Games like Cut the Rope, one snip at a time
Where's My Water?, Brain It On! and Pull the Pin are the closest picks after Cut the Rope. All three are short physics puzzles where one move sets off a chain. Cut the Rope 3 and Roam physics puzzles are below.
What Cut the Rope is
Cut the Rope is a physics puzzle game by ZeptoLab, released in 2010. A candy hangs from ropes. You cut them in the right order so it swings past spikes, grabs three stars and drops into the mouth of Om Nom, a small green monster. Air cushions, bubbles and teleports show up in later levels.
The series kept going. Cut the Rope 3 came to Apple Arcade in October 2023, made with Paladin Studios.
Physics puzzles to play next
- Where's My Water? Disney's 2011 puzzle game. Dig through dirt so water flows to Swampy the alligator's shower.
- Brain It On! Orbital Nine Games' puzzle game where you draw shapes that fall, roll and push to solve each level.
- Pull the Pin. Pull pins in the right order so colored balls fall into the cup and away from the bombs.
- World of Goo. 2D Boy's 2008 game about building bridges and towers out of goo balls. World of Goo 2 came out in 2024.
- Angry Birds. Rovio's slingshot game. More aim than timing, but the same joy of a perfect chain.
Tips for snip-and-drop puzzles
Watch the swing before you cut. Most levels have one moment where the candy, or the ball, is moving the right way, and the cut has to happen then. Collect stars on the way down, not on the way up. If a level feels impossible, the first cut is usually the wrong one.
Physics puzzles on Roam
- Snip Happens (Roam). Cut-to-drop physics. Snip, drop, collect the stars.
- Wrecking Tap (Roam). Six swings, one chimney. Pick your bricks.
- Pull the Right Key (Roam). A pin-pull color ball puzzle. Pick the right key and watch the balls pop.
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Make your own physics puzzle with Roam
Describe what falls, what you cut and who is waiting at the bottom. Roam builds the levels.
Try: "cut-the-rope style puzzle, a donut swings to my hungry dog, spikes and fans in the way, 20 levels"Questions people ask
Who is Om Nom?
The small green monster from Cut the Rope who wants the candy. He has his own cartoons too.
Is there a new Cut the Rope game?
Cut the Rope 3 came out on Apple Arcade in October 2023.
What is a good physics puzzle for kids?
Where's My Water? and Cut the Rope are both gentle and easy to learn.