Blocks & Ropes
Never get stuck on the blocks!
Ratings
Age
4+
Category
Puzzle
Languages
English
Mon Feb 02 2026
- crash fixes
- various improvements
Blocks & Ropes (also known as Shackled Cubes) is an innovative puzzle game that challenges your spatial logic. Players must untangle pairs of blocks connected by stretchy ropes by pulling and pushing them into the correct positions to set them free. The game features vibrant graphics, satisfying haptic effects, and a variety of unique mechanics like shattering glass and exploding blocks. With over 1,000 levels and no penalties for experimentation, it’s a perfect way to sharpen your mind.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
Blocks & Ropes is a refreshingly original take on the 'unblock' puzzle genre. Instead of just sliding blocks, you’re dealing with physics-based pairs tied together by stretchy cords. This simple twist completely changes the logic required to clear the board—you have to think about tension, angles, and the order of release.
The game looks and feels great, with vibrant colors and satisfying haptic feedback when a pair finally 'snaps' free. With over 1,000 levels, the developers have done a great job of introducing new mechanics like exploding blocks and glass cubes just when you think you've mastered the game. It’s a stress-free, high-quality puzzler that works great for both quick sessions and long sittings.
Features
1,000+ Unique Puzzle Levels
Satisfying Physics and Haptics
Stress-Free Gameplay (Skip Option)
Dynamic Mechanics (Exploding Blocks, Glass)
Tips & Walkthrough
Often, one pair of blocks is 'trapped' by the others. Identify which pair has the most freedom of movement and move them first to create space for the more tangled ones.
Gameplays
The cord has a maximum length. Use the tension to 'slingshot' blocks around corners or obstacles to reach their matching pair.
Screenshot
Q&A
You can experiment as much as you like, and the game also offers an option to skip to the next level.
Ratings & Reviews
Interesting game
Sat Jul 06 2024 1stCeyeThank you for fixing it so I could see all the blocks I have won! I like having a choice! Again, I am enjoying this game. The designers are very ‘sneaky’ inventing all sorts of problems for us to solve…PERFECT! When I catch a new style, I laugh because I really like the challenge! I really like having all the blocks to choose from…thought they were gone for good yesterday! I won the crystal ones today! Relaxing and fun…Paid for no ads…worth it, definitely! Later! ***LATER is here😆…A problem I am having; which I did submit to support, is the icons for the ‘helpers’ are way too close to the bottom of my playing board. Many times now I have accidentally ended up using them (I notice when something explodes on my board)…when I did not choose to…there has to be a better place to put them out of the way of gameplay….I slide a square along the bottom of the board…another helper lost. I get excited when I find the solution! Please can you fix this!*n* [*****If I may….the not so stretchy ropes ARE PART OF solving the puzzles.]
A game made by real people and not by a money hungry company? What a shock
Fri Jun 28 2024 vamps316Edit: can you get rid of or move that stupid skip button? And have a small menus for the mechanics? I keep hitting it on accident because it keeps popping up. can you make it so I can choose the background setting? I liked the space theme the most Review: This game is so adorable and I really like it! I don’t have ads removed unless I actually like a game. This is fantastic!!!! Music is also very relaxing. It doesn’t feel scammy at all. They only thing you pay for is to removed the ads and it’s not overly priced like some other games. It doesn’t even force you to use the items you gain. You can save them! Thank you for being smart with your game!!!
Great game
Sun Aug 11 2024 SentientToasterBefore a week ago, I would have given this a five star, but I got on today and it had something I have never seen on the game. (Btw I’m at a level in the 400s) There was this floating, spinning block in the middle of the board. I say floating because there was a block underneath it too. It had the bubbles skin ( the one I had equipped) so I thought it was just a glitch and it would go away after I finished the level. It didn’t. Then I figured it would go away if I changed my skin. Still, it didn’t go away. I don’t know how to get rid of it. Other than that glitch, the game is pretty great overall. I’ve been trying to play every game to level 1000, and all of them repeat the same levels over and over again. But not this game! I haven’t seen any repeated levels yet.
Ropes are too tight sometimes
Fri Feb 03 2023 JoshCaleb12I really like this game. But occasionally I’m struggling to pull a block to the edge of the board… and it’s only after repeated attempts to yank the piece that it finally moves into position. If it’s possible to move a piece, it shouldn’t be so hard to get it over there. Additionally, there are things that seem completely meaningless to the game itself. I play often enough that I “advance” to new locations (beach, garage, etc.), but that changes nothing about the game in any way (meaningful or otherwise). Also, I’ve played long enough that new challenges have come and gone and RARELY appear again. I’d like to see a greater mix of the different challenges (colored ropes, for instance) as I complete more levels.
Good but some levels don’t make sense
Wed Jan 11 2023 hxh>>>Okay so this is a really good brain puzzle app and i play it all the time, i was stuck of this one level and i feel when i thought i was close, it confused me. The skip level button is alright i guess but i would want to see how you solve it. So i’m thinking maybe a hint button would make the game even better because we would still have to do the puzzle and figure it out still while getting some help. But over all the game is good and the update is pretty cool 👍🏾 just wish there was a hint button. 4/5 is still a good rating and great updates, excited to see what’s next!
Ads are longer than the levels
Sun Jun 11 2023 særyIt’s a cute game that wastes time in the wrong way. Even at level 180 a lot of the levels are still simple enough to solve within the thirty seconds it takes for an ad to play, and I’m not that good at this game. I wouldn’t have a complaint if the ads were shown every few levels but they are almost in between each. That means you’re spending nearly an equal amount of time watching ads as you are playing the game regardless of how long you’re playing. If you really enjoyed the game I can understand why you’d pay to remove the ads but the levels not becoming more challenging as they increase is another reason not to continue playing.
Love the game but there is a lot of hit and miss as there are no directions
Mon Sep 19 2022 Ferret.ladyI really love this game, the fact that I can play it even if I only have a couple minutes because there are no time limits or move requirements and that way I can really take the time to figure it out. I do wish that there was a hint button because when I just skip it if I can’t figure it out then I don’t see how to clear it and I don’t learn from it then but that’s why I took 1 star away.
Some say glitch but it isn’t
Tue Nov 15 2022 LopsidedwizardSo it is a fun game but on some levels at first it seems not possible. The problem is that the cords that attach the blocks are a little stretchy. Some corners you won’t be able to just do a normal drag around. You have to do a quick hard pull. On some of the “impossible” levels, you have to give room to do a big hard pull by leaving a gap and stretching it past what it is supposed to be. Should just make it where it can go around the corner or not. If that doesn’t make it difficult enough, make it where the cords can get tangled or something. Having to do a hard force pull 30 times until it pops over just doesn’t make sense.
