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Arrow Pull

Tap to extract arrows from a cluttered grid, one by one, without letting any exit paths collide.

Core mechanic

Each level is a tight grid of arrows pointing in four directions; tap one to slide it out, and plan the order so no two arrows' exit lanes cross.

Controls

Tap an arrow to pull it out; no other inputs needed.

Theme

Minimalist logic puzzles — rides the Arrows – Puzzle Escape wave without its mahjong match-3 skin.

Why now

Arrows sits at #5 Casual with 320K 4.9-star ratings, validating massive demand for one-screen plan-ahead puzzles.

Signals · overall 7/10
Hook
7/10

Arrows Puzzle Escape scaled to $250K/day ad revenue with 4M+ DAU and 20M downloads in 3 months, validating massive player appetite for the tap-extract mechanic.Confirms breakout engagement and #1 in category traction for the exact mechanic.

Virality
6/10

Highly visual one-screen puzzle is a natural fit for short-form video; Lessmore hit $250K/day largely on user-acquisition ads, implying strong view-to-install conversion.Detailed breakdown of how the mechanic drove at-scale UA and visible market lift.

Simplicity
9/10

Single-input tap mechanic on a static grid; multiple siblings (TapTap Arrow, Easybrain Arrow Puzzle) shipped in weeks, showing trivial production scope.

Monetization
8/10

Lessmore cleared ~$7.5M/month in ad revenue on this single title; Easybrain's clone does ~$10K/mo with weaker UA — rewarded-video for hints and revive is the proven model.$250K/day revenue benchmark for the exact archetype.Easybrain Arrow Puzzle revenue estimate showing baseline ARPDAU for clones.

Whitespace
3/10

Mechanic is heavily cloned: Lessmore/Miniclip Arrows ($250K/day leader), Easybrain Arrow Puzzle (10M+ downloads, 708K ratings), dotpuzzle Tap Away, TapTap Arrow, plus Traffic Escape (60M downloads) — top of the niche already owned by large publishers.Notes Arrows is an iteration on Traffic Escape (60M downloads), showing the lane-collision hook has been iterated twice already.Easybrain clone at 10M+ downloads proves immediate replication by a major publisher.Additional direct competitor shipping the same tap-extract grid premise.

Arrows – Puzzle Escape · #9 top free · US · Lessmore GmbHApp Store · 2026-07-17 (8d ago)