Ice Crossing — free browser game

Ice Crossing is a deceptively simple grid puzzle about crossing a frozen river by managing the fragility of the ice itself. In every level you start on the blue-marked floe and try to reach the flag using only orthogonal steps — no diagonal moves. Every ice cell begins with a 'strength' (remaining steps) between 1 and 3; each time you step onto a cell its strength drops by 1, and once it hits zero the floe sinks and can never be stepped on again. If your current cell sinks on the move you arrive on it, you must leave it next turn — otherwise the run ends. The number on each floe is its remaining strength; the colour gradient (cyan to deep navy) reinforces this visually. Steer with arrow keys, WASD, or by tapping/clicking your destination; you can backtrack, but every backtrack also depletes the cell you return to. Every level is generated to be solvable; level 1 is a 4×4 grid and each subsequent level grows the board or seeds more weak (strength-1) cells. Reach the flag and you advance; the total number of levels cleared is your score, with your best saved locally. Strategy tip: trace a route with your eyes before you move — use strength-3 floes as a backbone and treat strength-1 floes as one-time shortcuts. Don't rush straight at the goal; account for fallback paths in case you get cornered. The most common way to lose is leaving no spare floe to retreat to.