$1.99Zup! 8 Tiny puzzles, big booms
Nudge a blue ball home with well-placed explosions, one short level at a time.
Is Zup! 8 worth it?
Zup! 8 is worth it if…
- you want a light puzzle to unwind with, no timers breathing down your neck
- you enjoy short sessions, the whole thing fits into an evening
- you prefer clean, colorful visuals over busy screens
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One ball, three seconds, endless little plans
Every level asks the same thing: get the blue ball onto its platform and keep it there for three seconds. How you do that is the puzzle. You position explosive blocks, decide which one goes off first, and let the blast wave send the ball hopping across platforms and through teleports. Place them in the wrong order and the ball drifts off into the night sky; place them right and everything clicks into place at once. Levels sit on a single screen against a starry backdrop, clean and pared back, so nothing distracts from the one decision in front of you. There are more than 60 of them, and a few near the end will make you stop and actually think.
How long does it take to finish?
Is it hard to learn?
No. Clicking the explosive blocks sets them off, and the rest is trial, error and a bit of timing. The first levels ease you in; the difficulty ramps up gently rather than all at once.
Can you play it with friends?
It is a singleplayer game at heart. The multiplayer tag aside, the puzzles are a solo affair: one ball, one screen, your own plan. It works well as something to pass around, though, since a single level takes seconds to try and anyone can suggest where to put the next block.
