Soccer Bubble Shooter is a sports-themed, bubble-popping game. Against the backdrop of a nighttime soccer field in a stadium, the player shoots soccer ball projectiles at matching bubbles. On each level, their goal is to shoot and pop a rainbow-colored ball and earn a high enough score to rank within the top ten players on a leaderboard.
The player can only remove soccer balls in groups of three or more. They receive a cutout figure of a soccer player`s head and shoulders, a large foam arrow, a soccer ball projectile, and a small preview of the next ball. They perform headshots, or headers, to shoot the balls. They don`t need to remove every soccer ball from the field. They only need to remove enough of the balls to have a clear shot at the rainbow one.
Soccer Bubble Shooter makes the task difficult by sliding the soccer balls quickly down the screen. The player must make split-second decisions and use the preview often to prevent the balls from sliding too low. If any ball touches a red-and-white-striped horizontal bar that appears and flashes as a warning, they lose on that level. That said, the game provides several boosters to prevent losses, including bubble bombs that pop bubbles within a blast radius, green-and-yellow batteries that hit a row with electricity, and vases that match and pop any cluster of soccer ball bubbles.
The warning bar is a lot higher than the standard no-pass line seen in most bubble-popping games. It serves as not only a warning and an unwanted target but also a distraction. Along with a flashing exclamation mark warning bubble, it blocks the player`s ability to see clearly when attempting to shoot.
