Small o’s will march in and eat these results. Click or tap each one three times to stop it.
Mouse or touch: hit an o three times. Keys: arrows or WASD aim the green sight, Space or Enter hits, P pauses.
Zerg Rush: Little o’s That Eat Your Results
Six search results sit on a quiet page. Then small o’s pour in from the edges and chew each result down to nothing.
This zerg rush copy lets you fight back. Each o takes three hits, and every wave brings more of them at a faster pace.
How to Start a Zerg Rush on This Page
- Press Start the rush, or tap Space while the game box is on screen.
- Watch the o’s march in from the top and both sides.
- Click or tap an o three times. Its ring turns green as it weakens.
- Clear every o in the wave. You get one eaten result back as a reward.
- When the last result goes, the o’s line up to spell GG. Press Play again to restart.
Mouse, Touch and Key Controls
| Action | Mouse or touch | Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Start or restart | Start button | Space |
| Hit an o | Click or tap it | Aim with arrows or WASD, then Space or Enter |
| Pause | Pause button | P |
| Check speed | APM box in the top bar | Same |
APM stands for actions per minute. Every click, tap or key strike counts, hit or miss.
When Google Ran the Zerg Rush Egg
Google added the zerg rush egg on April 27, 2012. A search for the phrase sent red and yellow o’s down the results page.
Players clicked the o’s to stop them. Once the o’s had eaten everything, they gathered into the letters GG, short for good game.
The end card showed how many zerglings you took down and your APM. A share button let you post that line to Google+.
StarCraft gave the trick its name. In that 1998 Blizzard strategy game, the Zerg side can build cheap units fast and swarm a foe early.
Google later pulled the egg. A search for google zerg rush now returns plain links, so this page rebuilds the game from scratch.
Zerg Rush Strategy for Longer Runs
- Hit the o’s that sit on a result first. A half-eaten card still counts as alive.
- Finish one o before you move on. Three hits on one target beat six hits spread over four.
- Watch the edges. New o’s slip in from the top, left and right.
- On a phone, use two thumbs. Each tap counts toward APM.
- On a keyboard, park the sight on the busiest card and let the swarm come to you.
- Save weak results for last. A wave clear brings one back to full.
How the waves scale
Wave one sends ten o’s. Each new wave adds two more, and they walk and chew a little faster.
Playing on a phone or tablet
The game box fits a narrow screen and stacks the six results in one column. Taps get a wider hit zone than mouse clicks, so a near miss still lands.
Other Google Games With Waves of Foes
Google has hidden other arcade nods in search. In 2013, an image search for one classic turned photos into bricks, and our atari breakout game rebuilds that idea.
For rows of aliens and a laser base, try our space invaders page. A maze chase waits on the google pac-man page, based on the 2010 playable doodle.
FAQs
What happens when you type zerg rush into Google?
In 2012, a search for zerg rush sent a swarm of small o’s down the Google results page. They ate the results one at a time unless you clicked them away. When they won, they spelled GG.
Does Zerg Rush still work on Google?
No. Google removed the Zerg Rush egg, and the search now shows plain results. You can still play a full copy at the top of this page, with waves, a kill count and an APM score.
What does zerg rush mean?
A zerg rush means beating a rival with a big wave of cheap units sent in early. The term comes from the Zerg side in StarCraft, the 1998 strategy game from Blizzard. Gamers now use it for any mass attack.
What does GG mean in Zerg Rush?
GG stands for good game, a polite sign-off in online play. In the Google egg, the o’s formed the letters GG once they had eaten every result. Our version ends the same way.
