Instead, the bullet bubble gets glued to the field bubbles, adding to the bubble population and my advancing bubble troubles. If the bubble strikes non-matching bubbles, nothing bursts. If the bullet bubble strikes a field bubble of the same color that is also connected to another field bubble of the same color, the bubbles burst, one after another, in a glorious, extremely fun-to-watch, chain reaction. If the bullet bubble hits a field bubble of the same color, both bubbles burst. The primary task is to shoot the field of bubbles by firing, one at a time, an identical bullet bubble of alternating color from a turret, which is located at the bottom of the screen.

Designed in the same overall manner as Space Invaders, the game starts with the bubbles filling a battle field, which consists of nine rows, comprising just over half the field. Bubble game 3 is the classic clear-the-board shooter game.