Block Blast: Puzzle Success Surges to 40 Million Monthly Users

• Block Blast! has just cracked 40 million monthly players
• A mix of Tetris, match three and more, it's come out of nowhere in 2024 to grab plenty of players
• It boasts a new twist on the falling block format, adventure mode and more

While 2024 may have been a bit of a dire year for some developers, with a number of games facing the axe, some others have had a real surge in popularity. Case in point, today's subject Block Blast! Despite releasing in 2023 it's now just cracked 40 million monthly players this year, and developer Hungry Studio is rightfully celebrating.

If you need to know what Block Blast is actually about, well, it's Tetris. Sort of. Unlike the classic falling block puzzler, in Block Blast the coloured segments are static, letting you pick and choose where to place and clear each line. That's on top of the addition of a few match-three mechanics to boot.

Not only that, but you get two different modes with your classic one that lets you play level after level, while adventure mode allows you to explore different stories. That's on top of the ability to play offline and other bonuses that Hungry Studio boast about. If you want to give it a go you can find Block Blast on an iOS or Android storefront near you.

It's really not hard to see exactly why Block Blast has come out of nowhere to be so popular. If I had to bet I'd wager that adventure mode is a major source of that success. A bit of a peek behind the curtain, but you'd be surprised how many developers credit adding stories or other narrative elements with helping them succeed.

One only needs to look as far as those such as June's Journey to see how Wooga's hit hidden object puzzler has chugged quietly along to be a big success for the developer in the background, helped in no small part due to the soap opera-esque storylines.

If you're looking for ways to enjoy logic problems and test your brain, why not check out our list of the top 25 puzzle games for Android and iOS?