Tiger Pop: Free Online Bubble Shooter
A bubble shooter with a tiger cub launcher: bounce shots off the walls, pop three of a kind and drop whole branches for double points.
Quick facts
- Category
- 🧩 Puzzle
- Price
- Free, no download or sign-up
- Plays on
- Computer, phone and tablet
- Screen
- Portrait
- Provided by
- After School Play
- Added
About Tiger Pop: Bubble Shooter
Tiger Pop is our own bubble shooter. A tiger cub sits at the bottom of the board holding the next bubble, and a ceiling of coloured bubbles hangs above. Aim, let go, and the bubble flies, bounces off the side walls and sticks where it lands. Touch three or more of the same colour and they pop. Anything that was hanging from the popped bubbles and is no longer connected to the ceiling falls, and falling bubbles are worth double.
Aiming is the whole game, so the guide does the geometry for you. While you aim, a dotted line traces the shot, including its bounce off the wall, and a faint bubble shows the exact spot where it will stick. That makes bank shots practical: you can slip a bubble past the front row and into a gap at the back, which is usually where the big drops are. Tap the cub's bubble to swap it with the next one when the colour in hand doesn't fit anywhere.
Every colour also carries its own symbol (a heart, a star, a sun, a leaf, a drop and a moon), so you can play by shape if some colours are hard to tell apart. Pops and drops fill the paw meter. When it is full, tap it for a power bubble: the bomb clears everything around the spot where it lands, and the rainbow bubble becomes whichever neighbouring colour makes the biggest group. They alternate, bomb first.
The pressure comes from the top. In each level, a number of shots without a pop pushes a new row of bubbles in from the ceiling, and if a bubble reaches the dashed line above the cub the game is over. Clear the board to finish a level. Stars go by how many shots you used against the level's par, and dropping six or more bubbles in one shot is an avalanche that doubles the drop points again.
There are 30 levels built from ten patterns, from stripes and a lantern to a big heart and tiger stripes, in three tiers that add colours and rows and lose patience faster. Endless mode keeps the rows coming: a cleared board is worth a thousand points and four fresh rows, and the ceiling pushes down more often as your score climbs. It is free, needs no download or sign-up, and plays with a mouse or by touch.
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How to Play
- Tap Play. Your cub sits at the bottom holding the bubble you will shoot; the small bubble on the right comes next.
- Drag to aim and let go to shoot. On a computer, move the mouse to aim and click. The dotted line shows the path and where the bubble will stick.
- Touch three or more bubbles of the same colour to pop them. Bubbles left hanging fall for double points.
- Tap the cub's bubble to swap it with the next one.
- Fill the paw meter by popping. When it is full, tap the paw to load a bomb or a rainbow bubble.
- Too many shots without a pop push a new row down. Keep every bubble above the dashed line and clear the board.
Tips
- Aim for the bubbles holding up a big cluster, not the biggest cluster itself. Dropped bubbles are worth twice as much.
- Use the walls. A bank shot can reach a gap behind the front row that a straight shot can't.
- Swap before you shoot when the colour in hand has nowhere useful to go, so you don't waste a shot and bring the next row closer.
- Save the bomb for a knot of mixed colours near the top: everything under it falls too.
- Count your misses. If the next row is about to push in, take a safe pop first to reset the count.
FAQ
- Is Tiger Pop free?
- Yes. It is free to play in any modern browser, with no download and no sign-up.
- What do the bomb and rainbow bubbles do?
- The bomb clears every bubble close to the spot where it lands, and whatever was hanging from them falls. The rainbow bubble turns into the neighbouring colour that makes the biggest group, then pops it. Both come from the paw meter, which fills as you pop and drop bubbles.
- When does a new row come down?
- Each level has a number of shots you can miss in a row; after that, a new row pushes in from the top. Any pop resets the count. In Endless mode the limit gets shorter as your score goes up.
- How are stars counted?
- Each level has a par, the number of shots a good clear should take. Finish within par for three stars, within about forty percent more for two, and any clear earns one.
- Can I play if I find some colours hard to tell apart?
- Yes. Every colour also has its own symbol inside the bubble, so you can match by shape.
- Can I play it on a phone?
- Yes. It is made for touch and fits a phone held upright. Drag to aim and lift your finger to shoot.
