diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index dfc1e46..2b4da7d 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -327,6 +327,9 @@
                 <div class="card">
                     <strong>Score</strong> <span id="score">0</span>
                 </div>
+                <div class="card">
+                    <strong>High score</strong> <span id="high-score">0</span>
+                </div>
             </div>
             <div class="instructions">
                 Click or touch a ball to start a chain. Drag through balls of
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index a3e33f3..bb789d0 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   const minLinkEl = document.getElementById("min-link");
   const paletteLegendEl = document.getElementById("palette-legend");
   const scoreEl = document.getElementById("score");
+  const highScoreEl = document.getElementById("high-score");
   const gameOverEl = document.getElementById("game-over");
   const finalScoreEl = document.getElementById("final-score");
   const restartBtn = document.getElementById("restart-btn");
@@ -87,9 +88,30 @@
   const balls = [];
   let spawnTimer = null;
   let score = 0;
+  let highScore = 0;
   let gameOver = false;
   let isPaused = false;
 
+  const STORAGE_KEY = "physilinks-highscore";
+
+  const loadHighScore = () => {
+    try {
+      const raw = localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY);
+      const parsed = parseInt(raw, 10);
+      return Number.isFinite(parsed) ? parsed : 0;
+    } catch (err) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+  };
+
+  const saveHighScore = () => {
+    try {
+      localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, String(highScore));
+    } catch (err) {
+      // ignore write failures (private mode or blocked storage)
+    }
+  };
+
   const chain = {
     active: false,
     color: null,
@@ -258,6 +280,10 @@
     if (chain.bodies.length >= config.minChain) {
       const gain = 10 * Math.pow(chain.bodies.length, 2);
       score += gain;
+      if (score > highScore) {
+        highScore = score;
+        saveHighScore();
+      }
       spawnScorePopup(releasePoint || chain.pointer, gain, chain.color);
       chain.constraints.forEach((c) => World.remove(world, c));
       chain.bodies.forEach((body) => {
@@ -365,6 +391,7 @@
     minLinkEl.textContent = config.minChain;
     chainLenEl.textContent = chain.bodies.length;
     scoreEl.textContent = score;
+    highScoreEl.textContent = highScore;
     if (chain.color) {
       activeColorEl.textContent = "";
       activeColorEl.style.display = "inline-block";
@@ -447,6 +474,7 @@
       setPaused(!isPaused);
     }
   });
+  highScore = loadHighScore();
   buildLegend();
   updateHud();
   startSpawner();