Bubble Shooter

Shoot colored bubbles from the launcher and connect three or more of the same color to pop them. Bubbles that lose their hold fall away. Bounce shots off the walls to reach tricky spots.

How to play Bubble Shooter

Bubble Shooter is a color-matching puzzle. A launcher at the bottom of the board fires one colored bubble at a time toward the cluster hanging from the ceiling. The bubble flies in a straight line, bounces off the side walls, and sticks the moment it touches another bubble or the ceiling. If it lands next to bubbles of the same color and makes a group of three or more, the whole group pops.

The real fun starts after the pop. Any bubbles that were hanging from the popped group and are no longer connected to the ceiling fall off the board, whatever their color. Good players are not just matching colors; they are always looking for the one shot that cuts a big chunk loose.

Aiming diagram. A dotted aiming line runs from the launcher up and to the left, bounces off the left wall, and ends at an empty spot under the cluster, marked with a dotted ring. The next bubble and a swap arrow sit to the right of the launcher. — Drag on the board to aim and release to shoot. On Easy, the dotted line and ring show exactly where the bubble will stop.

Bubble Shooter rules

Bubbles sit in a honeycomb pattern: rows of eight alternate with rows of seven. Each bubble can touch up to six neighbors: left, right, and two diagonals above and below.
A shot bubble travels in a straight line, bounces off the left and right walls, and stops in the nearest open spot as soon as it touches another bubble or the ceiling.
Three or more touching bubbles of the same color pop, including the one you just shot.
After a pop, every bubble that is no longer connected to the ceiling drops.
Your bubbles only come in colors that are still on the board. The next bubble is shown beside the launcher, and you can swap it with the current one as often as you like.
After a set number of shots the ceiling moves down one row. In Endless mode, a new row is added at the top instead.
If a bubble ends up below the red dashed line, the game is over, unless that same shot pops a group.

Matching diagram. On the left, a red bubble is fired into the gap just below two red bubbles. On the right, the shot red joins them to make three reds, which are circled because they pop. — Three or more bubbles of one color pop. Diagonal neighbors count.

Dropping diagram. On the left, a blue bubble is fired next to two blues on the ceiling, with red, yellow and green bubbles hanging below them. On the right, the blues are gone and everything that hung from them falls. — Bubbles that lose their connection to the ceiling fall, whatever their color.

Game modes and difficulty levels

Mode	What you do
Stages	30 stages. Clear every bubble to finish a stage. The fewer shots you use, the more stars you get, up to three. Stages 1–10 are hand-made shapes; from Stage 11 the boards grow taller.
Endless	New rows keep arriving from the top. Every shot counts one, a shot that pops nothing counts two, and when the counter fills a new row appears. The longer you play, the sooner rows come. Score as much as you can before the line is crossed.
Daily board	A new board every day. Everyone gets the same board on the same day, so you can compare stars with friends.

Level	Aiming line	Ceiling / colors
Easy	Long: shows one bounce and the landing spot	Every 5 shots, 4 colors
Normal	Shorter	Every 4 shots, 5 colors
Hard	Very short	Every 3 shots, 6 colors

The number of colors applies to Stage 11 onward and to Endless mode. Stages 1–10 and the daily board are the same on every level. Besides its color, each bubble carries a symbol so you can tell them apart at a glance: red has a ring, blue a diamond, green a triangle, yellow a square, purple a plus and light blue a star.

Ceiling diagram. On the left board, five dots sit at the lower left of the launcher and four are filled in. On the right board the ceiling has become a striped slab one row lower, and every bubble has moved down a row. — The dots at the lower left count down to the next ceiling drop.

Game over diagram. Bubbles fill the board down to the red dashed line, and one purple bubble has been placed below it. — A bubble below the red dashed line ends the game.

