About Clown Hole
Clown Hole is a creepy mining clicker about digging deeper into a pit that happens to be full of clowns. You click ore to mine it, click clowns to fight them off, and carry what you collect back up to the surface to pay for better gear.
The work grows from a one-person dig into a whole crew. Hiring signs call workers down to mine for you and fighters to hold the clowns back, and every trip to the surface turns ore into new tools and supplies along an upgrade track. The clowns are more than a nuisance, though. They're the only source of Blue ore, the prize you need most, so you have to go after them.
It's dark pixel art with grinning clown faces and a glitchy, color-fringed title screen. A run takes about half an hour, and you can play Clown Hole online in this tab with only a mouse.
How to Play Clown Hole
- Pick Tutorial on the main menu for a first run, or press Start to jump straight in.
- Click ore nodes to mine them.
- Click a clown to fight it.
- Build hiring signs to bring down workers who mine and fighters who keep the clowns away.
- Take your ore to the surface and trade it for new tools and supplies.
- Keep buying upgrades so every trip down the hole pays more.
What Makes Clown Hole Scary
The clowns are what make it unsettling: wide-eyed faces, red noses and rows of sharp teeth, living in the same hole you keep digging into. Expect creepy clown and monster imagery throughout.
Under the horror look sits a proper mining clicker with a steady loop of mining, hiring and upgrading. The tension comes from balance. You need fighters to stay safe, but Blue ore only comes from the clowns, so hiding from them is not an option. Playing Clown Hole free here means you can learn that balance over a few runs.
Tips for Clown Hole
- Spend early ore on worker hiring signs. More hands on the ore nodes means faster upgrades.
- Get a few fighters in place before you start hunting clowns for Blue ore.
- Fight clowns on purpose. They're dangerous, but they're also the only place the Blue ore comes from.
- Head to the surface often to trade. Ore that stays down the hole does not buy anything.
- Run the Tutorial once before your first real dig so the hiring and fighting loop makes sense from the start.
Who Made Clown Hole
Clown Hole was made by Jaco van Hemert, 2bitdream, Oddspeed, who released it on itch.io. It's built in Unity in a pixel-art style. FunClicker embeds the creator's own version so you can play it here without downloading anything. We did not make the game, and the credit for its design, code, and art belongs to its creator. You can find the original on the Clown Hole page on itch.io.
FAQ
Is Clown Hole free?
Yes. Clown Hole is free to play here in your browser, with nothing to download and no account to make. Pick Tutorial or Start from the main menu and you're mining within seconds. A full run takes about half an hour, so it fits in a short break.
How do you play Clown Hole?
Click ore nodes to mine them and click clowns to fight them off. Hiring signs bring down workers and fighters, then haul your ore to the surface and trade it for tools and supplies. Each upgrade makes the next dig more productive, and the Blue ore from clowns is the prize to chase.
Is Clown Hole scary?
Clown Hole is creepy. The clowns have staring eyes and sharp-toothed grins, and there's monster imagery throughout, so it can unsettle anyone who dislikes clowns. The play itself is a mining and upgrade loop rather than a chase, so the fear comes from the look and the setting more than from anything jumping out at you.
Who made Clown Hole?
Clown Hole was made by Jaco van Hemert, 2bitdream and Oddspeed, and released on itch.io. It's built in Unity with pixel art. FunClicker embeds the creators' own version, so you're playing the original, and the credit for its design, code and art belongs to them.
Can I play Clown Hole on a Chromebook or phone?
On a Chromebook, yes. Everything is done with clicks, so a mouse or trackpad works fine. On a phone it may load, but the game is laid out for a wider screen and a pointer, and tapping small ore nodes and clowns can be fiddly. A laptop or Chromebook is the easier choice.
Is Clown Hole unblocked at school?
If you're looking for Clown Hole unblocked, the game only needs a normal browser tab, with nothing to download or install. Whether that tab opens on a school or work connection depends on the network's filters, which we do not control, so it may be blocked on some networks.
What is Blue ore in Clown Hole?
Blue ore is the most valuable thing in Clown Hole, and you only get it from clowns. That's the twist: the creatures you'd rather avoid are the ones you need to fight. Hire fighters to back you up, then go after clowns deliberately to collect it.
How do you hire help in Clown Hole?
Build hiring signs. In Clown Hole, signs call down two kinds of help from the surface: workers, who mine ore nodes for you, and fighters, who keep the clowns at bay. A mix of both lets the dig keep going while you focus on the next upgrade.
