The Scrape Lab arcade

A tiny break for busy data people.

Spot the clean packets, dodge the bugs, and chase your best score in a quick 30-second round.

30 second challenge

Clean the data stream.

Collect green data packets, grab rare bonus packets, and leave the red bugs alone. Build a combo to multiply every clean hit.

Data +1 Bonus +3 Bug −3

Tap a packet or press its key: 1234 / QWER / ASDF / ZXCV match the four rows. Arrow keys and Enter also work. Press P or Escape to pause. Every fifth clean hit raises your multiplier; misses reset it.

Packet stream
Score0
Combo0
Boost×1
Time30s
Best0
Ready to clean the stream?

Grab as many good packets as you can.

Game ready. Press Start game to begin.