Bubble Shooter strategy: aiming and bank shots

1. Pick the landing spot first, then aim

While you drag, a dotted aiming line follows your finger or mouse. Decide which bubble you want to stick to, then line the path up with the edge just in front of it. A bubble stops the instant it grazes another one, so to slip through a gap, keep the line right in the middle of the opening. On a computer, hold Shift with the arrow keys to turn the launcher in fine steps.

2. Bank shots: the angle in equals the angle out

A bubble that hits a side wall bounces like a pool ball off a cushion: it leaves at the same angle it arrived. That lets you reach spots hidden behind other bubbles. A bounce high up the wall sends the bubble steeply upward; a bounce low on the wall sends it far across the board. On Easy the aiming line shows the path after one bounce, which is the quickest way to get a feel for bank shots before trying the harder levels.

Bank shot diagram. Three yellow bubbles sit in the top-left corner with two blue bubbles below them. A straight shot toward the corner hits the blues (marked with a cross). A shot banked off the right wall passes over the blues and reaches the empty spot next to the yellows. — When a straight shot is blocked, bank it off a wall.

3. Use the next bubble

The bubble beside the launcher is the one you will shoot after this one. If the current color has nowhere useful to go, swap it; there is no limit on swaps. Thinking two shots ahead (“red clears this group now, blue clears that one next”) cuts your shot count a lot, which is exactly what the star rating rewards.

Tips for dropping big clusters

4. Aim for the roots, not the tips

Dropping bubbles is worth more than popping them, and it clears the board faster. Find the bubbles near the ceiling that everything else hangs from. Popping a group there brings down all the bubbles below it at once, whatever their colors. Before each shot, ask yourself: “If this group disappears, where does the rest still touch the ceiling?” Clusters that hang by only one or two bubbles are the best targets.

Tips diagram. On the left board, a green bubble is added next to two greens on the ceiling (circled), and everything hanging below them falls. On the right board, a red at the bottom tip is marked with a cross because popping it clears very little. — Pop the root and the whole cluster falls. Popping the tip clears very little.

5. Park unwanted colors out of the way

When a bubble has no match, put it near the edge or next to a single bubble of the same color so that the next one can finish the group. Mixed colors piling up low in the middle block your shooting lanes and quickly leave you with nowhere to aim.

6. Clean up the lowest rows before the ceiling drops

Every ceiling drop pushes the whole board one row closer to the line. When the dots at the lower left are nearly full, deal with the lowest bubbles first and keep some space above the red line.

Bubble Shooter FAQ

Why did my bubble stop early?

A bubble sticks as soon as it touches another one, even at the very edge. Gaps between bubbles are tight, so keep the aiming line in the middle of the opening. A bubble that reaches the ceiling sticks to the nearest open spot in the top row.

Can I cancel a shot?

Yes. Keep holding, move your finger or mouse below the launcher, and let go there. Nothing is fired.

Does it work on phones and tablets?

Yes. Slide on the board to aim and lift your finger to shoot, or tap a spot to shoot straight at it. The Left, Right, Swap and Shoot buttons under the board work too. On a keyboard, use ← → to aim, Space or ↑ to shoot, and ↓ or X to swap.

How are stars awarded?

Each stage and daily board has a three-star target number of shots. Clear it within the target for three stars, within 1.4 times the target for two stars, and with any number of shots for one star. Your best stars appear under each stage number in the settings.

Can I continue a game later?

Your game is saved in this browser after every shot. Open the page again and press Continue to pick up where you left off. A daily board can only be continued on the same day.

Where bubble shooter games come from

Games where you fire colored bubbles upward and match three of a kind are generally traced back to arcade games of the mid-1990s. The idea later spread to home computers, early mobile phones and smartphones, and countless developers have made their own versions. Over time “bubble shooter” became the everyday name for the whole genre.

This version follows those well-known rules, with its own board shapes, stages, ceiling timing and star targets. Enjoy the moment a whole cluster comes crashing down, then try the daily board tomorrow.

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