Player guide

How to play Banana Game

Start with the first drop, then check merge scores and shake tokens. The Strategy page uses recorded positions to practise choosing a landing route.

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Mainu Studio · 2026-10-31

What to watch in your first round

The fruit hanging above the board is the one you are about to drop. The small box on the right shows the next one. Move your current fruit, then release it: it will hit the pile and roll. It does not travel straight through the stack to the position you aimed at.

The drop queue contains blueberries, strawberries, kiwis and grapes. Apples and larger fruit are made on the board. Instead of waiting for an apple to appear in the queue, work on bringing two grapes together.

Find the first surface, not just the matching fruit
A matching fruit under a large one is not an open target. Follow the drop line to the first surface it will hit. A rounded side can send it sideways; the inside of a banana can hold it in place.
Leave a route for the next piece
Repeatedly filling the lowest side can close its entrance. Check the next-fruit box and ask whether that piece will still fit after your current move. The two sides do not need to be perfectly level.
Allow room for the result
Two striped melons become a watermelon. There are fewer objects, but the new watermelon still takes up space. Wait to see which way it settles before committing the next drop into a gap that may already be gone.

A shake does not tidy the board for you

Have a particular pair or obstruction in mind before spending one. A shake also moves the small fruit supporting the larger ones, so it can raise the pile as well as open a route. Let one shake finish before deciding to use another.

Decimals in the reward table are progress towards a token, not whole usable tokens. Making one watermelon adds 0.50; making two adds up to one token. The whole-number counter and the filling token graphic show different things.

Watch a recorded board that the last shake could not rescue

Check a merge before your next run

Check the pair chain and Golden Banana rules. Select the fruit and the number touching in a single group. This is a rule reference, not a physics simulation.

Fruit Touching fruit

Result: Kiwi
Score: 10
Fruit used: 2

The result describes one merge, not all possible chain reactions. Two bananas do not merge; three are needed. A later collision can change the board again.

From blueberry to Golden Banana

Two matching fruit create the next fruit in the chain below. Bananas are the exception: three touching bananas create one Golden Banana. Two Golden Bananas disappear, making room and awarding 2,000 points.

Blueberry→Strawberry→Kiwi→Grape→Apple→Peach→Pear→Korean Melon→Watermelon→Banana

Fruit touching in one connected group	Result	Score
3 Bananas	1 Golden Banana	1,200
2 Golden Bananas	Both disappear	2,000

Pair-merge score values

Pair	Result	Score
2 Blueberries	Strawberry	4
2 Strawberries	Kiwi	10
2 Kiwis	Grape	18
2 Grapes	Apple	28
2 Apples	Peach	42
2 Peaches	Pear	60
2 Pears	Korean Melon	85
2 Korean Melons	Watermelon	130
2 Watermelons	Banana	450

Shake tokens

A run begins with five tokens and one shake costs one token. Merge rewards fill the gray token icon gradually. Bigger results fill it faster: a watermelon contributes 0.5 token, a banana contributes 1 token, and a Golden Banana contributes 3 tokens. The smaller fruit results contribute smaller fractions.

Token progress earned by the fruit created in a merge
Created fruit	Token progress
Strawberry	0.03
Kiwi	0.06
Grape	0.10
Apple	0.15
Peach	0.22
Pear	0.32
Korean melon	0.40
Watermelon	0.50
Banana	1.00
Golden Banana	3.00

For example, two separate merges that each create a watermelon earn 0.50 + 0.50 = one token. The count shows whole tokens; the filling icon shows progress toward the next one. That refill is separate from the red-line warning and is not a countdown. Clearing two Golden Bananas also awards three tokens, using their source type because no new fruit remains.

Shake is strongest when two matching fruit are almost touching or a curved banana is wedged beneath a larger fruit. On a sparse board, saving the token is usually more valuable.

Controls

Action	Touch or mouse	Keyboard	Gamepad
Move aim	Drag the aim area or hold left/right	A / D or Left / Right	D-pad left/right or left stick
Drop	Release the aim or tap the drop control	W or Enter	A
Fast drop	Hold the orange down button	Hold S or Down	Hold D-pad down or right trigger
Shake	Tap the banana button	Space or M	X, Y, or left shoulder
Pause	Tap the pause button	P or Escape	Start, Back, or B
Restart	Use Restart from a menu	R during play	Use the pause or game-over menu