Shatter & Break

Pictures that crack and break into pieces that keep their pixels: glass windows, ice blocks, crystal shields, stone tablets, crates, gems, enemy sprites, titles and whole screens. Swap in your own sprite or text and it breaks the same way. All 21 are free to download as GIF, APNG or PNG spritesheets, or to open in the studio and change.

Glass Window ShatterA window pane cracks from the point of impact and bursts into falling glass shards that glint and skitter.Ice Block ShatterA block of ice cracks and smashes into tumbling chunks that bounce on the ground.Crystal Shield BreakA hexagon energy shield flickers, cracks from the hit and breaks into glowing shards that blast outward.Sprite Death ShatterA frozen pixel-art enemy flashes on the hit, cracks and shatters into icy pieces that fall and bounce.Stone Tablet CrumbleAn ancient rune tablet cracks and crumbles from the top down into heavy stone chunks that drop.Wooden Crate BreakA wooden supply crate is smashed and bursts into spinning planks that bounce on the floor.Gem Break RewardA glowing ruby hovers, cracks and bursts into sharp pieces while gold coins pop out.Broken Heart ShatterA heart emote cracks down the middle and falls apart in a few big pieces while little hearts drift up.Game Over Text ShatterThe GAME OVER title throbs, cracks from the hit and bursts into letter pieces that tumble off screen.Screen Shatter TransitionThe whole game screen cracks like glass and falls away in a hundred pieces, then flies back together.Shatter Text RevealGold title text flies together from spinning shards, locks with a flash and gleams, then blows apart.Clay Pot SmashA clay pot is smashed and bursts into chunky shards that tumble and skitter on the floor with crumbs.Frozen Enemy ShatterA slime enemy frozen solid in a block of ice is shattered by a hit into colourful ice chunks that bounce.Boss Armor BreakHits spark off a boss shell until it cracks and the riveted plates blast away.Ice Wall BreakA wall of glacier ice cracks from a heavy hit and blasts apart in a shockwave of tumbling chunks that bounce.Potion Bottle ShatterA red health potion flask is smashed: the glass bursts into glinting shards.Mirror ShatterAn ornate gold mirror takes a tap: a spider web of cracks spreads and holds.Treasure Chest Lock BreakA chained treasure chest rattles, then the padlock and chains shatter into iron pieces that clatter.Rock Golem CrumbleA defeated stone golem flashes on the final hit, its glowing eyes go out and it crumbles from the head down.Logo Shatter IntroGlass shards fly in from in front of the camera and lock into a studio emblem and name with a flash.Mining Block BreakPixel art block mining: three pick hits shake a diamond ore block with sparks and chips as cracks spread.

Guides: How to make a glass shatter effect, Timing for 2D VFX. Engines: Unity, Godot 4, Roblox, GameMaker, Phaser and PixiJS.