Pocket Pool Unblocked
Fifteen balls, six pockets and one number to beat: your own lowest shot count.
What is Pocket Pool?
Pocket Pool is a single-player billiards game. You break a rack of 15 numbered balls and try to pot every one using as few cue strokes as possible. There are no fouls, groups or called pockets; scratching only gives you ball in hand, and your best shot count is saved in your browser.
- Category
- Sports Games
- Players
- 1 player
- Plays on
- Phone, tablet & desktop
- Input
- Mouse, Touch, Keyboard
- Made by
- Frank Force
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Pocket Pool takes away the opponent and leaves you alone with a full rack. Fifteen numbered balls, six pockets, and a single question: how few strokes can you clear the table in? There are no stripes and solids, no called shots and no fouls to argue over, so every stroke is just you against geometry. Frank Force built it on LittleJS with Box2D physics, which gives the balls convincing spin, rebounds and scatter. You can play it unblocked on a laptop or turn your phone either way and the table adapts.
The Rules Are Simple on Purpose
Any ball can go in any pocket at any time. The counters at the top show strokes taken, your record and how many balls are left. When the last one drops, a cleared-table message appears, plus a new-best notice if you beat your record.
Potting the cue ball is a scratch. You wait until everything stops moving, then place the white wherever you like on open felt. There is no extra penalty, though the wasted stroke still counts. Press R at any time to rack a fresh game.
Reading the Aim Guide
When you aim, a dotted line with an arrow shows the direction and strength, and a power percentage appears along the bottom. A thin red sight line keeps going past the arrow in a straight line. It does not predict bounces off cushions or object balls, so cut angles are still your job.
Pocket Pool controls
| To do this | Keyboard | Mouse | Touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aim and choose strength | — | Point where the cue ball should travel; a farther pointer means a harder shot | Press and pull back behind the cue ball like a slingshot; pull farther for more power |
| Strike the cue ball | — | Left click | Release your finger |
| Adjust power in small steps | — | Mouse wheel (up for more, down for less) | — |
| Speed up rolling balls | — | Hold the right button | — |
| Set the cue ball down after a scratch | — | Move to a clear spot and click | Drag to a clear spot and lift |
| Rack up a new game | R | Menu icon, then New Rack | Menu icon, then New Rack |
| Pause | Esc | Menu icon, top right | Menu icon, top right |
Lowering Your Count
Break hard. A full-power break opens the pack and often drops a ball or two for free. A soft break leaves a tight cluster that costs strokes later.
Shoot the hangers gently. A ball sitting on a pocket lip only needs a tap. Hitting it hard risks following it in with the cue ball.
Think one shot ahead. Balls slow sharply once they start to crawl. Before striking, picture where the white will stop and whether there is an easy next pot from there.
Use ball in hand well. A scratch is annoying, but you get to set up the easiest straight-in shot on the table. Choose a ball close to a pocket with a clear line.
Fine-tune with the wheel. On a mouse, the scroll wheel adds or removes power in small steps. That precision matters on delicate shots.
Don’t wait around. Hold the right mouse button while balls coast to fast-forward to your next turn.
Who It’s For
It suits anyone who likes pool but not waiting for the other player, and it is a quiet way to practice angles. Every rack plays out differently thanks to the physics, so the challenge of beating your record never quite goes stale.
For another game about angles and rebounds, Mini Putt Park uses a similar drag-and-release putt. Browse the rest of the sports games for more.
Pocket Pool: questions players ask
Is Pocket Pool against the computer?
No. It is a solo challenge with no opponent and no turns. You shoot every stroke yourself, and the only score that matters is how many strokes it took to clear the table compared with your previous best.
What is a good score for clearing the rack?
Fifteen balls means fifteen shots is a perfect, one-ball-per-stroke clear, and dropping two on a single shot can beat it. Most players start well above that. Focus on cutting misses and scratches and your count drops quickly.
Do I lose a stroke if I sink the cue ball?
No penalty is added, but the shot itself still counts. Once the table settles you get ball in hand and can place the cue ball anywhere legal; the placement marker turns red over spots too close to a rail, pocket or ball.
Is there an 8-ball rule?
No. All numbered balls are equal. Pot them in any order, the 8 included, and the rack ends when the remaining-ball counter hits zero.
How does it work on a phone?
Well. On a tall screen the table rotates to fill the display, and the cue works like a slingshot that fires when you lift your finger.
Credits and license
Pocket Pool was created by Frank Force and released as open source. FreezeNova hosts a lightly adapted copy on its own server, together with the original license file.
- Source code: github.com/KilledByAPixel (original project)
- Code license: MIT
- Art & audio: MIT (table and balls drawn in code, ZzFX sound effects); Box2D physics under the zlib license
- Our changes: We renamed it on the title menu and page title, and grouped the engine, Box2D and helper scripts in one folder. How it plays has not changed.
