Frequently asked questions

Yes. It is free to download on Google Play and shows ads to support development. See Ads and privacy.

Android, and Windows PC through Google Play Games. See Playing on PC.

Progress you make offline is kept and synced when you are back online. Leaderboards and cloud save need a connection. See Progress and saving.

Go to Settings, then Delete Account in the game, or email us with “Data Deletion Request” in the subject. It is permanent. See Delete your account.

Version 1.1.1 added encryption to saves and reset progress once. Earlier versions also had save bugs, fixed in v1.0.2 and v1.0.10. If you are on the latest version and lost progress, contact support.

Chubby is the free starter pet. Players who already had the game received it automatically on their next level after v1.1.7. See Chubby.

In Casual Mode, waves can be paused mid-run. See Casual Mode.

Press Space during a level. See Playing on PC.

It was retired in v1.2.0 to make room for the Chain-Reaction Slime. The Danger Bar was also removed in that update, based on player feedback. See the changelog.

Check you are online and signed in to Google Play Games, update the game, and restart it. See Troubleshooting.

Use your phone’s notification settings for SlimeSmash. See Daily rewards and missions.

Adventure Mode has a report system inside the game. For anything else, contact support.

A 1v1 multiplayer mode with trophy-based matchmaking is on the roadmap. There is no release date yet.

It is made for a general audience. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. See the Privacy Policy.

Email Slimesmash.support@gmail.com. See Contact support for what to include.

There are 50 levels in five zones of ten. Every 5th level is a Surf level. See All levels.

It depends on the mode. Rumble is great early, Guard is the best for survival, and Zap helps on tight late levels. See Which pet should I get?.

Reach Adventure level 5 (clear level 4). The lock screen shows a progress bar. See Casual Mode.

It is an older in-game name for Casual Mode. Some unlock messages still say Waves Mode. See Casual Mode.

Four pets unlock by reaching Adventure levels (Rumble at 4, Guard at 12, Lure at 16, Purify at 30). The rest are bought in the Store. See Pets and companions.

Echo and Frost cost 800 coins, Bones 1,200, Flash and Zap 1,500, and Vortex 2,000. All together that is 6,800 coins. See Coins and the Store.

Claim your daily reward, finish missions, and push for record waves in Casual and Defense modes. See Earning coins fast.

No. Coins are earned only by playing. See Coins and the Store.

Yes, 99,999,999. See Game limits and rules.

Claim once every 24 hours. The five-day cycle pays 250, 300, 400, 500 and 700 coins. Wait more than 48 hours and the streak resets. See Daily rewards and missions.

Three per day, resetting at midnight UTC. See Daily rewards and missions.

Tapping it takes 3 seconds off the timer. Leave it alone and nothing happens. See Poison Slime.

Tapping it costs 1 point and halves your score gains for 2 seconds. See Trap Slime.

It doubles the points you earn for 3 seconds. See Mega Combo Slime.

Pop it to link every good slime on screen, then pop any linked slime to detonate them all. See Chain-Reaction Slime.

The first tap breaks the shield, the second pops it for 2 points. See Shield Slime.

It only takes hits while it is more than half visible. Wait until it brightens. See Ghost Slime.

A Mirror Slime in Casual Mode flips the play area for 5 seconds. See Mirror Slime.

It restores one heart in Casual Mode. See Heart Slime.

Only Poison and Trap slimes. See Slime types.

Poison level 2, Money 3, Extra Time 4, Explosive 5, Shield 10, Trap 18, Split 26, Mega Combo 34, Chain-Reaction 42. See All levels.

Every 5th Adventure level, where slimes slide across the screen. See Surf Mode.

A good slime left the screen, which costs 3 seconds and breaks your combo. Guard blocks that. See Surf strategy.

No. It is a visual meter with messages at 5, 10, 20, 30 and 50. Multipliers come from Mega Combo and Trap slimes. See Score and multipliers.

Three. A good slime that expires costs a heart. See Casual Mode.

You protect a base from slimes arriving from every direction. The base survives one hit. See Defense Mode.

Every 5th wave in Defense Mode, with 1.5 times the slimes at double spawn speed. See Defense Mode.

Every 5 waves your progress is saved, and your next run starts after it. See Defense Mode.

Yes. 360° Base Defense arrived in 2.0 and is now the main way to play. See Defense Mode and What’s new in 2.0.

No. Companions were removed in 2.0. Pets stay. See What’s new in 2.0.

Pet upgrades were removed in 2.0, and pets will keep improving in small patches. See What’s new in 2.0.

No. Music was removed in 2.0, and the game has sound effects only. See Settings.

A new 360° Defense Mode, five languages, new backgrounds, a rebuilt tutorial and save system, and a redesigned Surf Mode. Companions, pet upgrades, music and the Devourer were removed. See What’s new in 2.0.

Yes. Existing 1.x saves and your Waves and Defense records are migrated automatically when you update. See Progress and saving.

60 FPS is the new default for better battery life. You can turn on High FPS in Settings.

English, Spanish, French, German and Brazilian Portuguese. See Languages.

Open the profile in the game. Names must be 3 to 12 characters and you can change it once every 60 seconds. See Player name and profile.

Buy one in the Store’s Icons tab for 100 coins. See Player name and profile.

Ten achievements: six for clearing Adventure levels and four for popping slimes. See Achievements.

Your best wave is submitted when you set a new record, and offline scores are sent later. See Leaderboards and achievements.

Pick the save with more progress. The panel shows level, coins and slimes discovered. See Progress and saving.

Sign in to Google Play Games on the new device and open the game. Your cloud save syncs. See Accounts and sign-in.

SlimeSmash is available on Android, and on Windows through Google Play Games. See Playing on PC.

Yes, on Windows through Google Play Games, with keyboard support. See Playing on PC.

Yes. It pauses automatically when the app goes to the background.

A setting that uses 120 FPS on 120 Hz screens, and 60 otherwise. See Settings.

Ads support development. Interstitials are spaced at least 75 seconds apart. See Ads and privacy.

A one-time Remove Ads purchase may be available in your version. See Remove Ads.

Rewarded ads, such as for rerolling a mission, are optional. See Ads and privacy.

See the Privacy Policy for everything the game collects and every service it uses.

Email us with your device model, Android version and game version. See Contact support.

Ability pets have a cooldown and a limited number of uses per Adventure level. Passive pets have no button. See Pets and companions.

Base cooldown plus 18 divided by max uses, for example 18 seconds for Frost. See Pets in endless modes.

No. Slimes and the level clock both pause. See Frost.

It blocks time loss, heart loss and base hits for 5 seconds, but not Trap’s half-score effect. See Guard.

It pops the nearest slime, even a bad one. See Echo.

No, because Surf slimes never expire. See Bones.

Slimes it clears give no points and no penalties. See Vortex.

Every level has its own page. Start at All levels.

Yes. Some values can be tuned remotely between updates, so your game may differ slightly from the wiki.

A former companion with the Pinball ability, removed in 2.0. See Maximus.

See Version history or the changelog.