Suika Game is a new Japanese puzzle that’s seriously addictive. Combining the style of games like Candy Crush or 2048, it uses cute fruits and physics to push you to hit a winning score (or lose and toss your phone in agony). The objective is simple: there are 11 kinds of fruit, which you must drop from above like Tetris. As they hit the floor, the same types of small fruit merge to become bigger fruit. Two cherries become a strawberry, two strawberries become a grape. The chain reaction continues until two honeydew melons become a watermelon, the titular ‘Suika’. Like a good CEO, you keep the mergers going until you hit at least 3000 points. Free on browsers, Suika Game calls for some strategy, as the fruits are bouncy balls that follow the laws of physics—they shift and roll around based on pressure. Where you choose to drop them thus impacts how long you play. If too many fruits stack up without merging, you hit the top ceiling and lose the game. Cherries, the tiniest fruit, will be your Judas—be careful of them getting stuck between bigger fruit and creating immovable gaps! Suika? Game. Sanity? Lost. #IkeStreamland #Ikenography pic.twitter.com/wiGFmtWnwB — Akiryu🍪Vel (@kiryuvel) October 4, 2023 . Created by popIn for Nintendo Switch, Suika Game’s console version has adorable visuals and quality game mechanics. To play the simplified (and unofficial) version for mobile and PC browsers, see suika-game.app. For more puzzles, brain games and contest alerts, follow @iepuzzles on Instagram.
