Paw Puzzles

Paw Puzzles is a tap-to-blast puzzle with a story to uncover. The board is full of coloured tiles with little dog faces: tap a group of two or more of the same colour and it bursts, the tiles above drop down and new ones fall in. Five tiles in a group leave a rocket that clears a row or a column, seven leave a bomb, nine leave a disco ball that takes every tile of one colour, and two powers tapped together make something bigger. Each level sets a goal, colours to collect, boxes to break open or cans to knock down, with a fixed number of moves to do it in.

Your sidekick plays along. Jake brings rockets and Bella, who joins after level 3, brings bombs; every blast charges their meter, and when it is full a tap on their portrait fires their power onto the board. Under the board sit three boosters for the tight spots: the Hammer smashes one tile, the Rockets clear a row and a column at once, and Shuffle mixes the board. Wins pay coins and stars, and coins buy more boosters or five extra moves when a level is almost done.

The stars go on the jigsaw. Six chapters each hide a picture of Jake and Bella's day, from a game of frisbee to a picnic and a bus ride, and every piece costs a star or two. Place them all and the picture comes alive as a short animated scene, a gift box pays out coins, and the finished stories wait in the album to be watched again. Forty levels across six chapters, played with a tap or a click, and your progress is saved in your browser.