Angry Birds launched the most recognizable franchise in mobile gaming history. Originally released in December 2009 by Finnish studio Rovio Entertainment, the game puts you in control of a flock of wingless birds whose eggs have been stolen by mischievous green pigs.

Your weapon is a slingshot. Your ammunition is the birds themselves. The objective on every level is the same: destroy the pig-sheltering structures by launching birds into them, using physics — gravity, momentum, and material fragility — to cause maximum collapse.

What makes players return after more than a decade is the gap between simple controls and deep strategy.

Pulling back the slingshot takes one second to learn, but earning three stars on a tough level requires reading the structure's weak points, choosing the right bird for the right material, and triggering chain reactions through TNT crates and load-bearing supports.

As an HTML5 browser game on PLRun, it loads instantly on desktop, tablet, or mobile — the same satisfying destruction physics that defined a generation of casual gaming, accessible without any installation.

Click and drag the slingshot backward to set the angle and power of your shot, then release to launch the bird. While a bird is mid-flight, click the screen to activate its special ability. On mobile, tap and drag the slingshot, then tap again mid-air for the ability.

You can also scroll the screen horizontally and zoom in or out to survey the full level layout before taking your shot. Press the restart button to replay a level at any time. Each level places a set of green pigs inside or behind structures made from glass, wood, and stone.

You are given a fixed roster of birds loaded into the slingshot in a specific order. Pop every pig on the field to clear the level. If you run out of birds before all pigs are eliminated, the level fails — but you can retry immediately with no penalty.

Clearing a level unlocks the next one in sequence. The strategic core of Angry Birds is matching each bird's ability to the right target. Red is a balanced starter with no special ability but decent impact.

The Blues split into three smaller birds mid-flight and are devastating against glass. Chuck accelerates forward at high speed when tapped and tears through wood.