Fruit CatcherArcade · Casual
How to play Fruit Catcher
Fruit Catcher is a fast arcade game about one basket and a lot of falling fruit. Slide the basket left and right with the mouse, your finger or the keyboard and catch apples, oranges, bananas, strawberries, cherries and big melons before they hit the grass. Every miss costs a heart, so keep an eye on the sky.
Not everything that falls is friendly. Bombs take a heart (or four seconds in Rush mode) and rotten fruit breaks your combo and slows the basket. Catch fruit one after another to build a streak: the score multiplier climbs from x1 to x5 as the streak grows. Golden apples are worth a hundred points, and glowing bubbles bring a magnet, a wide basket, slow time, a shield, double points or an extra heart.
Every level asks for a few more catches and falls a little faster, with new patterns such as fruit lines, zig-zags, fruit rain and bomb walls with one safe gap. Every fifth level is a golden fruit rain where misses are free and points count double. The scenery moves from a sunny meadow through an orchard and a sunset to a starry night. Prefer a sprint? Rush gives you 60 seconds and no hearts. Coins from every run unlock new baskets, and your best scores are saved on your device.
Controls
Mouse: move the pointer to slide the basket. Keyboard: Left / Right or A / D. P or Esc: pause. M: sound on or off.
Touch and drag anywhere to slide the basket left and right. The pause and sound buttons are at the top right.
FAQ
What costs me a heart?
In Classic mode a fruit that reaches the grass without being caught, and a bomb in the basket. Hearts are refilled by heart bubbles and every third level. Golden apples, bubbles and fruit rain levels never cost a heart when missed.
How does the combo work?
Each fruit you catch in a row adds to your streak. At 5, 12, 24 and 40 in a row the score multiplier rises to x2, x3, x4 and x5. A miss, a bomb or a rotten fruit resets the streak.
What do the glowing bubbles do?
Magnet pulls fruit to the basket, Wide basket makes it bigger, Slow time slows everything but the basket, Shield blocks the next bomb or rotten fruit, Double points doubles the score and the heart gives one back.
What are coins for?
Every run pays coins by fruit caught and level reached. Spend them on new baskets in the Baskets menu; the baskets change the look only. An optional video can continue a lost run once or double the coins.
Is Fruit Catcher free?
Yes. It is free to play in your browser, with no download and no account.
Can I play on my phone?
Yes. It runs on phones, tablets and computers. Touch and drag anywhere to slide the basket left and right. The pause and sound buttons are at the top right.