PartyToons — Play Free Online

PartyToons is a mini-game party collection from TinyDobbins, built around short four-player matches. Instead of one long game, you are dropped into a rapid series of small contests, each with its own rules, and the player with the most points when the dust settles wins. It is a different kind of break from the climbing and bouncing that Doodle Jump fans usually come here for, but the appeal is the same: a round takes moments to learn and is over fast.

The contests lean on quick reactions and a bit of nerve. You might catch strawberries while rocks fall around them, hop across conveyor belts crowded with obstacles, pop balloons where a wrong one costs you, or open mystery boxes and hope for the best. The usual trick is to act a little sooner or a little smarter than the other three players.

Points and trophies earned in matches go toward upgrades and unlocking new playable characters, which gives repeat sessions a small sense of progression. Everything runs in the browser with nothing to install.

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. If you share one keyboard with friends, the game assigns separate key sets so everyone can play at once: arrow keys for player one, WASD for player two, 8, 4, 5, 6 on the number row for player three, and U, H, J, K for player four.

A match starts when the players are lined up. Read the short rules for each mini-game as it appears, because they change from round to round, and then react. Points are added up across the rounds, so one bad contest does not end your chances.

Tips

• Spend the first few seconds of each mini-game working out what scores and what costs you before you move.
• In the balloon-style contests, patience tends to beat button mashing; let others take the risky pop first.
• If you are sharing a keyboard, agree on who sits where, since the four key sets sit in different areas.
• Keep playing to collect points and trophies, then spend them on new characters.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want another game built around fast reflexes, Ovo 2 and OvO game are precision platformers where you play alone and chase a clean run. Fireboy and Watergirl is the closest fit for playing together, though it is a cooperative puzzle rather than a competition. Bouncy Basketball is a quick head-to-head sports game that suits the same short sessions.

PartyToons suits anyone with a few spare minutes and a friend or two nearby, though it also works for a quick solo round.