Emoji Party — Play Free Online

Emoji Party is a combination puzzle. Instead of jumping or racing, you work with a collection of emojis and try to combine them in the right way to produce the result each level asks for. It is a game about noticing things: which faces and symbols belong together, and what order gets you to the answer.

Each level is its own little scenario, so the game does not settle into one repeated routine. You cannot assume the next challenge will look like the last one, and that keeps a session light and curious rather than grindy. It is a calm change of pace if you usually come to Doodle Jump for fast reflex games, and it works well as a short break between runs.

It runs right in the page with nothing to install, on a computer, phone or tablet.

How to play

The game is played with the mouse: click and drag emojis to build the combination a level calls for. On a touchscreen you drag with your finger. Some listings for this page mention arrow keys or WASD, but the original game description only talks about clicking and dragging, so start with the mouse or touch.

A round goes like this: read the scene, look at which emojis are available, and try dragging one onto another to see what happens. When a combination does not work, nothing is lost, so experimenting is part of the game. Once you see how a level wants its pieces ordered, the answer usually comes quickly.

Tips

• Try dragging pieces onto each other early. Seeing a wrong result teaches you more than staring at the screen.
• Pay attention to order. The game stresses that levels need specific sequences of combinations, so a right idea in the wrong order can still fail.
• If a level stumps you, move on to thinking about what the emojis represent, such as moods, objects and actions, instead of just matching shapes.
• On a phone, drag slowly and deliberately so you pick up the piece you meant to.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want more thinking and less jumping, Fireboy and Watergirl asks you to solve temple puzzles and works well with a second player at the same keyboard. Bloons Tower Defense 2 is a strategy game that rewards planning ahead. For something fast and physical, Helix Jump and Ovo 2 test timing and reflexes instead.

Emoji Party suits short sessions and relaxed play, with no timer pressure and nothing to memorise in advance.