Cut ropes in the right order to drop candy into Om Nom's mouth
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TubeGames verdict
The physics puzzle that taught a generation to swipe, still sharp, and Om Nom still gets fed.
Reviewed by Max, TubeGames · Sep 18, 2026 · How we rate
Cut the Rope is the candy-and-monster puzzle from 2012, here as Famobi's browser build. Candy hangs on ropes, Om Nom waits below, and you slice the ropes so the candy swings through the stars and lands in his mouth. The first thing I felt was muscle memory: my finger knew the timing on the first box before my brain did.
What keeps it going is the gap between solving a level and solving it well. Any cut works on the early boxes; three stars means planning the swing so it passes through all of them. Bubbles and air cushions arrive a little later and change the question again: now you're floating candy upward and blowing it sideways. You need a certain number of stars to open the next set, so you go back for the ones you skipped.
The complaints: it's a port of a well-known game, so there's nothing new if you've done the boxes before. On a phone the swipe sometimes cuts two ropes when you meant one, and a few levels are pure timing rather than thinking, which gets old around the fifth retry.
Play it if you want a genuinely good physics puzzle with no download. Skip it if you've already three-starred it on mobile; this is the same game, not a new box.
Good
- Cuts feel exact once you learn the swing timing
- Stars turn every level into a second puzzle
- Bubbles and air cushions keep changing the rules
- Same Om Nom charm as the original
Not so good
- Nothing new if you've finished it on mobile
- Phone swipes sometimes cut a rope you didn't mean to
- A few levels are pure timing, not thinking
About Cut The Rope
Cut the Rope, catch a start and feed Om Nom candy in the award-winning game!
Cut The Rope was published on YouTube Playables on 2023-12-19 by Famobi. In 1026 days it has reached about 21M plays.
Cut The Rope is a physics puzzle with one goal per level: get the candy to Om Nom. It hangs from ropes you slice, and the order and timing of your cuts decide where it swings, drops and lands.
Stars placed along the way turn each level into a second question about the best route, not just a route that works. Levels are short, the rules stay simple, and it plays free inside YouTube with no download.
How to play: Swipe across a rope to cut it and steer the candy toward Om Nom, collecting stars.
Good for: physics puzzle fans, all ages
How to play Cut The Rope
- Phone / tablet
- Swipe across a rope to cut it, and tap the gadgets like bubbles and air cushions to use them.
- Desktop
- Hold the left mouse button and drag across a rope to cut it; the same click handles the buttons and gadgets.
- Levels
- Levels come in themed boxes. The mobile app lists 425 levels across 17 boxes; the YouTube build is Famobi's browser version, so take that as the ceiling rather than a promise.
- Progress
- Stars unlock the next boxes; you need a set number to move on, so replaying for missed stars is part of the game.
The candy's swing is fully predictable: cut at the bottom of the arc for distance, at the top for a straight drop. Nearly every level is a question of which of those two you need.
Tips for three stars
- Watch one full swing before cutting. The candy's arc tells you where it'll go. Cutting on the first swing is how you miss the middle star.
- Cut at the bottom for distance. Release at the low point of the swing and the candy flies farthest. At the top it just drops.
- Pop bubbles late. Let the bubble carry the candy above the star, then tap. Early pops fall short.
- Two ropes, one at a time. When two ropes hold the candy, cutting the wrong one first changes the whole swing. Cut the longer rope first unless a star says otherwise.
- Three stars can wait. Get through the box with any stars, then go back. Fresh eyes solve the star routes faster than the fifth angry retry.
Cut the Rope vs Cut the Rope 2
People searching for Cut the Rope 2 usually want to know which one to play. This is the first game, the one with the boxes and the pure rope-swing physics. Cut the Rope 2, as I remember it, opened the levels up into wider scenes with Om Nom walking around and a cast of helper creatures. It's more of a platform puzzle; the original is tighter and more about one perfect cut.
If you like the mechanic in its cleanest form, start here. The YouTube version is the original, not the sequel, and it's the same Om Nom either way.
Om Nom Stories and Time Travel
The searches around Om Nom Stories and Cut the Rope: Time Travel are about the cartoon series and a spin-off game, neither of which is in this build. Om Nom Stories is the animated short series about the same green monster, and the App Store version of Cut the Rope bundles those cartoons in. Time Travel is a separate spin-off game.
What you get on YouTube is the original puzzle, and honestly it's the one worth your time first: the sequels are variations, and the original is where the mechanic is purest.
How plays are counted
Public play counts for Cut The Rope are re-counted every day from the YouTube Playables catalog and shown the way YouTube shows them. The total and rankings above are as of 2026-10-10.
Ratings & reviews
No written reviews yet — tap the stars and tell other players what you think.
Elsewhere: 4.8★ (284,137 ratings) on App Store · 9.0/10 (10,698 votes) on CrazyGames
How we rate
The TubeGames rating is our estimate, not a vote. It combines public ratings of the same game elsewhere (App Store 4.8★ (284,137 ratings), CrazyGames 9.0/10 (10,698 votes)) with how it holds up on YouTube Playables: how many people play it and whether they keep playing weeks after launch. Once 10 players rate Cut The Rope here, their average becomes the headline score.
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