Stack Hop is a stacking game you play with one tap. A block slides back and forth above your tower, and you tap to drop it. Whatever hangs over the edge gets cut off, and every block after that is only as wide as what's left. Drop it right in the middle and you lose nothing.
That part takes a few seconds to learn. The levels are where it gets strange.
LEVELS
The campaign has hundreds of levels, split into chapters, and every chapter is a new place with its own rules. In the marsh, fog hides the top of your tower. In the volcano, lava keeps rising underneath you. In the deep sea you only see the tower when your sonar pings, and up on the frozen peak the whole mountain shakes.
- The Elements: wind, fog, desert sand, a haunted night and a storm at sea
- Strange Lands: a volcano, a jungle, a carnival, the deep sea, a clockwork factory and outer space
- Smoke and Mirrors: rippling water, glowing caves, a glitching neon city, a leaning tower, a magic show and a disco that drops your blocks on the beat
- Beyond the Sky: a frozen peak, a castle under siege, a railway, an ancient tomb, a mad lab, a retro arcade, a dojo and a year of seasons
Each level has a finish line and up to three stars to earn. Stars open the next chapter. Beat a chapter's last level and its Expert levels open up, which are the same towers made harder.
TWISTS
Some blocks don't behave. Ice keeps sliding after it lands, ghost blocks fade out, magnets pull, jelly wobbles, and wormholes send a block out the other side of the screen. There are plenty more, and it's worth watching a new one for a moment before you tap.
Pip, the site foreman, turns up the first time you meet something new and explains it in a sentence or two. There's no long tutorial to sit through.
ENDLESS MODES
- Classic: one miss ends the run, and new twists join in as your tower gets taller.
- Time Attack: you're racing a clock, and every perfect drop gives you a little more time.
- Zen: no clock, no twists and no game over. Stop whenever you like.
Easy, Normal and Hard each keep their own best score, so trying a harder setting won't cost you your record.
POWERUPS
Slowdown, Sticky, Wider, Strong Blocks, Score Multiplier and Undo. Catch them as they drift down during a run (Endless mode only), or choose which ones to bring before you start.
CHARACTERS
A little character rides on top of your tower and cheers when you land a perfect. Most of them come with a perk, like a peek at the next twist, a second chance after a miss, a rope that catches a falling block, or extra coins.
HIDDEN SURPRISES
A few rare moments hide a surprise. Find one and you get something new to wear/use: a colour, a burst for your perfects, a topper for your character, a finish for your blocks or a charm for the sky.
CUSTOMISE
Pick a theme, from Dark and Light to Neon and a true-black AMOLED look. You can also spend coins in the Workshop on trails, landing puffs and plinths for your tower.
LEADERBOARDS AND CLOUD SAVE
See how your best runs and stars compare on the Google Play Games leaderboards. Your progress is saved there too, so it comes with you to a new phone.
EVERY DAY
There are new daily missions each day, and a daily reward that grows the more days in a row you play. If you have to miss a day, a streak freeze keeps your streak going.
More chapters, twists, themes and characters are on the way.
Stack Hop plays offline, in portrait, with one thumb, and you don't need an account.
ADS AND PURCHASES
Stack Hop is free and has ads. A short ad plays between some runs, and Remove Ads turns those off for good. Reward videos are always up to you: watch one to multiply a run's coins, get a free powerup, keep going after a miss or skip a level you're stuck on. Chapters open as you earn stars, or you can unlock a whole act straight away.
If something feels broken or unfair, the email address below comes straight to me.
A one-tap stacking game with hundreds of levels, each chapter in a new place.