Daruma Wish

Find the one drum that brings the whole tower down.

A daruma sits on a stack of painted drums. Knock out the right one, watch the rest burst in a chain, and bring him home in as few moves as you can.

Join the test
  • Free on Android
  • No sign-in
  • Plays offline
The home screen: the daruma on his tower of drums, the hero with his hammer, and the play button
How it plays

One tap. Then the chain.

Every level has a best answer. Find it and you get three stars; get there anyway and you still get his wish.

  1. A tall boss tower with the hero striking a drum near the bottom

    Pick a drum

    Tap any drum in the tower. Your hero springs up to it and knocks it clean out with his hammer.

  2. A chain bursting, with the words Chain x2 over the tower

    Three of a kind burst

    When three of one pattern meet, they burst and the tower drops. If that lines up three more, they go too.

  3. The win card: Wish Granted, three stars and a score

    Bring him home

    Clear every drum before the moves run out. The daruma gets his second eye painted in: wish granted.

Six daruma, six wishes

A new room every ten levels.

Each daruma brings its own wish, its own stage in front of a real Japanese folding screen, and a new kind of drum to think around.

  • Red and White Poppies, a gold-leaf folding screen
    Red daruma
    A wish for fortune
    Learn the chain
  • Cranes, Pines and Bamboo by Ogata Korin
    White daruma
    A wish for harmony
    Iron drums that won't budge
  • White Poppies on Gold Ground by Ogata Korin
    Gold daruma
    A wish for wealth
    Gold that matches anything
  • Rough Waves by Ogata Korin
    Black daruma
    A wish for protection
    Bombs that take their neighbours
  • Irises at Yatsuhashi by Ogata Korin
    Purple daruma
    A wish for health
    Frozen drums to thaw
  • Cherry, Plum and Willow Trees, a gold-leaf folding screen
    Pink daruma
    A wish for love
    Everything at once

The screens are photographs from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Open Access collection: Ogata Kōrin, Tosa Mitsumochi and painters whose names were not kept.

The heroes screen with the samurai and his hammer
Bosses and heroes

Beat the boss, win a hero.

The tenth tower of every daruma is a boss: taller, meaner, with fewer moves to spare.

  • New heroes: the samurai, the monk and the sensei join the ninja.
  • New hammers: the big kine, and gold ones for the patient.
  • No timers. Think a tower over for as long as you like.
  • Stuck? A hint shows the best next drum, and three extra moves can save a level.
Closed test

Play it before everyone else.

Daruma Wish is in a closed test on Google Play. Write to us from the Google account you use on your phone and we'll send you the invite.

Ask for an invite