About Bubble Pop
Bubble Pop is a bubble shooter. Aim the cannon, bank shots off the side walls and stick your bubble next to two or more of the same colour to pop the whole group. Anything left hanging when its support pops drops away for bonus points. Clear the board to reach the next round, or play Endless and hold back a field that keeps on growing.
Also called: bubble shooter, bubble game.
How to play Bubble Pop
- Aim by moving the mouse over the field, or by dragging your finger. A dotted line shows the path, including one bounce off a wall, and a ring shows where the bubble will stick.
- Shoot with a click, or by letting go. The bubble flies until it touches another bubble or the top, then snaps into the nearest gap.
- Touch three or more of one colour (counting your bubble) and the group pops.
- Bubbles that are no longer connected to the top, however far away, drop and score a bonus.
- The small bubble beside the cannon is the next one. Tap it (or press X) to swap it with the loaded bubble.
- Every few shots that pop nothing, the ceiling drops a row (in Endless, a new row slides in). If a bubble crosses the dashed line, the game is over.
Rules
- Pop: 10 points a bubble. Drop: 30 points a bubble, doubled when eight or more fall at once.
- Rounds mode: clear the board for a bonus of 500 points times the round number. Each round has more rows and more colours, and the ceiling drops after fewer misses (six in round one, down to three).
- Endless mode: new rows push in at the top after every few misses. The number of colours grows with your score and the misses allowed shrink as you play.
- The pips by the cannon count down the shots left before the next squeeze. A shot that pops something does not count as a miss.
- New bubbles only come in colours still on the board.
- Turn on Shapes to mark each colour with its own symbol.
Bubble Pop tips and strategy
- Aim for the roots. Popping a small group that holds up a big cluster drops the lot, for far more points than popping it bubble by bubble.
- Bank shots off the walls to reach gaps you cannot hit straight on. The preview shows the first bounce, so use it.
- Swap the next bubble in when the loaded colour has nowhere useful to go, rather than wasting a miss.
- If a colour has no good spot, park it on a matching colour at the edge where it will not block other groups.
- Watch the pips. With one miss left, make sure your shot pops something.
Bubble Pop questions
How does the bounce work?
The side walls reflect the bubble like a mirror: it leaves the wall at the same angle it arrived. The aim line shows the path up to and just past the first bounce, and the ring shows where the bubble will stick if it bounces once or not at all.
Why did the ceiling come down?
Every shot that pops nothing is a miss. When the misses reach the limit (shown by the pips next to the cannon and the Drop in counter), the ceiling drops one row and the count resets. In Endless mode a new row slides in instead.
What is the difference between Rounds and Endless?
Rounds gives you a fixed board to clear; clearing it earns a bonus and deals a harder round. Endless never ends: rows keep arriving and the colours and pace build up until the field crosses the line.
Is my game saved?
Yes. Your board, score and next bubbles are saved in this browser after every shot, separately for each mode, so a reload carries on exactly where you were. Best scores are kept for each mode.
Is Bubble Pop free to play?
Yes. Bubble Pop on Kultured Arcade is completely free: no download, no account and nothing to buy. It runs in any modern browser on a phone, tablet or computer.
Do I need to download Bubble Pop?
No. It opens instantly in your browser and saves your progress on your device, so there is nothing to install and no sign-up.
Can I play Bubble Pop on my phone?
Yes. The game fits your screen and works with touch as well as a mouse and keyboard, on iPhone, Android, tablets and computers.