Bubble Shooter Golden Chests is a bubble-popping game. Against an early evening jungle background, the player shoots projectile bubbles at an assortment of connected hanging bubbles to earn points and collect treasure-filled chests across 48 levels.
The game provides the player with a gold-banded black cannon shooter with a harpoon tip sticking out the top as a targeting arrow and a projectile bubble. To make gameplay more difficult, it doesn't provide an aiming line. It also makes the arrow slide in and out of the cannon to create a distraction.
Bubble Shooter Golden Chests is a timed game. The player must attempt to beat the clock in the upper-left corner on each level. If they fail or allow the bubbles sliding down the screen to reach the bottom, they must replay the level. If they create enough clusters of three or more matching bubbles to reach a treasure chest placed among the hanging bubbles, they win gold clover coins and unlock the next level.
The player receives several booster bubbles to help them win. For example, they can use a clock inside a bubble to slow time, a bomb to blow up nearby bubbles, or a serrated circular saw blade to tear through a horizontal line of bubbles.