Our Game Guides offer tips and tricks to play your best at Poptropica’s mini-games. Click on the titles to see our guides, and scroll down for more about retired games from bygone days!
Getting to the games
It’s easy to get started: tap the menu in the top corner and select Arcade to be blasted into the Arcade, a whimsical world where you can meet other players and play on various game machines!
Some other islands also have their own common rooms where you can battle other players in head-to-head games, such as the Party Time Tower on Time Tangled Island or the cinema on 24 Carrot.
Head-to-Head Games
These are two-player games you can play with other players in Poptropica’s common rooms. To start a game, find the head-to-head game machine!
🎈 Balloons »
Click on a nozzle to release a balloon. The first person to get four balloons in a row wins! You can line them up straight or diagonally.
☁️ Sky Dive »
Your goal is to safely reach the ground before your opponent. When it says go, click once to jump, then click again when you’re ready to open your parachute.
✨ Star Link »
Click between the stars to link them together and form boxes. You’ll be awarded a point for each box you complete.
Single-Player Games
These games can be played by only one player, and they’re each found on separate game machines within the Arcade common room.
🚀 Blaster Attack »
Dodge asteroids by swerving your blaster, and press the space bar to obliterate them for points.
🚘 Crash-n-Bash »
On the road, watch out for fires, pick up boosts for speed, and bump into as many cars as you can for more points!
💥 Pop-tastic »
Pop all the balloon animals before they get too close! Each pop gets you 10 points. How many can you pop in 30 seconds?
Bygone Days
Before the mini-game system was re-hauled in late 2018, Poptropica had more (mostly head-to-head) mini-games. Here’s what they were like.
🔷 Pathwise »
On your turn, click on any tile to change it to your color. Your goal is to create a pathway that connects the two sides of your color.
🔢 Sudoku »
Enter digits from 1 to 9 into the blank spaces on the playing board by typing or clicking. Every row, column, or 3×3 square must contain one of each digit.
🍒 Switch »
Swap the position of any two adjacent fruits by clicking on them with your mouse. Connect three or more fruits in a row to score points!
🏀 Hoops »
Use your mouse to aim and power your shot, then click to throw. The first player to make five shots wins!
💦 Paint War »
Drag the gun to aim. Press, hold, and release the FIRE button to shoot at the paint balloons. The first player to pop 7 balloons wins!
🍲 Soupwords »
Spell words by connecting two or more letters. Find as many words as you can before the soup gets cold!
🧙♂️ Twisted Wizard »
To get Greg off his video game console on Wimpy Wonderland Island, you’ll have to beat the game Twisted Wizard for him. It’s three whole levels of ogre-zapping fun!
The bygone days of pre-2019 didn’t just carry these other mini-games—there were also other ways of meeting up with players, where you could challenge them to compete with you!
These days most players will go to the Arcade or one of the island common rooms to play, but once upon a time, there was also a feature called the Multiverse where players could create their own temporary room and hang out with others who they invited using a code. There were five room designs available: Big Brain Factory, Enchanted Forest, Techno Room, Sweet Tooth, and Crystal Cavern (the latter is pictured below).
Another method of meeting up, though less popular, was to enter the tribe common rooms. Each of the eight tribes from Poptropolis Games Island had their own room especially designed for the tribe. You can learn more about each tribe and view their rooms on their respective PHB tribe pages.
Back in those days, each player also had their own battle ranking, a ranking out of five stars to show how good they were at head-to-head games. It wasn’t a perfect system: the higher your ranking, the more wins it would take for your ranking to go up—but it was quite easy to drop your ranking with a single game loss. By default, players started with one star.
Just like battle rankings, use the 5-star system below to vote on how helpful this article was! Have fun competing on Poptropica!
Hey PHF! I just wanted to mention that there is another multiplayer room now called the Moldy Baguette Inn on Couterfeit Island but you probably already knew that…
Hijuyo: Thanks, Calm Starfish! 😉
nobody cares about what you have to say! by the way, Calm Starfish is SUCH a dumb name. I can’t stand some people!
I am so sorry! My stupid little brother acted like he was me! And I actually think calm starfish is a pretty cool name! 🙂 so sorry:)
@ashton Who on earth would belive a lie like that?
That’s like punching someone in the face and then saying “sorry”! I would never fall for that dumfounded trick!
The multiplayer room for Mytholgy island is called the ‘Midas Gym’. It’s to the right of the (locked) gate to olympus mountain. 😀
Well Ashton ur a retard
green boa is funny
i know right
Wow thats cool. I guess it is true when there are only six people at a time in a room, because every time i go in the same room, they have different people.!
once i went into the same multiplayer building the same people were in there.
seriously?
there is never anyone there
What are one of your favorite games Scary tomato?
