Phaser 3 Arcade Physics

Add movement and collision to a Phaser 3 game with the lightweight Arcade Physics engine (AABB rectangles and circles only). Targets Phaser 3.90.

When to use

• Use for top-down or platformer movement, velocity/acceleration/gravity, bouncing, world bounds, and collision/overlap resolution between sprites, groups, and tiles.
• Use when the scene enables physics: { default: 'arcade' } and code calls this.physics.add.*, body.setVelocity, or this.physics.add.collider.

When not to use: the Game config, scene structure, asset loading, or cameras → use phaser-core. Hinges, springs, complex polygons, or stacking rigid bodies → use Matter physics (a different engine; Arcade and Matter bodies do not interact). For engine-agnostic feel tuning see physics-tuning.

Core workflow