Three Cups Game
Free to play
Three Cups Game
Game by GamePix. The provider may show ads and use cookies. Learn more
- Category
- Puzzle
- Platform
- Web browser
- Provider
- GamePix
- Price
- Free to play
About Three Cups Game
Three Cups Game is the old street shell game rebuilt with three red party cups on a bright yellow table. The only HUD is a SCORE counter in the top-left corner, starting at 000, plus one line of text above the cups that tells you what is going on: first CLICK ANYWHERE TO START THE GAME!, then WAIT FOR YOUR TURN... while the cups slide around each other, and finally YOUR TURN! FIND THE BALL. once they settle into a row.
A wrong guess is never hidden from you. The cup that really held the ball lifts to show a small black ball, the message switches to WRONG! LET'S START OVER..., and the cups go straight into a new shuffle. Each round is short and fair: either your eyes stayed on the right cup or they slipped. The shuffle gets quicker as you clear levels, so the number in the corner is a record of how long your focus held.
Game provided by GamePix
How to play Three Cups Game
Objective
Follow the cup that hides the ball through every shuffle and pick it once the game says YOUR TURN! FIND THE BALL., raising your score as the swaps speed up.
Controls
Desktop
- Click anywhere on the table: start the first shuffle
- Click a cup: choose it as the one hiding the ball
Mobile
- Tap the yellow game area: start a round
- Tap a cup: make your pick
Getting started
- The table appears with three red cups and the line CLICK ANYWHERE TO START THE GAME!; click once anywhere on the yellow area to begin.
- When WAIT FOR YOUR TURN... appears, the cups start sliding around each other; lock your eyes on the cup with the ball and ignore the other two.
- Hold still until the cups settle back into a row and the message changes to YOUR TURN! FIND THE BALL. above them.
- Click the cup you followed, or tap it on a phone. The SCORE counter in the top-left corner keeps your running total.
- After a miss, the real cup lifts to reveal the black ball, WRONG! LET'S START OVER... appears, and a fresh shuffle starts by itself.
Tips
- Track the rim of a single cup rather than its body; when the three cups bunch tightly in the middle of a shuffle, the rims are the easiest part to tell apart.
- Wait for the YOUR TURN! FIND THE BALL. line before you choose, because the cups are still on the move while WAIT FOR YOUR TURN... is on screen.
- After a wrong pick, note which cup lifted. Seeing where the ball really was tells you whether you lost it early in the shuffle or only in the last swap.
- Held upright, a phone shows the cups in a thin yellow band, so turning it sideways makes them far larger and much easier to follow.
Play in your browser. No download needed.
Three Cups Game FAQ
What happens when you pick the wrong cup in Three Cups Game?
The cup that was really hiding the ball lifts to show it, the message changes to WRONG! LET'S START OVER..., and the cups begin a new shuffle straight away. Your SCORE in the top-left corner does not rise for that round.
How do you start a round of Three Cups Game?
Click anywhere on the yellow table while CLICK ANYWHERE TO START THE GAME! is showing. The cups then shuffle under WAIT FOR YOUR TURN..., and you make your choice once YOUR TURN! FIND THE BALL. appears above them.
Does Three Cups Game work on a phone?
Yes. A tap on a cup works as a pick, just like a click on a computer. Held upright, the phone shows the table as a narrow yellow band with black space above and below, so a sideways phone gives a much bigger view.
Do the shuffles get faster?
Yes, the pace rises as you clear levels, so the cups swap more quickly and more often. Early rounds are the time to settle on one way of tracking the ball's cup before the speed climbs.