- We're Back! Major Update: new maps, blocks, special moves & multiplayer QoL! - 19 August 2026
We're Back! What's new? New Game Setup Screens - a total overhaul. A new lobby system with revamped player config and game setup interface. Joining friends and setting up games is streamlined and easy to navigate Empowered Special Moves - upsize combos with greater speed and precision. Try it! Match the block you're holding, then Shove or Throw to set it ablaze! Pick your angle with precision aim and unleash a turbo-speed boost - empowered moves match more blocks at top speed over any distance! New Control Style "Grip: ALIGN" Position puzzle blocks with stability for easier stacking, or toggle "Grip: free" for classic freestyle flow. Switch freely between control styles any time. New Story Mode World Map Work In Progress - offers players a choice to advance the main storyline or explore optional puzzles off the critical path. New Chain-lock Blocks replace Grumbles in Battle Mode. in "AI…
- Are we "Big in Japan"? - 21 August 2025
TopplePOP-Star Status?Long has it been our dream to be "Big in Japan" like pop god David Bowie, and now's our chance at Tokyo Game Show - Japan's biggest gaming expo!Paying homage to our roots.Keeping in mind TopplePOP was partially inspired by Japanese puzzle-battle games of the 1990s (Puyo Puyo, Dr Mario, Bust a Move) - it's a dream come true to share the game we made with the Japanese gaming public. A Thousand to One?From among >1000 indies, TopplePOP is 1 of only 8 finalists - we are immensely proud to have come even just this far. Sense of Wonder Night finalists will be judged live by an expert panel at Tokyo Game Show, across various categories and audience popularity.
- 🎉 TopplePOP Joins the Wholesome Games Celebration - 4 August 2025
We’re thrilled to share that TopplePOP has been invited to join the Wholesome Games Celebration on Steam! From August 7–14, dive into our cozy colorful puzzle world to discover how a little pop of color can brighten even the dullest of days! ON SALE at 50% off Our handcrafted indie adventure is all about joyful teamwork on bouncy bungees, spirited rescue efforts, and the simple pleasure of stacking colored blocks to topple just right, and... POP! There will never be a better time to jump in!🗓️ Event DetailsDates: August 7–14, 2025Start Time: 10 am PT / 1 pm ETPlatform: SteamMore Info @ wholesomegames.comWe can’t wait to share TopplePOP with the Wholesome Games community—see you there!
- Puzzle Kingdom Presents : Rumble In The Grumble #6 - 23 July 2025
Watch and play spectacular physics puzzle eSports! This Sunday, our ridiculously goodlooking friends from Puzzle Kingdom will Host the 6th "Rumble in the Grumble" TopplePOP Tournament live on Twitch TV! JUST DROPPED! - this tourney includes brand new gameplay features, guaranteed to spice things up!RitG #6 is an open-to-the-public 1v1 Bracketed Tournament, Hosted by Puzzle Kingdom and featuring our recently announced Multi-blocks and Randomized Mutators! Join The Tournament!Where?Watch the stream on Puzzle Kingdoms Twitch Channel!When?July 27th @ 7pm EDT / 12am UTCWho can play? Everyone! Newcomers and veterans are welcome to participate. Dive in fresh or show off your skills - there's never been a better time to TopplePOP. We love seeing the TopplePOP community come alive in tournaments! Big thanks to Puzzle Kingdom for hosting - We’ll be watching, cheering, and encouraging every block-…
- June Hotfix - 26 June 2025
Improvements: - You can now quick restart challenges in solo after completion - Difficulty adjustments to challenges - Game over line in digital zone should be more visible now - Night variant arenas of city / beach zones should be more readable - Grumbles KO indicator stays so you can see it - Bombs less likely to hurt blocks behind other blocks Balance changes (please share feedback): - Starting a chain when you have incoming garbage attacks resets the garbage drop timer so you don't have to worry about being hit with garbage while you're in-chain. Bugfixes: - Story mission 4 - 5 was getting stuck on a black screen
- June : 📦Multi Blocks, 💥Boom Crates, and 🌩️Lightning Shocks! - 19 June 2025
