Gobble

Guide no.

BX 102

Genre

Arcade

Devices

Computer, phone, tablet

Input

Arrow keys or WASD; mouse drag

Session

Level by level, in chapters

Suits

A short sitting

Checked on

18 September 2026

What it is

Gobble puts you underneath a small town as a hole in the ground that swallows whatever passes over it. You start able to take a bin or a bollard; you finish able to take a building.

The whole game is built on one rule — everything you eat makes you larger, and size decides what you may eat next. Each level sets a target and a boundary, and the interest is in the order you work through the street furniture.

How it plays

Levels are grouped into chapters and take a couple of minutes each. You may stop between any two of them, which is what makes the game a good short sitting.

Later chapters add obstacles that cannot be eaten at all and people who must be avoided rather than swallowed — the point at which the arcade game turns into a route-planning puzzle.

Controls

On a computer, the arrow keys or WASD move the hole; there is nothing else to press.

On a phone or tablet you drag with a finger and the hole follows. Both schemes are equivalent; neither is faster than the other.

What to do first

• Clear the small objects around the edge of the map first. Growing early buys you the whole level.
• Read the target before you move. Some levels ask for a count, not for everything.
• Leave the largest object for last — you will not be able to take it until the end in any case.

Where it trips people up

• Chasing a single big object early wastes the timer you will want later.
• People do not make you larger and several levels penalise taking them; the rule is easy to forget once you are large enough to ignore it.

Editorial verdict

One rule governs everything: eat the scenery, not the people. It is more of a puzzle than it first appears.

— brexmorviace.com editorial team