Scary Tomato: I like Star Link and Soupwords. 😀
Same here.
I love Soupwords! I rock at it and it’s my favorite game! My highest score on Soupwords was 110. 😮
Soupwords rocks! 😀
VERY agreed. I have played it so many times I have now mastered it. 🙂
My 2 favorite games are Soupwords and Star Link too !
Sudako for me.
Me too!Finely!Somebody likes it other than me!
Right? Nobody ever challenges me at Sudoku. (Or Pathwise or Soupwords, all of which are MY favorites.) I only ever get Sky Dive and Hoops. And if I try to challenge them, I get ‘No’ and an invitation to battle in Sky Dive.
Same here. I like Balloons, Soupwords, Paint War, Star Link, and Sky Dive. Those are usually the only games I would challenge. My battle ranking is 4.1, although it should say I have 5 stars because I am SUPER good at those. I live in China, which means I would be in a common room while you are asleep and dreaming. But people from other countries besides the United States play this game, too.
thats awesomely cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i didnt know that!
Cool.
MY favorite games are starlink and hoops!
One of my top three favrites is hoops! I don’t relly like starlink.It’s kind of boring.
My favourite games are Paint War and Hoops.
I like them to but thy are not my favourite’s! 🙂
Mmm.
same 😀
i dont evencare about the games only islands
they should make a minecraft island
slantedfish: You might want to check out Poptropica Realms. 😛
mine 2 icy spider
My favourite games are Starlink and Hoops too. I also like Paint War.
i like paint wars, sky diving, Star Link, Soupwords, Switch, and Balloons.
i like soupwords.
I like balloons, star link, and soupwords
skydive is my fave
Same here!
my username is shinnsuke and my password is hhhhh i don`t use this person anay more hay scary tomato i saw a person with a ipod in a mulitplayer room i have seen you in the hair club in spy island
My favorite games are Hoops because i ROCK at it! And Sky Dive also because i ROCK at it.
I HATE Hoops! But I ROCK at Sky Dive. Most very skilled players when they challenge me they drop first but when I land they make a hole in the ground.
mine are 100% star link and soupwords. but in order of the ones i like are: 1. star link 2. soupwords 3. sky dive 4. hoops (hoops and sky dive are a tie i just chose one to put in front) 5. paint war 6. paint war 7. balloons and finally 8. sudoku
WOW
we have ALOT of diff games
ur least fave is sudoko? JEEZ! Have u even tryed it??!!
how come everybody likes starlink! that is my least favorite game.
I don’t like Star Link because I always lose at it because I think the person who goes first has an advantage.
Why did you put Paint War twice?
Yah, Sudoko is my favorite!
my favourite games are paint war and sudoku.i am a master in sodoku.wat about u scary tomato?
Scary Tomato: I’m not really good at Sudoku, but Paint War is pretty fun. 😛
awesome!!!
i like soupwords
speaking of fav games mine are hoops, starlink, and skydive!!! =)
I need nabooti!
I like sky dive, because when I fall through the ground, on purpose, it’s really funny.
I have 200 points on sky dive!
I like Hoops, but the one that I’m best at is probably Soupwords. I usually hang out at The Daily Paper and The Hair Club.
I like panit war
i like star link.
My brother has played like 1500 games! I think he played hoops about 750 times. I only played the games about 600 times.
I like Paint War, Hoops, Soupwords and Star Link. Actually, I like all of them except Sudoku, becasue I’m really not that good at it. 🙂
Today is my very first day to beat Sky Dive!My favorite games are:Star Link,Paint War,and Sky Dive(Became favorite just today and now won 20something times!).
I like playing the games I have four stars. It is really hard to get five.
I had five, but then I lost some games later and went down to 4.2 stars… T_T
My favorite games are paint war and sky dive!
Those are my favorites too!
i like sky dive the most, cause i win all the time.wanna know how? well, u just have to clik the mouse only once u see the top of the tree to the left, but u need good reflexes if u dont want to crash!!! if u want to prove that ur winning because of this tip, face me; im Speedy Crush, and if u really want to make sure its me, i smile uncontrollably.
I click about 0.5 seconds after the tree and I still win.
Smart, but you have to click after the person does if you want it to be easier. And if they don’t click, lucky you.
if you play a game…will it give you money or points?
