Nutcracker Pro
Hit each walnut exactly as many times as shown — then stop!
About This Game
Hit each walnut exactly as many times as shown — then stop! That last word is the whole game: every walnut in this 30-second time attack shows a target number, and cracking it cleanly means tapping precisely that many times and freezing your hand — one tap too many shatters the attempt.
The half minute climbs through three phases: COUNT keeps the number visible with easy targets, MEMORY hides it the instant you land your first hit, and FRENZY flashes it only briefly while the walnut flies in.
Every clean crack is worth one point, and stringing five in a row delivers a golden walnut that needs just two hits — a quick bonus point that keeps your rhythm alive.
Skilled play is a steady drumbeat of taps with a hard brake at the end, never frantic hammering. Perfect for players who like their reflex games with a pinch of counting and short-term memory.
Game Tips
- ✨ Keep a 5-win streak for a 2-hit golden walnut that buys you time.
- 🙌 Jumpy taps before the walnut appears will snap your streak.
- 🛑 Go past the target and you fail — stay cool on the final hit.
Controls
- Hit the walnut exactly as many times as shown, then stop
- MEMORY: the number hides after the first hit
- FRENZY: memorize the number before landing
- 5-win streak: earn a 2-hit golden walnut
- Space · Enter: hit the walnut
Game info
- Players
- 1 player
- Developer
- PLAYMINIT — original game, made in-house
- Released
- 2026.05.11
- Last updated
- 2026.11.03
- Version
- v1.11
- Scoring
- pts · Higher is better
- Monthly ranking
- Supported
- Controls
- Touch · Keyboard
Dev Log
- v1.11
Fairer timer
- The 30-second clock now starts with your first tap
- v1.10
Behind-the-scenes cleanup
- No changes to gameplay
- v1.9
Stages and golden walnuts
- Added COUNT, MEMORY and FRENZY stages
- Later stages hide the hit count and need more hits
- Golden walnut for every 5 clean cracks in a row
- Removed the 'Leave this page?' popup
Earlier versions (9)
- v1.8
Time-up fix
- Fixed a walnut cracking after time ran out
- v1.7
Exact count rule
- Extra hits now fail the walnut
- Walnuts crack after a short pause, so stop on the number
- Added a TOO MANY! warning and sound
- v1.6
Keyboard controls
- Added Space or Enter to hit the walnut
- v1.5
Tab switch fix
- Fixed time draining while the tab was hidden
- v1.4
Bug fixes
- Fixed one tap sometimes counting as two hits
- Fixed the game sometimes not starting
- Walnuts now slide in from the side
- v1.3
Falling walnuts
- Walnuts now drop in and bounce into place
- Hit count appears once the walnut lands
- v1.2
30-second time attack
- Crack as many walnuts as you can in 30 seconds
- Walnuts need 2 to 8 hits
- Walnuts tilt with each hit
- v1.1
New walnut art
- New walnut art that cracks more with each hit
- v1.0
First release
- Hit each walnut as many times as its number shows to crack it
- Crack each walnut before its time bar runs out
Monthly Leaderboard
- 🥇ตัลตัลตาล17 pts
- 🥈홍구14 pts
- 🥉Golden10 pts
