Breaking the Bank
About Henry Stickmin: Breaking the Bank
Henry Stickmin: Breaking the Bank is the free online point-and-click game that started the whole Henry Stickmin saga, first bringing the goofy stick-figure hero to life during the golden era of Flash games on sites like Newgrounds. The premise is simple: Henry is standing outside a heavily guarded bank, and it's up to you to pick one of six wildly different methods to break in and grab the loot — a shovel, explosives, a teleporter, a laser drill, a disguise, or a wrecking ball. Every choice plays out as its own short, ridiculous animated sequence, and spoiler alert, every single one ends in glorious failure. There's no "correct" answer here, just six different flavors of chaos to click through and enjoy.
You can relive the nostalgic Newgrounds-style experience right in your browser on OnlineGames.io, with no Flash plug-in, download, or install required. The trial-and-error, click-to-see-what-happens format makes it an easy, quick session — most players clear all six outcomes in about five minutes — and the iconic Henry Stickmin art style and humor hold up exactly as well now as they did back then.
Controls
| Action | Control |
|---|---|
| Select an option | Mouse Click (M1) |
| Advance dialogue / scene | Mouse Click (M1) |
| Return to method select | Mouse Click (M1) on menu prompt |
Six Ways to Break In
Henry's toolkit gives you six distinct approaches, each with its own comically doomed ending. Grab the Shovel and dig your way underground, pack Explosives and blast a hole in the wall, step into the Teleporter and hope the technology cooperates, line up the Laser Drill for a precision entry, slip into a Disguise and try to blend in, or go loud with a Wrecking Ball straight through the front. None of them work out cleanly, but watching exactly how each one goes wrong is the entire point.
Point-and-Click Simplicity
There's no reflex challenge, timer, or fail state to worry about beyond the story itself — every scene resolves with a single click, and the fun comes entirely from Henry Stickmin's signature stick-figure animation and comic timing. It's built for short, replayable sessions, since going back and trying a different method takes only a few seconds and delivers a completely different outcome each time.
Tips for Playing Henry Stickmin: Breaking the Bank
Don't rush through — the best part of this game is watching each failure animation play out in full, so let every scene finish before clicking ahead. Try all six methods in one sitting to see the full range of chaos Henry can get himself into. Pay attention to small visual details in each ending, since some of them resurface as callbacks in the later games in the series. And remember, there's no "winning" choice here, so just pick whichever method sounds the most entertaining.
How to Play Henry Stickmin: Breaking the Bank
- Meet Henry — the game opens with Henry standing outside the heavily guarded bank.
- Pick a method — choose one of six options: Shovel, Explosives, Teleporter, Laser Drill, Disguise, or Wrecking Ball.
- Watch the attempt — click through the animated sequence as Henry tries his chosen approach.
- Enjoy the fail — every method ends in a unique, ridiculous failure, so sit back and laugh.
- Return and retry — click back to the method menu to try a different approach.
- See them all — work through all six methods to experience every possible ending.
More Games Like This
Breaking the Bank is the first entry in the Henry Stickmin series — once you've seen all six endings, continue Henry's story in Escaping the Prison and Stealing the Diamond, or relive more of the golden era with the full library of Flash games on OnlineGames.io.
