--- description: Crossy Road is what would happen if the evil geniuses who thought up Frogger built a new game for the mobile era. title: 'Crossy Road' Is Your New iPhone Game Addiction image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbaa27f000e2e075/69876a7fe53aba53aa4d619a/screenshot1-en.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Crossy Road_ Is Your New iPhone Game Addiction  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 24, 2014 5:00 PM CUT  Crossy Road Crossy RoadHipster Whale  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 24, 2014 5:00 PM CUT Why did the chicken cross the road? To avoid getting slammed by a car, plowed by a train or swept downstream by a raging torrent. At least, that’s the goal in _Crossy Road_, a new free iPhone game that’s destined to become the next _Flappy Bird:_ A super-addictive, hard-as-heck game that you just won’t want to put down. _Crossy Road_ is what would happen if the evil geniuses who thought up _Frogger_ built a new game for the mobile era. The idea is to take your character, whether it be a bird, duck, chicken or otherwise, and get it as far upfield as possible while dodging cars, trucks, trains, raging rivers and a pesky eagle that wants to make a meal of you — all while collecting coins as you go to unlock new characters. There’s no end goal to speak of, save making it further than you’ve ever made it before. _Crossy Road’s_ simplicity, along with its colorful visual palette and quirky soundboard, gives it the same appeal as _Flappy Bird:_ You can play it for two minutes or two hours and love every second of it, either way. I downloaded it on a whim before the weekend, and ever since have found myself coming back to it every time I had a free second on the subway or couch. It’s the sort of game that, given a little love from its developers in the form of new features down the road, could remain a constant presence on my iPhone for a long time coming. Still, _Crossy Road_ isn’t totally free; it’s “freemium.” You can get more gold coins to unlock new characters by watching in-app video adds or straight-up paying for them with your hard-earned dollars. The prompts to watch those ads can be a little annoying, and I’d gladly pay a dollar or two for an ad-free version of the game. Still, while the various playable characters add some visual and audio variety, they don’t actually help you make it upfield any easier — so you can have just as much fun with _Crossy Road_ if you don’t pump any money into it at all. 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