Color Cannons
About Color Cannons: Pixel Shooter Puzzle Where the Picture Fights Back
Color Cannons is a pixel shooter puzzle built around a single satisfying loop: send color-matched cannons around a conveyor belt to blast every pixel of their matching color off a living picture. The pictures aren't passive targets — they watch your cannons, sing a note with every hit, and transform into creatures for your Pixel Zoo once fully cleared. Several scenes show a dark purple background of silhouetted rectangular structures beneath a starry sky with a horizontal grid line running across it. In one scene, a central rectangular frame with a neon pink and blue border holds a large cluster of red, white, and purple blocks waiting to be cleared.
Across 120 levels and multiple chapters, the belt keeps introducing new complications: mystery crates, armored shells, chain-reaction bubbles, ice, and a spinning turntable. Boss pictures guard the belt with shields, and gold creatures reward three-star clears. Hero powers, a Daily Picture with a weekly twist, and an endless Remix mode round out the experience.
How to Play Color Cannons: Clear the Picture Before the Bench Overflows
Tap or click a cannon to launch it onto the conveyor belt. It rides around the picture and automatically shoots every glowing pixel that matches its color. Cannons with ammo remaining wait on the bench — send them again by tapping them. The core pressure is keeping the bench from overflowing while working through the picture systematically.
Boss Encounters
- Bosses block one side of the belt with a shield for a few seconds, so shots must be timed around the shield window.
Chapter Twists
- Mystery crates
- Armored shells
- Chain-reaction bubbles
- Ice
- Spinning turntable
Progression and Rewards
- 120 levels spread across multiple chapters
- Gold creatures awarded for earning 3 stars on a picture
- Cleared pictures become creatures added to the Pixel Zoo
- Hero powers available during play
- Daily Picture with a weekly twist
- Endless Remix mode
Controls
- Mouse or touch: Send cannons onto the conveyor belt
- Keys 1–9: Send cannons from lanes then bench slots
- P: Pause
Games You Might Like
If the color-matching and shooting mechanics of Color Cannons appeal to you, the broader shooting games category on Playgama has plenty more to explore. For something with a similar block-clearing satisfaction, Big Smash has you aiming at towers of stone, wood, ice, and jelly cubes that each tumble differently. If you want to take the color-blasting concept into a fast-paced multiplayer arena, Splashout puts you in 4v4 ink-shooter battles where covering the most turf wins the match.
Fans of Color Cannons will also find strong picks across the arcade games collection and the puzzle games library, both of which share the same blend of quick decisions and pattern-based challenges.
