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Highway Traffic is a driving runner: you steer a vehicle along a busy road and try to last as long as you can before a collision ends the run. It loads in the browser with nothing to install, and a single attempt is short, which makes it a quick way to clear your head between longer sessions.

It sits a long way from the rest of the catalogue on We Become What We Behold. The site is built around Nicky Case's short, thoughtful interactive essays, and most pages here are about choices, consequences and stories. This one is the opposite kind of break: no message, no reading, just reflexes and a score you try to beat. If you have just finished something heavy like Adventures With Anxiety or Coming Out Simulator 2014, a minute of dodging traffic is a decent palate cleanser.

How to play

Steer with the left and right arrow keys, or with A and D. The Up arrow or Space jumps or accelerates, depending on what the game is asking of you at that moment. After a crash, pressing a key starts a new run straight away, so there are no menus between attempts. On a phone or tablet you tap and swipe instead of using the keyboard.

A run is simple to describe: keep moving, stay out of the way of other vehicles, and try to go further than last time. Because a restart costs one key press, the natural rhythm is many short attempts rather than one long one.

Tips

• Use small, early steering corrections instead of big last-second swerves. Large movements leave you out of position for whatever comes next.
• Look ahead of your own vehicle rather than at it. The gap you will need in a second or two matters more than the one you are in now.
• If you are on a laptop trackpad or a phone and keep clipping traffic, try the other input. A keyboard gives steadier steering for most people, while touch can feel more direct once you are used to it.
• Treat a crash as information. Note what you reacted to late, and restart immediately while it is fresh.

Similar games on We Become What We Behold

Whack Your Boss is another fast, low-commitment pick if you want something to play in short bursts. For something with real decisions behind it, Life: The Game and Life Choices: Life Simulator ask you to steer a character through a lifetime instead of a road, and Breaking the Bank is a branching puzzle adventure. The headline game, We Become What We Behold, is a few minutes long and worth playing first if you have not seen it.

Highway Traffic suits quick sessions, either on a keyboard at a desk or by touch on a phone, and it needs no account or setup.