· Social Engineering · Dark patterns
Cookie Wall Labyrinth: a free game about cookie banners
Click "Reject all". The button runs away, changes colour and turns into "Accept". Keep your cookies.
What is Cookie Wall Labyrinth?
One cookie banner after another, and all you want is to refuse. The reject button runs away, hides as a grey link, swaps labels with Accept, or lives behind “Manage options” with every switch already on.
Cookie Wall Labyrinth is a free satire game about cookie banners. All you want is to refuse, and every banner fights back.
The reject button runs away, hides as a faint grey link, swaps places and labels with Accept, or hides behind “Manage options” with every switch already on. Click anything that accepts and the cookies are eaten.
At a glance
- Category
- Social Engineering
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Play time
- 2–4 min
- Price
- Free, in your browser, sign-up optional
How to play
- Refuse
- Refuse the cookies on each banner: +100. Anything that accepts eats them.
- Switches
- In “Manage options”, turn every switch off, then save.
- Three levels
- Beginner, Intermediate or Expert, picked before you play: the content and the clock change, and each level keeps its own best score.
- Satire
- Satire with a lesson: every name, brand and platform is made up, and every run ends on how to spot the trick.
Scoring
+100 per banner refused. Accepting, or saving with a switch left on, scores nothing.
Win by refusing on at least 70% of the banners.
What it trains
- Spotting dark patterns
- Runaway buttons, swapped labels, pre-ticked switches.
- Privacy habits
- Refusing in two seconds.
Strategy and tips
- Read before you click
- Labels can swap; the green button isn't always the one you think.
- Open Manage options
- When there's no Reject button, the switches are there. Turn all of them off, including “legitimate interest”.
- Keep chasing
- A runaway button only dodges a few times.
Why play Cookie Wall Labyrinth?
Refusing cookies should be as easy as accepting them. Recognising the tricks makes it a two-second habit.
Frequently asked questions
Is it free?
Yes. It is free and runs in your browser, with no download. Signing up is optional.
Are the sites real?
No. Every name, brand, platform and coin in the game is made up. The tricks, though, are real ones you'll meet online.
Can I play with a keyboard?
Yes. Every button and switch works with Tab and Enter or Space.