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Dozer Derby is a top-down bulldozer crushing arena: you are Muck, a yellow dozer racing rival dozer Rusty to bank $1,000 of crushed rock.
Ram rocks to smash them — pebbles (2 hits), slabs (6 hits), boulders (10 hits). Every crushed rock bursts into copper, silver, and gold nuggets; drive over them to collect their value.
Spend your bank on upgrades: Blade (more crush damage), Treads (more speed), Magnet (bigger nugget vacuum). Upgrades cost banked cash, so every purchase delays the $1,000 goal — spend smart.
Rusty crushes the same rocks and never upgrades. Reach $1,000 first, or lead when the 3-minute timer expires. Your fastest win is saved in your browser.
How to control Dozer Derby
- Move: WASD / arrow keys, or press-and-drag virtual joystick (mouse + touch)
- 1 / 2 / 3 or shop buttons: buy Blade / Treads / Magnet upgrade
- M: mute audio, Enter: start / play again
How to play
- 1
Drive into rocks to crush them: pebbles break in 2 hits, slabs in 6, boulders in 10. Each hit lands every 0.4 seconds while you keep ramming.
- 2
Crushed rocks burst into nuggets — copper $6, silver $14, gold $30. Drive over nuggets to bank them.
- 3
Rival dozer Rusty crushes the same rocks and banks their nuggets. First to $1,000 wins.
- 4
Spend banked cash on upgrades: Blade (+1 crush damage), Treads (+14% speed), Magnet (+26 pickup radius). Each maxes at level 4.
- 5
If nobody reaches $1,000 in 180 seconds, the higher bank wins. Your fastest win is saved.
Tips for a better run
Buy Blade to level 3 first — it halves your time on slabs and boulders, the richest rocks.
Don't chase single nuggets across the arena; crush the next rock and let Magnet pull them in.
Boulders pay $50 in nuggets but Rusty wants them too — contest the big rocks early.
Treads level 3+ lets you outrun Rusty to fresh rock spawns on the far side.
Watch the timer: if you're ahead at 3:00 you win, so protect a lead instead of over-upgrading late.
Frequently asked questions
How do I play?
Drive your bulldozer with WASD / arrow keys, or press-and-drag anywhere to steer with a virtual joystick. Ram rocks to crush them — pebbles break in two hits, slabs take six, boulders take ten. Crushed rocks burst into copper, silver, and gold nuggets; drive over them to bank their value. Spend banked cash on Blade, Treads, and Magnet upgrades (keys 1/2/3 or the shop buttons).
Any strategy tips?
Rival dozer Rusty crushes the same rocks with a mid-tier blade and never upgrades — so upgrade early. Buy Blade to level 3 first (one-shot pebbles, two-shot slabs, three-shot boulders), then Treads for speed. Park on a boulder and keep ramming: each hit lands every 0.4 seconds. Magnet helps you vacuum nuggets before Rusty steals them.
Is Dozer Derby a copy of a bulldozer game?
No. Dozer Derby is fully original: the dozers Muck and Rusty, the rock-tier/nugget economy, the upgrade shop, and all code, art, and audio are original works. It takes the general bulldozer-crushing genre as inspiration but references no existing games, films, or franchises.
