Breaking the Bank Game

Breaking the Bank is the interactive comedy that introduced the world to Henry Stickmin. Rather than a traditional platformer or puzzle game, this is a choose-your-own-adventure experience focused entirely on trial, error, and physical comedy. You are presented with a single objective—breaking into a heavily fortified desert bank vault—and a menu of increasingly ridiculous gadgets to get the job done.

The core loop of the game is actually failing. Whether you choose the shovel, the laser, the teleporter, or the wrecking ball, almost every option triggers a unique, fully animated cutscene showing exactly how Henry's plan backfires. Finding the one correct solution is satisfying, but the real reward is watching all the creative ways things can go wrong first.

Controls

• Mouse/Touch: Simply click or tap on the option you want to use from the menu on screen.

Tips

• Try everything: The game is extremely short if you just pick the right answer immediately. Deliberately pick the wrong choices first to see all the unique failure animations.
• Look for the disguise: If you actually want to win and progress the story, sometimes the most low-tech solution is the only one that works.