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1994PEGI 3PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch

A classic arcade puzzler where you fire colored bubbles, using wall bounces to match groups of three and pop them. Simple rules, quick rounds and a charming cartoon look make it timeless fun, including in two-player mode.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Pixel art
  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

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In short: Games like Bust-A-Move

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Bust-A-Move special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Critter Crunch

92 %Match

2007PEGI 7PC, PlayStation, Steam Deck playable94 % positive4.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Bust-A-Move: puzzles to figure out, a cosy mood to unwind and a bright tone.

A cute arcade puzzler where you snatch critters with a sticky tongue and feed them to one another via a food chain until they burst into gems. Colorful art, co-op and versus modes, and rainbow barf add to the fun.

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Peggle Extreme

Gameplay comes before story

A pachinko-style puzzle game where you fire balls to clear orange pegs, reskinned with art and sound from Valve's The Orange Box. Quick, simple and easy to get hooked on.

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine

Pixel art

You drop beans and clear groups of matching colors to rescue Beanville from Dr. Robotnik's robot transformation. The pace ramps up quickly, and in versus play you race rival henchbots to build the bigger chain reaction.

Yosumin!

Gameplay comes before story

A quick, simple Square Enix puzzle game where you form rectangles out of matching Yosumin creatures to clear them from the board. Easy to learn, with growing challenge and satisfying clears.

Angry Birds Friends

Puzzles and brain teasers

An Angry Birds spin-off built around slingshot physics puzzles, where you chase high scores against friends and other players in weekly tournaments and head-to-head duels.

Peggle Nights

Puzzles and brain teasers

A colorful, addictive puzzle-arcade game where you fire balls to clear orange pegs from a board. A mix of aim, luck and quirky Peggle Masters makes for relaxed, whimsical fun.

Ape Escape Academy

Gameplay comes before story

You play as one of the mischievous monkeys from the Ape Escape series, working through a 9x9 grid of wacky minigames ranging from brain-teasing quizzes to silly sports. Mixing noughts-and-crosses strategy with absurd minigame variety is what makes it stand out.

Angry Birds Seasons

Puzzles and brain teasers

A physics-based slingshot puzzler where you fling birds at pigs and rickety structures, wrapped in festive seasonal level sets like Halloween, Christmas and Valentine's Day.

Tumblestone

Gameplay comes before story

A match-3-style puzzler that reinvents the formula with tricky plan-ahead puzzles. Hand-drawn art and head-to-head rounds against friends make it highly addictive.

Columns

Pixel art

A classic falling-block puzzle game where you line up three or more matching jewels in rows, columns or diagonals. Simple rules, rising speed and an addictive high-score chase.

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