Thanks for your support through Early Access.June: New Features📦 MULTI BLOCKSYour queue can now contain Multi Blocks comprised of multiple different-colored blocks stitched together. You can drop, throw shove and match colors twice as quickly as before, but you'll run out of space twice as quick - so careful placement becomes even more important!Multi-blocks open up new ways to chain, clear, and improvise tactics in challenges and battles! 🌩️ NEW MUTATOR - Forecast: Lightning! You're probably familiar with the Garbage Cloud that lurks above - but the Forecast: Lightning Mutator gives it a nasty upgrade - with timed events where color-matching is FORBIDDEN and the cloud is watching, waiting, ready to ZAP!BZzzzt! Combo interrupted. Any color-combo is Instantly turned to garbage, and the rescue is cancelled.We suggest you keep busy planning your next chain until the weather improves - do…
- hotfix 25.0501 - 1 May 2025
- leaderboard challenge stars now display correctly - fixed cracked blocks' color
- Update + big plans ahead. - 30 April 2025
Dear Blockbusters, It's been a minute - we've taken time to plan our path through Early Access to v1.0 and each week we're making progress, dedicated to making TopplePOP the best it can be. Some of the things we're working on will take a bit longer before they're ready. But right now we have some quality of life improvements and relatively minor updates while we work on the big stuff: New Party Mutators Try these out via the Mutators dropdown in Party Mix settings: Battle Arena Competitive purists and fans of head-to-head battles - this one's for you! No pre-existing puzzle, no Grumbles to rescue; focus solely on planning chain-reactions to bury your opponents in garbage! This is just one of several ways we plan to expand and improve on the core gameplay across all game modes. Windy Weather Every so often, gusty winds push your character and blocks around. This can hinder, or sometimes…
- language support update - 13 February 2025
Added & improved: - full Japanese language support - full Korean language support additional languages to be added during early access
- 🎮TopplePOP 💖 Couch Co-op Fest! - 11 February 2025
Looking for your next party game? Keen for cosy casual fun, or deceptively deep skill-based speedrun challenges? ⚙️ PLAY YOUR WAY ⚙️ with game modes to suit any mood and mix of 1-4 players. ✅Solo / Co-op Story Campaign ✅Solo / Co-op AI-Battle Mode ✅PvP Party mix with custom settings - 1v1, 2v2, 3P or 4P free-for-all! ✅Randomized 'mutators' for unpredictable fun ✅Adjustable handicaps for a level playing field ✅100% steam deck compatible - portable blockbusting! ✅Co-op Speedrun leaderboard challenges ✅Share instant-replays with friends - share epic wins and crushing defeat! From beginner to expert, small kids to cool kids and any motley crew - TopplePOP has something for everyone! 🎉 Get it now at 25% off during Steam Couch Co-op Fest!
- 🎉 TopplePOP OUT NOW 🎉 - 6 February 2025
To everyone who's joined us on this adventure: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! We’re super excited to release TopplePOP into Early Access! This is a huge milestone for us, and we couldn’t have made it without your incredible support and feedback. >> Buy the game here
- Bungee jumping into Early Access this week! - 4 February 2025
All the people who know, what's hot or not, 🔥 Whatever they're doing, they're about to stop, 🛑 and flock to Steam's shop, watch the clock tick-tock, ⌚ coz when TopplePOP drops, it'll knock yer socks off! 🧦🎵 TopplePOP drops in less than 48 hrs! Welcome to The Jumble! 📚 Story - learn the ropes & go from rookie to Pro-League Blockbuster! - explore The Jumble and race to rescue a cast of colorful characters ⚔️ Battle - hone your competitive TopplePOP skills - practice against increasingly challenging AI 🎉 Party - mix it up with or against friends up to 4 players - play your way and keep things fresh with a ton of customizable gameplay features 🏆 Challenges - fresh puzzles daily & weekly for solo / co-op players! - hone your skills and compete in a variety of leaderboard challenges! 🙋♂️Find friends!🙋♀️ Join other players via our TopplePOP Discord! 💌 Keep in touch! Get on the Mail…
- Topplepop 💖 SteamDeck! - 21 January 2025
On the verge of Early Access, we're doing quality-control testing on Steam Deck and are excited to report it's not merely playable - TopplePOP is 100% Steam Deck Compatible and plays like a dream! Controls map perfectly to the Deck's layout - whether on your couch, your daily commute, or tucked into bed, TopplePop delivers the same fast, fluid and responsive gameplay we crave. It's as if TopplePOP was always meant to be played this way. The pick-up-and-play nature of our gameplay works perfectly in portable mode - for quick sessions during breaks or longer playing stints on the couch. For our Early Access launch, you can expect a fully optimized Steam Deck experience right out of the gate. Pure TopplePop fun anywhere, anytime. Not long now until early access,
