Blockfall
Turn them. Drop them. Clear the rows.
Blocks fall into the well one at a time. Slide them, turn them and drop them so they fill whole rows: a full row clears and everything above it falls. Five ways to play, a soundtrack that speeds up with you, and new block styles as you rank up.
Free. No download, no sign-up. Works in the browser on phones, tablets and computers.
How to Play
The well is ten blocks wide and twenty high. Each piece is made of four blocks, in seven shapes, and the next three are always shown at the side. Fill a row from wall to wall and it clears. Let the stack reach the top and the game is over.
| Action | Keyboard | Phone or tablet |
|---|---|---|
| Move | ← → | The arrow buttons, or slide on the board |
| Turn | ↑ or X, and Z the other way | The turn buttons, or tap the board |
| Soft drop | ↓ | The down button |
| Drop at once | Space | The drop button, or flick down on the board |
| Hold a piece | C | The HOLD button |
| Pause | P | The pause button |
Hold puts the falling piece aside for later and brings out the one you held before, once per piece. The faint ghost shows where the piece will land; you can turn it off in Settings. A piece that cannot turn where it is tries a step to the side, so pieces never feel stuck against a wall.
Five Ways to Play
- Classic. Endless. Every ten rows you go up a level and the blocks fall faster: from almost a second a row at level 1 to a blur.
- Sprint 40. Clear 40 rows as fast as you can. Your best times are kept.
- Zen. No speed-up and no game over: when the stack reaches the top, the well simply starts fresh. With its own calm music.
- Daily. Two minutes, and today's pieces in today's order, the same for every player.
- Dig. Sixty levels that start with rows of grey junk at the bottom. Clear every junk row to win. More rows, more speed and, later, two gaps a row as you go. Beat the par time for three stars.
Scoring
| Rows at once | Points |
|---|---|
| One | 100 × level |
| Two | 300 × level |
| Three | 500 × level |
| Four | 800 × level |
- Four again. Clear four rows at once twice in a row and the second pays half as much again.
- Combos. Clear rows with piece after piece and each one adds 50 × the combo × the level.
- Perfect clear. Empty the whole well and earn a big bonus on top: up to 2,000 × the level.
- Drops. A soft drop earns 1 point a row, a drop at once 2 points a row.
Screenshots
Rank and missions A Dig level
Ranks, Missions and Block Styles
Every game earns experience: 10 for each row, more for clearing four at once and much more for a perfect clear. Play on days in a row and each game earns up to half as much again. There are three new missions every day, such as clearing four rows at once or finishing a Sprint, each worth 100 experience.
Experience takes you up eight ranks, from Rookie through Stacker, Builder, Line Breaker, Block Master, Speed Demon and Grandmaster to Legend. Ranks unlock new looks for your blocks: Neon, Candy, Gems and Retro, beside the Classic style.
Music
Blockfall plays music of its own, made in your browser as you play. The main piece is a driving arcade tune that gets faster with every level you reach; Zen has a slow, calm one. Turn the music off in Settings, or all sound with the speaker button at the top.
Tips
- Keep the stack flat and low, and leave one column at the side empty for a long straight piece: four rows at once pay best.
- Look at the next three pieces, not just the falling one, and plan where each will go.
- Use Hold to save a long straight piece for the moment your gap is ready.
- In Dig, clear the junk from the top down and keep the gaps open.
- When the speed gets high, drop at once with Space instead of watching each piece fall.