Play Vlak online — the original 1993 DOS game Works — the full original game runs via DOSBox in your browser
Guide updated October 2026 · Runs via DOSBox + WebAssembly
Vlak — Czech for "train": a 1993 freeware puzzle game by Miroslav Němeček. You steer a locomotive round a walled board, collecting cars, planes, diamonds and other objects; each one becomes a wagon behind you. Collect them all and the gate opens to the next level. Touch a wall or your own wagons and the level starts again. Click Play to start.
1–5: menu choices · Y / N: answer · ENTER: confirm · SPACE: continue
⌨ Keyboard — for menus & name entry
Controls — what does what
| Action | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| Steer the train | Arrow keys |
| Enter a level password | F4 |
| Sound on / off | F2 |
Runs in your browser tab with DOSBox + WebAssembly — nothing is uploaded. Click the screen to capture input; press Ctrl+F10 to release mouse.
Vlak was released as freeware by its author, Miroslav Němeček. Provenance: /apps/vlak/NOTICE.md.
About Vlak
Vlak works like Snake, with one difference that makes it a puzzle: the levels are hand-built, and the order you collect things in decides whether you can still reach the gate with a long train behind you. There are 50 levels, and each has a password shown when you complete the one before, so you can return to where you stopped. The whole game is about 13 KB, and being both free and that small is a large part of why it became so popular.
Tips for getting started
Look at the whole board before moving. Pick up objects in the open first and those in dead ends last, and leave yourself a clear path to the gate.
How it runs here
This is the original DOS release of Vlak, unmodified, running in DOSBox compiled to WebAssembly. The whole game is about 1 MB, so it starts within seconds on a normal connection. Sound and music play once you click into the game.
Frequently asked questions
Can I play Vlak online for free?
Yes. Click Play and the original 1993 DOS version starts in your browser, running in a WebAssembly build of DOSBox. Nothing to install and no account.
Why is Vlak hosted here?
Vlak was released as freeware by its author, Miroslav Němeček. The original files are hosted unmodified.
Does my progress save?
Saved games persist in this browser between visits, best-effort. Clearing site data removes them.
Can I play on a phone or tablet?
Yes. Touch buttons for the keys Vlak uses appear under the game on touch devices.
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Want a game like this on your own site?
Vlak isn't ours to give away — we host it, we didn't write it. But eleven of the games here we did write from scratch, and those are free for anyone to put on their own page: one line of HTML, no account, no permission, no attribution beyond a credit line.