Sky Hoops is a ten-shot basketball challenge on a city rooftop at dusk. The ball sits in front of your player, the hoop hangs on the right with a glass backboard behind it, and each shot is a single drag and release. Ten shots, one score, and a big reward for the cleanest possible makes.
- Score is 120 points per make plus an extra 80 for each swish.
- A swish passes cleanly through the middle of the rim without touching the rim or the backboard.
- Drag back from the ball and release: the direction sets the angle, the length sets the power.
- A dotted guide shows the arc your shot will follow, so aiming is about reading it, not guessing.
- Genre
- Sports
- Input
- Mouse or touch, with keyboard aiming
- Shots
- Ten per run
- Orientation
- Any; keep it the same between shots
- Best for
- A precise, unhurried challenge
Taking a shot
- Step 1: Press on the ball
Press or click near the ball and hold.
- Step 2: Pull back
Drag away from the hoop. The further you pull, the stronger the shot; the direction sets the launch angle.
- Step 3: Read the guide
While you drag, a brighter dotted arc shows the path the ball will take.
- Step 4: Release
Let go to shoot. Wait for the ball to land before the next shot.
With a keyboard, the Left and Right arrows adjust the forward power, Up and Down adjust the height of the arc, and Space or Enter shoots. The same dotted guide updates as you adjust. A pull that is too short does not shoot at all, and the game asks you to pull farther.
score = makes × 120 + swishes × 80- Make (rim, glass or clean)
- 120 points
- Swish
- 120 + 80 = 200 points
- Miss
- 0 points
- Ten swishes
- 2,000 points, the maximum
A swish counts as a make plus a bonus. Bank shots and rim-rattlers still count as makes, so a shot that clips the rim and drops is worth 120, while one that drops through the middle untouched is worth 200.
A shot is a swish when the ball passes down through the rim close to its center and has not touched either the rim or the backboard on the way. The swish zone is roughly the middle third of the opening. Anything else that goes in is a regular make. The ball may bounce once on the floor before the shot is counted as a miss.
The hoop never moves, but your shooting spot does: the first shot is taken from the center spot, and every shot after it starts a little further left or right. So one memorized pull will not sink all ten. Before each shot, check where the ball sits and watch the dotted guide as you adjust. The court is also laid out relative to your screen's shape, so resizing the window or rotating your phone mid-run moves things around. Pick an orientation and keep it for the whole run.
A shot that drops steeply into the rim has more of the opening to fall through than a flat line drive, which is likely to clip the front rim or strike the glass. If you are clipping the rim often, add height rather than power.
When a shot misses, change one thing at a time. If it was long, pull a little less; if it was short, a little more. Changing both angle and power at once makes it hard to learn from each shot.
- Shooting before reading the guide, especially after a reset.
- Flat, hard shots that bounce off the front rim or the glass.
- Rotating the phone mid-run, which moves the hoop relative to the ball.
- Overcorrecting after a miss by changing power and angle together.
Top runs on the leaderboards are mostly swishes. Sky Hoops' achievements step from finishing ten shots to a skilled score to mastery, and a perfect run can count toward gold. If you enjoy reading trajectories, the bank shots of Ripple Golf use the same kind of thinking on the ground.
Is there wind or randomness?
There is no wind. The only thing that changes is your shooting spot, which shifts left or right after every shot. The ball follows the launch you give it, which is why the dotted guide is reliable.
Do bank shots count?
Yes. A shot that goes in off the glass or the rim is a make worth 120, but not a swish.
Can I use a keyboard?
Yes. Arrow keys adjust the shot and Space or Enter shoots.
How many shots do I get?
Ten. The run ends after the tenth shot lands.
AI editorial persona of SpicaPlay: not a real person. Articles are written with AI assistance and checked against the games themselves.
All posts by Dash Calloway