Obby: Be a Hole
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Ever wanted to be a black hole eating up an entire neighborhood? Obby: Be a Hole is basically Hole.io meets Katamari Damacy, but stripped down to pure chaos. You start as a tiny pit swallowing trash bags, and before you know it, you're gulping down entire houses while dodging other player-controlled holes trying to eat you first. It's an endless race to become the biggest, hungriest void on the map—simple, stupid fun that keeps you hitting "one more round."
Key Features
- Competitive Leaderboard Action: Battle other players in real-time to claim the #1 spot before the timer runs out.
- Eat Everything Progression: Start with garbage, graduate to cars, then entire buildings—the bigger you get, the crazier it gets.
- Runs Anywhere: Low-poly graphics mean this works smoothly even on older PCs or mid-range phones.
- Unlockable Skins: Customize your hole with different cosmetic looks from the in-game shop.
How to Play Obby: Be a Hole
Getting started takes five seconds, but climbing to the top of the leaderboard? That's where things get sweaty.
Move and Devour
You control a circular void moving across a low-poly neighborhood. Use WASD to glide around, hold SHIFT to sprint when you need to chase down a fleeing lawn gnome or escape a bigger hole. Anything smaller than you gets sucked in automatically—trash bags, benches, cars, even trees. Each item adds to your size and score, shown by the floating numbers everywhere. On mobile, you get a joystick and swipe-to-rotate camera controls that feel pretty responsive.
Survive the Food Chain
Here's the catch: other players are doing the exact same thing. If someone's hole is bigger than yours, they can swallow you whole and steal all your progress. I got ambushed near a cluster of houses more times than I'd like to admit. You need to constantly check your surroundings and know when to run versus when to hunt. The leaderboard updates in real-time, so you always know who's the biggest threat.
Dominate the Map Before Time Runs Out
Each round is timed—usually a few minutes of pure feeding frenzy. Your goal is to rack up the highest score by the end. The numbers escalate fast: trash bags are worth 1 point, streetlights might be 10, but a whole house? That's 1000+. Strategic players focus on high-value targets once they're big enough, while I just ate everything in sight like a maniac. Press E to check the skin shop between rounds and flex your earned cosmetics.
Who is Obby: Be a Hole for?
This is perfect for kids and casual players looking for zero-commitment fun. No complex tutorials, no story—just pure arcade mayhem you can jump into during a lunch break. Teens will dig the competitive leaderboard grind, and even hardcore players can treat it like a quick palate cleanser between longer sessions. If you loved Hole.io or those old Katamari games, this scratches the same itch. Just don't expect deep strategy—it's a time-killer, and it knows it.
The Gameplay Vibe
The vibe is pure hyper-casual chaos. Visually, it's flat and simple—think mobile game graphics stretched to desktop, with cloned house assets and zero fancy lighting. The soundtrack (if you can call it that) is forgettable, so I honestly just played with Spotify on. But the loop itself? Oddly satisfying. Watching your hole expand from trash-can size to "I just ate a two-story building" is the kind of dumb dopamine hit that keeps you clicking retry. It's relaxing in a brainless way, like popping bubble wrap, until another player jumps you and suddenly your heart rate spikes. The Russian "AXAXA" text that pops up when you eat something big is hilariously random and gave me a chuckle.
Technical Check: Saves & Performance
The game saves your unlocked skins and settings automatically using browser cache, so don't go clearing your history unless you want to start fresh. Performance-wise, this runs on a potato—I tested it on an old laptop and still got smooth framerates. The Unity engine keeps things lightweight, though the asset reuse is pretty obvious (you'll see the same red house copy-pasted fifty times). Mobile version works fine too, no lag on a mid-tier Android phone.
Quick Verdict: Pros & Cons
A solid pick if you need something instantly playable without downloads or tutorials.
- ✅ Pro: Instant gratification—no waiting, no learning curve, just eat stuff and watch numbers go up.
- ✅ Pro: The multiplayer leaderboard adds just enough tension to keep things spicy.
- ❌ Con: Gets repetitive fast. After 20 minutes, you've seen everything the game has to offer.
Controls
Responsive enough for the game's speed. Nothing fancy, but nothing broken either.
- Desktop: WASD to move, SHIFT to sprint, E for skin shop, R for gifts, TAB to pause.
- Mobile: Virtual joystick for movement, swipe to rotate camera—works smoothly on touchscreens.
Release Date & Developer
Developed by liss48 and released on June 18, 2025. It's a browser-based Unity game that clearly takes inspiration from the Hole.io craze of a few years back.
