Fruit Storm

If you have five spare minutes, Fruit Storm will fill them. Everything happens on one screen with waves of 3-5 flying items with 12% bombs, and the whole thing runs straight in the browser - no downloads, no sign-ups, no fuss.

Fruit Storm, round by round

Swipes are free-form - a long slashing drag can catch three pieces of fruit in one motion, and that is how big combos happen. The gesture also has a cooldown per fruit, so waving the finger around randomly scores less than one committed slash.

Short breaks, long streaks

Nothing here needs a tutorial or a wiki. Controls are one gesture, the goal is one sentence, and the difficulty comes from execution rather than homework. That is exactly what a browser game should be.

How to play

1. Press play - fruit starts flying in from the sides.
2. Swipe across fruit to slice it; chain slices in one drag for combos.
3. Never touch a bomb - it ends the run instantly.
4. Three missed fruits also end the run, so stay sharp.

Where it sits

Swipe to slice flying fruit - but never touch the bombs.

A note on the sticker

Fruit Storm announces itself inside ten seconds, which is the only test that matters when sorting a catalogue this size. Arkad Shelf games are chosen for how quickly they say what they are.

It is rated 4.4 out of five in our notes, and the number is held up mostly by how quickly it can be restarted rather than by how clever it is.

The practical advice: play it once with the sound off and once with it on. On this board the difference changes how you time your moves.