until you go over the top into giant swings, tapping at the bottom of each giant or you lose it. Then release at the front and tap Flip for up to three saltos.
• Floor: arrow prompts slide toward the circle on the left in time with music generated in your browser. Press the matching arrow as each one arrives. Hits within 0.07 seconds of the beat are Perfect, slightly looser ones are Good, and a wrong arrow or a missed prompt is a miss. Each pass ends with a salto and a landing. A pass only counts toward difficulty if you hit at least half its skills.

Sticking the landing

All three events finish the same way. Press Stick (Down or S) the moment your feet touch the mat. The closer your timing, the steadier you land. Then a balance bar appears, and you lean Left or Right to keep the marker in the green middle for about a second. Staying in the green is a stuck landing with no deduction. Drifting wider costs 0.1 for a small step or 0.3 for a large one, and tipping off the end is a fall that costs 1.0.

Career and practice

Career mode has 8 meets, from the Club Meet to the World Final. Each meet is vault, then bars, then floor, and your all-around total is the sum of the three event scores. Each meet shows the totals needed for gold, silver and bronze, and any medal unlocks the next meet. Later meets bring a narrower hurdle zone, faster swings, quicker music, longer floor passes and higher medal targets.

Practice mode lets you play any event at any of the 8 levels. Medals, best meet totals and practice bests are saved in your browser.

Tips

• Find a steady sprint rhythm. A quick, even left-right pattern gets close to top speed.
• Only twist what your air time allows. A weak push gives less than a second in the air, so watch the Air Time bar.
• On bars, count the swing. The gymnast passes the bottom twice per full swing; tap on each pass. Let go right at the front of the swing, when RELEASE flashes: a release at the very edge of the window misses the high bar.
• Listen to the floor music. The prompts land on the beat, and from level 5 some fall on the half beat. Tapping with the kick drum helps.
• Lean early on the landing. The marker speeds up as it drifts, so correct early.

FAQ

Is Gymnastics Game free?

Yes. It is free to play with no account and nothing to install.

Does it work on phones and Chromebooks?

Yes. On a phone or tablet, use the large pads under the arena, or tap the arena itself to swing on the bars. Touching the game won’t scroll the page. On a Chromebook or laptop, use the arrow keys, WASD and Space in any modern browser.

Is the scoring the same as real gymnastics?

No. It borrows the idea of difficulty plus execution out of 10, but the values and deductions are simplified for the game.

Can I pause?

Press P or Esc, or use the Pause button. The game also pauses if you switch tabs.

Like timing games? Try Rhythm Tap for four-lane notes set to original music, or Stickman Parkour for fast jumps and flips over obstacles.