Scary Tomato: Depending on if you won or lost the game, it will change your battle ranking higher or lower. Playing games doesn’t affect your Poptropica Credits, however. 😉
That would be awesome though ! (:
i love sky dive! 😀 😀
me too. I won sky dive like 10,000 times :)!
I love suduko, Although it makes your brain hurt, another of my favorites is soupwords.
My favorite games are Soupwords and Skydive. (I kind of like sodoku, because I’m good at it!)
My favorite is Skydive. Mindless, pointless, endless- how can ya get any better than that? (lol)
I love Sky Dive buti don’t think i get my stars filled for that anymore.
Once,i played against a girl who was just as good at sky dive as me.She went on and on and won as much as me.
The game was endless and i waited for her to quit on me like everyone else.
She still faced me,though.I think i ended up quitting…..
Anyways,endless Sky Dive can get tiring sometimes.
my favorite games are skydive.soupwords.and hoops.(lol)
my favorite games are hoops and skydive.
I rock at sky dive and star link. I bet nobody could beat me.:grin:
poptropicagal whats your poptropica name because if i find you i will probally chalenge you
to play sudoku you have to type in the numbers if you get it wrong you have to wait 5 seconds. the stickies are for if you think its right but you are not sure. Hope this helped!
PS I am Cool Wing on Poptropica too! 🙂
hhh… ever sence this ‘stars’ stuff came up people haven’t been chating much. i wonder why it was started.
Lots of games! 8)
Codien’s hair almost blends in with the backround. 🙂
You guys rock with all you help and stuff!
PS: I’m Crazy Lion on Poptropica too!
perfect tomato, i couldnt help noticing that your picture is the same as Shiny Leaf’s. That means that you typed in the same e-mail. so…r u the same person as shiny leaf?
Lina: Actually, Perfect Tomato is my brother, and we kids at home don’t have our own personal e-mail address, so we just use the same one. Our dad’s e-mail address. So, Perfect Tomato and me aren’t the same guy.
that is so cool scary tomato
Neat Whale (Comment 46):
The battle ranking has been around since the beginning of poptropica. People do chat;
just a lot less than attepting to increase their battle ranking.:wink:
my favorite games are sky dive,paint war,&soup words& balloons,and starlink! i am good at them(i only like the games i can win)
i wish i could meet you in poptropica ST my name is Angry Leopard or Brave Hopper. Maybe you could see my brother, Mighty Bones! 👿
P.S. Brave Hopper is really brave just belive this a game nothing to worry i did that and done Big Nate Island 😆 🙂 😉
I have 4 stars 😀
My favorite game is Paint War…
One time I beat a guy with 5 stars and my battle ranking didn’t go up one bit. **Sigh** :-[ 😥
i won a game of sudoku and didn’t get any stars… sigh.
Cool Pics
i love paint war i have 4 stars 🙂
On hoops I think there’s a glitch: whenever I play, instead of the other person’s character it shows some afro guy with a tank top and a black eye. It only works if someone challenges you to hoops, though.
I can help, im a master at it. (im not trying to be part of the blog, fyi.)
I didn’t win everything without tis blog’s help.
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLL
ADD MMEEE NINJAWOLF59
All the games are eazy i don`t need the help 🙂
Cool
i am awsome at starlink
Sudoku makes me feel lightheaded. It’s hard!!!
I know how to play sodoku its pretty easy!
Heres my order of favorite games!
1. Sky dive
2. Hoops
3. Star link
4. Sodoku and Switch
5. Paint war
6. Balloons
7. Soupwords
Mine is
1. soupwords (at least I like it)
2.sky dive
3.hoops(sometimes I win some times I don’t).
4.Switch(I can play it almost anytime.)
5.Paint war(only when someone asks me to,same with 6 and 7.)
6.Star link
7.Balloons
8.Sodoku (I will never play this one until I can understand it.)
Heres Mine:
1. Soupwords (I AM THE QUEEN OF IT :D)
2. Sky dive (2nd best)
3. Paint war (Again, THE QUEEN OF IT! :D)
4. Pathwise (It’s ok)
I love Soupwords ! HOW CAN YOU PUT IT AT NUMBER 7 ON THE LIST ?!?!
this is awsome
Tips on sodoku!
1. You have to have 1 of each number going across in a box or horizontoly. If you are doing in a box sometimes its like you have to do an order like 1 2 3 but if one of the numbers are already on the box or across or horizontely pick the next number (Maybe this tip might work or not) Digitable stickers are for if you want to pick a number and your not sure ( Sometimes peo
ple use this ALL THE TIME!!!) 2. You have to look all 3 ways acrooss in a box or horizontaly because if your wrong you will have to wait 10 seconds to move again!!! 3. Offending this tip si to be warned of your opponent you never know if the opponent know the game! So you gotta be pretty quick on choosing numbers BUT NOT TO QUICK or else you will get it wrong!
