Controls & Hotkeys

What it is

Chicken Siege is fully playable with mouse or touch, but the keyboard shortcuts make mid-wave management much faster. Each defence card in the bar also lists its own select key.

The full hotkey list

• 1–0 and Q/W/E — select a defence from the bar
• R — restart the current wave (press twice); same build, same eggs
• U — upgrade the hovered tower (+25 seconds lifetime per level)
• G — promote to SUPER (fuse 8 of the same defence)
• T — cycle targeting mode
• Z — undo last placement
• X — delete mode
• B — battle speed (2x)
• H — buff mode: towers beside a SUPER boost it 5% each
• P / Esc — pause
• M — mute

Pro tips

Get comfortable with R, U and B first — quick restarts, instant upgrades and battle speed save the most time. On mobile, the same actions live on the on-screen buttons.