Scatterbox

How to play

Each level is a 3D box built from arrow blocks. Tap a block and it flies the way its arrow points. If another block is in the way, it bumps and comes back, and that costs a heart. You win when no arrow blocks are left. Three bumps and you are out of hearts, so try again with what you learned.

No bumps earns 3 stars, one bump 2 stars, and two bumps 1 star. The 100 levels are split into 5 worlds of 20: Toy Box, Candy Crate, Stone Garden, Frost Box and Grand Cube. Each level opens when you clear the one before it.

On a computer, click a block to send it, drag or use the arrow keys to turn the box, and use the wheel to zoom. H gives a hint and R starts again. On a phone, tap a block, drag to turn the box and pinch to zoom.

Tips and tricks

• Turn the box before you tap. Some free blocks hide on the back.
• Start with outside blocks whose arrows point away from the box. Each one you clear opens a path for others.
• Gray stones in Stone Garden never move. You don't need to clear them, but no block can fly through them.
• A frozen block in Frost Box shows a number. That many other blocks must fly away before it melts. Tapping it early costs no heart.
• In Rush you have 60 seconds. Each block is 1 point, a cleared box adds 3 seconds and bonus points, and a bump takes away 3 seconds. Hints don't work in Rush.
• You start with 3 hints. Every 5th new level you clear gives one more, and so does each day's first Daily Box clear.

What makes it fun

Scatterbox turns a simple tap into a real puzzle, because you have to look all around a 3D shape. The boxes grow from a few blocks to big cubes, balls and pyramids, and stones and ice change how you plan.