How to play Panic button

A ridiculous crisis flashes on screen, something like a slightly burning printer or a wasp riding shotgun on the highway. Four fixes appear under it and a five second timer starts draining. Three of the fixes make everything worse, one does the least damage. Tap the least-bad fix before the bar empties. Right picks build your score and streak, wrong picks or timeouts cost one of your three lives. The timer gets a little shorter every round, so late-game crises need real reflexes.

Tips

• The boring, calm fix is almost always the least-bad one
• Answer fast, leftover time turns into bonus points
• Protect your streak, it stacks bonus points on every correct pick
• Do not overthink round one, the speed ramps up soon enough

About Panic button

Panic button is a reflex game about staying calm while everything is on fire, sometimes literally. Every round throws an absurd everyday crisis at you, from a reply-all disaster to a toddler who locked down the smart house. You get five seconds and four fixes, and only one of them keeps the damage small. The joke is that the right answer is usually the most boring one, which is exactly how real crisis management works. Rounds speed up as your score climbs, so a run that starts relaxed ends in genuine panic. Three lives, one high score, and a little lesson about not fanning flames with paper. It plays in the browser, free, no login needed.

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