Wishing Well Works

Upgrade arcade game
1 player
Phones and computers

Wishing Well Works is an upgrade arcade game that plays in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, for one player.

You drop a bucket down a well, then steer it on the way up to scoop gems and dodge bats, which knock out part of the haul. Load more than the rope can hold and it snaps, losing everything in the bucket. Gems buy longer and stronger rope, and bringing the wishing stone up from 700 m ends the game.

Play Wishing Well Works

How to play

Drop the bucket from the top of the wellOn a touch screen: Tap Drop the bucket
Steer left and right to scoop gems and dodge batsOn a touch screen: Drag left and right to scoop gems and dodge bats
Too heavy and the rope snaps! Watch the load gauge

The game shows these steps as you play, the first time.

Wishing Well Works gameplay — Wishing Well Works in play

Controls

Drag or move the pointer (or ← →) to steer the bucket on the way up
Buy upgrades at the top (keys 1–4, Space drops)

Tips

The rope counts weight, not coins: a Sapphire weighs 3 and pays 45 while Quartz weighs 1 and pays 1, so past 350 metres steer around the cheap gems.
A bat spills the last third of your haul, rounded up, and slows steering for 0.6 seconds, so a full bucket near the top has the most to lose.
The gauge turns red at 75 percent of the limit and a single gem over it snaps the rope, so with a red gauge dodge gems as carefully as bats.

What happens when the rope snaps in Wishing Well Works?

Everything in the bucket is lost and the drop pays nothing, but your coins, upgrades and deepest rope are kept, and the next drop starts as normal. The rope holds 6 weight at first and each Stronger rope upgrade adds 3, with twelve of them to buy. The gauge warns in red at three quarters full.

Can bats take the wishing stone?

No. The stone drops into the bucket when the rope reaches the bottom at 700 metres, weighs nothing, and bats cannot spill it; bringing it up ends the game. A snapped rope does lose it for that drop, but the next drop finds it again, so steer past gems on that final climb.

About this game

Made by Sucia in Houston, Texas. Built with AI assistance, designed and tested by Sucia. Last updated October 4, 2026. It plays in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, with no download and no sign-in; your best scores and progress stay in this browser on this device. Without a pass, every game is free for 5 minutes a game and 30 minutes a day; an Arcade pass removes the limit. How Sucia makes and tests its games.

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