Correct me if i got anything wrong…
Thanks for the tips. I know how to play Sudoku but when I’ve nearly finished the whole thing, I often need to switch cells around because it get’s more difficult.
In Switch, you can earn points by swapping the fruits before the timer starts during the instructions, I cheat with it. 😀
cool
the game i mostly is sky dive.
Nice!
Im best at hoops i also love it
Same here!
Maybe u should update this. Since the Store came out, the games section was put in ur backpack
I pretty much like every game exept paint war. 🙂
I’ve changed my mind… I like paint war now 🙂
i love soup words! i win mostly of the time!
I love soup words too!
I have gotten all the way to 4 stars!!!
Lol St it looks like u have to make another game guide for the new game!
I very love to play sudoku in poptropica because it pretty easy.
I like starlink and pathwise but I’m better at starlink
hi guys i love this website
i rock at pathwise and hoops
i like soupwords balloons and hoops
I am AWESOME at sky dive! I love the game! It’s funny when you don’t open the parachute and there’s a hole that looks like your poptropican!! 🙂 😀
i love sky dive.
my favroite game is sky dive and hoops and soupwords
My favorite game is soupwords starlink skydive and paintwar.
I like Soupwords and Paintwar. Pathwise is cool too.
my favorite games are pathwise and star link
My favorite game is Hoops!^_^
im good at sudoku and soupwords… everything else my computer is too slow for!!
My Favorite games are Hoops, sky dive, and paint war.
P.S- My favorite one is Hoops!!!
My favorite games are star link, hoops, sky dive, and soupwords!
i am a master at head-to-head sky dive!
=)POPTROPICA RULES(=
I know that seems a lot, but there all AWESOME!
I have a Battle Ranking or 4 2/3 stars, and it was only because I only played Head to Head Paint Wars. XD So if you ever want to play, just find Cheerful Claw!
thanks for the blog it really helps
wild crush
I agree Wild Crush *Assuring nod*
I, “Incredible Hero”, am the MASTER at sky diving. I’ll Be at the ‘spy island’s’ multiplayer place if u want uh challenGE!!
When C.I came out in the early pass section when you looked into games you would see a game called “Track and Find” but when i looked a few days ago the game was gone.
Hijuyo: Search the PHB for ‘Track and Find’… we found a secret sneak peek of some time ago.
grrrrrr i don’t like the people limit in multiverse, I’m NEVER being let into a room! 😦 😦
Hijuyo: If you make your own Multiverse room, you can be the first one in! The limit of players at a time is probably to prevent loading issues. 😛
Oh whoops I mean multiPLAYER room. 😛 And my computer does not connect for multiverses because I don’t live in a town or city… :I so I can only play in multiverses when I’m in town… :I which sadly isn’t often 😦
no i am de best at sky dive
An upgrade to my game list:
1: Sky Dive ( Yes, its still number 1)
2:Hoops (Pretty simple to me, lost a few times though)
3: Star Link (Especially easy when im facing a new poptropican)
4: Switch (I find switch easier than sudoku)
5: Sudoku (Pretty hard now)
6: Balloons (I dont really like this game)
7: Pathwise (Bleh, almost impossible to win)
8: Soupwords (I HATE THIS GAME PERIOD!)
Please note that Paint War is not in my list any more, i hate that game now >.<
My most favourite game is sky dive!!!!!!!!!!I won sky dive and pathwise.sky dive tutorial(be ready.if haven’t start false start.if oppoment open a parachute don’t open.if too close to ground,open it.some time draw or sometome they will close the game if not oppoment close the game u win.)pathwise click anywhere block oppoment way as u can then u win.)my deal!
the first game i ever played was skydive. i still love it!!! hate all the others! 😦
i’m an expert at sky dive, green tiger
So am I, Silly Sun!
Hey, I thought up of a new game! It’s really fun. It’s called “Dodge The Coconut”. Here’s how to play:
1. Go to Shark Tooth Island.
2. Go right until you get to Ancient Ruins.
3. When a coconut falls, try to dodge it without getting hit by it.
4. Keep track on a piece of paper to write how many you dodge and how many you get hit by.
5. If you dodge 10 coconuts you win, but if you get hit by 3 you lose.
Have fun playing it!
Sounds fun i’m gonna try it. 😉
I also looooove hoops! I totally rock at it!
My favorite is soupwords and paint war
My favorite games are Paint War and Hoops!