Gobble
Gobble is a skill puzzle where you play a mouth set into the ground. Each level asks you to swallow the scenery without touching the people, which suits anyone who likes working out an order of moves.
Falkoraskrift team · updated 5 November 2026 · 3 min read
- Genre
- Arcade
- Made by
- Fancade
- Devices
- Desktop, phone and tablet
- Input
- Arrow keys or W A S D, or click and drag with the mouse
- Session
- Level by level; each puzzle is short and can be repeated
- Account
- Not required to start
- Fits
- All ages
- Updated
- Apr 2026 (on Poki)
Learning the controls
You are a mouth in the ground. On each level you move across the scene and swallow what is in it: cacti, rocks, trees and crates. The people are the exception. They stay on the level, and the point of each puzzle is to clear everything else around them.
Poki describes the game as a chain of puzzles. Every puzzle links to the one before it, and each chapter adds new tricks. That means an early level teaches something the later ones expect you to remember, so skipping ahead in your head does not help much.
The controls stay the same throughout. On a keyboard you steer with the arrow keys or W A S D. On a phone or tablet, or with a mouse, you click or touch and drag. Pick whichever matches the device in front of you; the game accepts all of them.
On Poki the game is listed as released in June 2023 and updated in April 2026, with a rating of 4.2 from 358,920 votes. It was made by Fancade, who also made Longcat on this site. Both are short puzzles with the same sort of simple input, so a player who likes one will recognise the feel of the other.
A session is as long as you decide. Each level is small, which makes the game easy to pick up for five minutes. The chapters add tricks over time, though, so a long sitting rewards remembering what the earlier chapters taught.
Input, one by one
Pointers from the bench
Look at the whole level before the first move. The things you must leave alone are the people, so locate them first.
Treat each puzzle as a short order problem: which object is safe to swallow first, and which one blocks the next?
When a chapter introduces a new trick, replay that level once. Later puzzles build on it.
Pick one control style and keep to it. Switching between keys and dragging mid-chapter makes your movement less even.
If a level goes wrong, repeat it from the start rather than improvising. Each puzzle is a designed problem, so a fresh start is usually cleaner than a patch.
A fit if
People who like short logic puzzles with a physical, slightly odd premise, and who are fine with repeating a level.
Weak spots
Some levels need several tries, which can feel slow if you want quick results.
The idea is dry and narrow. It does one thing and builds on it.
Poki may show ads before or around the game. That is Poki's setup, and it is outside this site.
The game belongs to its developer, Fancade, and is hosted on Poki. This site only describes it.
Next on the bench
Another puzzle where one wrong path means a restart.
A calmer set of short tasks if the puzzles feel too tight.
Questions about Gobble
Is it free?
It is free to open on Poki. Nothing has to be installed.
Does it work on a phone?
Poki lists it for desktop, phone and tablet. On touch screens you drag instead of using keys.
Do I need an account?
Registration is not mentioned on the Poki page, so you can start without one as far as the page shows.
What does the game ask me to avoid?
The people on each level. Everything else is meant to be swallowed.
Does the difficulty change?
Poki says each chapter adds new tricks, so the later puzzles ask more of you.
The game itself
The game opens on poki.com, a separate site. Falkoraskrift does not host it.
Open Gobble on Poki (opens in a new tab)