- March Playtest Wrap-Up - 16 April 2024
Rumble in the Grumble #5 Puzzle Kingdom hosted the 5th Rumble In The Grumble singles/doubles tourney, with Azura providing organisation and hosting duties. Both brackets were great to watch with a few close calls including the nailbiter of Elso almost beating reigning champion Tizago in the singles Puzzle Kingdom also streamed the event, here are the links! 1. Rumble In The Grumble #5 Singles Bracket 2. Rumble In The Grumble #5 Doubles Bracket March Challenge Results For March we served a mix of levels to get players to mess with our newly added screw blocks, Tizago and elso continued their reign on the leaderboards, but goSciu, KallMeSt4r and hju also made appearances in the podium spots. You can see more of the results as well as the replays to go with them on our discord To those that participated this time around; Thank you! Your feedback and support continue to make all the differe…
- March Playtest! 🔗🪛 - 12 March 2024
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- December Playtest Wrap-Up / Snow Is Infinite 2024 - 10 January 2024
December Highlight! Hju & Tizago Teamed up during Snow is Infinite '24 completely sweeping the tournament, Their HUGE Icebreaking combo on the left side at the beginning of their final round set them up for victory! PK Tournament: Snow Is Infinite '24 Puzzle Kingdom hosted Snow Is Infinite `24, An IRL multi-game tournament featuring TETR.IO, Guilty Gear Strive, Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, Panel Attack, Tetra eSports, Tetris Effect : Connected, Touhou Spell Bubble and our personal favorite, TopplePOP. ;) Puzzle Kingdom & Harddrop collaborated on streaming the event, You can find both Snow Is Infinite `24 streams here: 1. Snow is Infinite Stream 1 (TopplePOP Tourney) 2. Snow is Infinite Stream 2 The TopplePOP Doubles Bracket results looked like this... You can find the Full Snow Is Infinite `24 Results Here Also check out this years Stacky Awards HERE also hosted by puzzle kingdom, awarding and h…
- December Playtest! 🔥❄️ - 20 December 2023
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- Rumble in the Grumble #4 / November Playtest Wrap-Up - 6 December 2023
November Challenge Highlight! Elso & Senko-San Battle it Out During Rumble In The Jumble 4 This match ended with Elso beating Senko (aka Tizago) 5-2, Senko has long dominated competitive TopplePOP so seeing Elso rise to the occasion was a treat. Rumble in the Grumble Tournament #4 The lovely folks at Puzzle Kingdom hosted Rumble in the Grumble #4, A tournament with cash prizes over both singles and doubles brackets. Edge Kept things Exciting During Another massive 5-hour stream, Congrats to all Players/Organizers involved! 🎉 You can check it out the whole Puzzle Kingdom stream here: Or skip straight to the Singles Bracket Stream or Doubles Bracket The Final results looked like this... Singles Bracket Final Results Full Singles Bracket Results Here Doubles Bracket Final Results Full Doubles Bracket Results Here November Challenge Results This week Top 2 positions of the Challenge leader…
- November Playtest Week! 🎮 - 16 November 2023
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- Rumble in the Grumble #3 / October Playtest Wrap-Up - 17 October 2023
October Challenge Highlight! Behold, Hju & Tizago Battle It out During Rumble In The Jumble 3 Tizago May have won the singles bracket but hju put the pressure on during their round Rumble in the Grumble Tournament #3 The lovely folks at Puzzle Kingdom hosted Rumble in the Grumble #3, An exciting tournament with cash prizes over both singles and doubles brackets. Their massive 5-hour stream was as exciting as it was entertaining, congrats to all involved! 🎉 You can check it out the whole Puzzle Kingdom stream here: Or skip straight to the Singles Bracket Stream or Doubles Bracket The Final results looked like this... Singles Bracket Final Results Full Singles Bracket Results Here Doubles Bracket Final Results Full Doubles Bracket Results Here October Challenge Results The Top 3 positions of the Challenge leaderboards were dominated by Tizago Taiyōyaiba a.k.a not hju, elso & robertlafitt…
