Fireboy And Watergirl 3 — Play Free Online

Fireboy And Watergirl 3 is a two-character puzzle platformer set in an icy temple. You guide a fire character and a water character through a series of chambers, and both of them have to reach their own exit door before a level counts as finished. Nobody can simply run to the end alone, so every room is a small problem about who goes first, who waits, and what has to be switched on for the other to get through.

The pace is slow and thoughtful compared with the jumpers and runners that fill most of Doodle Jump's catalogue. There is no scrolling chase and no score ticking down while you panic. You look at a room, work out the route for each character, then execute it, and the satisfaction comes from the moment the plan finally clicks. It suits a player who likes Fireboy and Watergirl from the same site and wants a fresh set of rooms with the same rules.

How to play

The game is built for two players on one keyboard. Fireboy is traditionally moved with the arrow keys and Watergirl with W, A and D, so two people can share a keyboard. On this page the controls are listed as arrow keys or WASD to move, the mouse to select menu options, and tap and swipe on a phone. If you play alone, you switch attention between the two characters and move them in turn.

Each character is safe in some hazards and deadly in others. Fireboy can cross fire and lava but is destroyed by water, while Watergirl is the reverse. Green goo is dangerous to both, so neither should touch it. Touching the wrong pool restarts the room, which keeps mistakes cheap. Along the way you pick up gems in each character's colour, push blocks, and use buttons and levers that open doors or move platforms for your partner. The ice setting adds slippery surfaces, so momentum carries you further than you expect.

Tips

• Before moving, trace where each character must end up and note which switch each of them needs to reach first.
• When a button only stays active while held, park one character on it and move the other through, then reverse roles if needed.
• On slippery ice, release the key early and let the slide carry you rather than holding the direction until the edge.
• Gems are optional for finishing a room, so grab them only when the route is safe, and come back to them once you know the layout.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

The original Fireboy and Watergirl is the closest match and a good warm-up for the same two-player rules. Fireboy and Watergirl 4: Crystal Temple continues the series with a different setting. If you want solo puzzling instead, Ovo 2 and OvO game lean on precise platforming rather than cooperation, while Bloons Tower Defense 2 is a strategy puzzle of a different kind.

It runs in the browser with nothing to install, so a short session on a spare keyboard with a friend is all it takes to get going.