Grow Tower — Play Free Online

Grow Tower is a small puzzle game from the "Grow" family, the style of game where you do not win by reflexes but by working out which thing to click, and in what order, so that everything on screen keeps developing. Here the goal is to build a tower from the objects you are given and then push each piece through as many upgrades as it will go. It is a calm, turn-based experience with no timer pushing you along.

That makes it a different kind of visit for someone who arrived on this site for Doodle Jump. There is no scrolling, no falling and nothing to dodge. It suits the moment when you want to put your thumbs down and think for a few minutes, then go back to jumping.

The game is a Flash-era title that runs in your browser through an emulator, so there is nothing to install. Give it a few seconds to load before the first click.

How to play

Move with the arrow keys or WASD and use the mouse to aim and select. On a phone or tablet, tap and swipe instead. Most of the play is pointing at an item and choosing it, then watching what that choice changes.

A round is built around experimentation. You start with a handful of objects, place or trigger them, see what each one does to the tower, and then look for the next step that levels something up. Because the series is about cause and effect, the best way to learn a new element is simply to try it once and watch the result.

Tips

• Try each new object once before planning around it. Its effect is usually obvious the moment you see it happen.
• Go for upgrades that open up further upgrades before you spend effort on a piece that is already close to its limit.
• If a build stalls, look back at which items you have not yet touched. A stuck tower usually means a skipped step.
• Take your time. Nothing in this style of game punishes a slow pace.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want something that also involves climbing but is much faster, Helix Jump has you guiding a ball down a rotating tower, and Bird Jumper is a quick vertical hopper. For a puzzle with a more mechanical feel, Fireboy and Watergirl and Bloons Tower Defense 2 both reward planning ahead, the first with two characters sharing a level and the second with towers you place yourself.

Grow Tower suits short, quiet sessions on either a keyboard or a touch screen, and it is easy to pick up and put down.