Uploaded: August 7, 2026
Last Updated: August 7, 2026
Blooket runs 27 playable game modes, split between 18 free modes and 9 Blooket Plus-exclusive modes. Every mode falls into one of three access types: Hosting-only, Solo and Homework, or a combination of both. Blooket also rates each mode by an official Simple, Normal, or Complex difficulty tier, separate from any fan-made ranking. Several modes exist only as seasonal reskins of another mode, including Candy Quest and Shamrock Quest, which reuse Gold Quest’s mechanics under a holiday theme. Four modes have been permanently retired, including Tower of Doom, which shut down on August 9, 2025 after a five-year run.
Blooket has 27 currently playable game modes, made up of 18 free modes and 9 Blooket Plus-exclusive modes, according to Blooket’s own community wiki. That figure excludes two modes that never fully released, Fish Tank Trouble and Snake Escape, and four modes that Blooket has since retired. Official Blooket help documentation rounds this down to “over 25,” a looser figure that likely accounts for seasonal reskins differently.
The gap between “27” and “over 25” traces back to how reskins get counted. Candy Quest and Shamrock Quest run on Gold Quest’s exact mechanics under a different theme, so a count that treats reskins as their own entry lands higher than one that groups them under a single parent mode. Neither figure is wrong; they’re answering slightly different questions about what counts as a distinct mode.
That distinction between a genuinely new mode and a themed reskin matters more once you start sorting modes by how you actually access them.
Every Blooket game mode falls into one of three access categories: Hosting-only, Solo and Homework, or both. Hosting-only modes need a live host running a game code for a group. Solo and Homework modes run independently, with Homework mode assigning the same game as self-paced practice outside a live session.
Blooket’s own help documentation counts twelve game modes built for live hosting on a single host screen, including Monster Brawl, Deceptive Dinos, Gold Quest, Cyber Hack, Fishing Frenzy, and Blook Rush. Battle Royale, Classic, Racing, and Laser Tag round out the hosting-only category alongside seasonal entries like Santa’s Workshop and Tag Or Treat. None of these modes offer a solo or homework version, so a host and a live group are required every time.
Official Blooket documentation lists seven game modes built for solo play, including Tower Defense as one of the originals in that category. Crazy Kingdom, Pirate Pool, Plushie Panic, Study, and Zorblitz run the same way, each playable independently without a host or a live group. Every solo-capable mode also supports Homework mode, with one exception: Tower of Doom never carried a Homework option before Blooket retired it.
Busy Bees, Egg Hunt, Mini Mine, and Star Grazer sit fully behind the Blooket Plus subscription, unlocking only for Plus accounts. Coco Cabana and Cocoa Cottage add a seasonal-plus-Plus combination, appearing during their holiday windows and requiring a subscription on top of that timing. Santa’s Workshop occupies a middle ground, gating behind Plus during some seasonal runs but not others.
Access type answers whether you can play a mode at all. Difficulty rating answers something different: how much a mode asks of a player once they’re in it.
Blooket assigns every mode an official difficulty rating of Simple, Normal, or Complex, a system built into the platform itself rather than a fan-made tier list. Classic, Racing, and Gold Quest carry the Simple rating, reflecting their single-mechanic loops with no resource management layered on top. Tower Defense, Tower Defense 2, and Factory sit at Complex, each demanding sustained attention across upgrade paths and resource decisions.
This official rating gives a more reliable difficulty signal than community tier lists, since it comes directly from how Blooket categorizes its own modes rather than from player opinion. A Normal-rated mode like Café or Cyber Hack sits in between, asking for more decision-making than Classic without the sustained system management Tower Defense requires.
Difficulty explains how a mode plays. Reskins explain something else entirely: why the same mode sometimes shows up wearing a different name.
Candy Quest and Shamrock Quest are seasonal reskins of Gold Quest, reusing its steal-and-collect mechanics under Halloween and St. Patrick’s Day themes. Coco Cabana and Cocoa Cottage form a second reskin pair, sharing mechanics with each other rather than branching from a third mode. Both reskin pairs appear only during their seasonal windows, then disappear from the host screen until the next year.
Recognizing a reskin matters for anyone comparing strategy between modes, since Candy Quest strategy and Gold Quest strategy are functionally the same strategy under a different skin. A player searching for Shamrock Quest tips is really searching for Gold Quest tips with a St. Patrick’s Day coat of paint.
Not every mode that disappears from the host screen comes back next season. Some are gone permanently.
Blooket has retired four game modes permanently: Imposters, Pirate’s Voyage, Snowball Fight, and Tower of Doom, none of which appear on a current host screen. Blooket pulled Imposters over violence concerns and copyright overlap with Among Us. Pirate’s Voyage left due to low player counts, clearing space for newer pirate-themed modes like Pirate Pool. Snowball Fight exited after community dislike, with several of its mechanics carried into Blook Rush. Tower of Doom shut down on August 9, 2025 after a five-year run, ending its card-based combat format for good.
A fan-made, unaffiliated project called Tower of Doom: Reborn continues the concept on itch.io, though Blooket itself has confirmed no return date for the original mode. Two additional modes, Fish Tank Trouble and Snake Escape, never made it past an unreleased or scrapped state, so they were never part of the active lineup to begin with.
Between the 27 live modes, four retirements, and two scrapped projects, that’s the complete current picture of Blooket’s mode lineup. The next question is which one actually fits what you’re trying to do.
The right Blooket game mode depends on your access type, group size, and how much strategy you want to manage, not on a single “best” answer. A teacher running a live class needs a Hosting-capable mode. A student practicing alone needs Solo or Homework access. From there, difficulty rating narrows the choice further.
Each mode below links to its own strategy breakdown, covering formation choices, round-by-round pacing, and token-earning tactics specific to that mode:
Token rates per question vary by mode and have shifted over time, with several modes carrying a “Reworked” status that changed their rate. Café paid 1.2 tokens per question before its rework and pays 2 tokens per question now. Factory, Racing, and Deceptive Dinos all carry the same before-and-after pattern, each settling at 2 tokens per question post-rework.
Classic pays the highest flat rate among current modes at up to 3 tokens and XP per correct answer, making it the fastest single-question earner even though its Simple rating means less strategy per session. BlooketIQ’s guide to earning Blooket tokens covers how those rates convert into pack purchases across every mode.
Several Blooket game modes feature the same blooks that appear in Blooket’s pack system, with Tower Defense’s King tower doubling as the Medieval Pack’s Legendary blook. Phantom King follows the same pattern, appearing as Tower Defense’s own Mystical blook while carrying the Mystical rarity tier elsewhere on the platform. Santa Claus crosses over too, appearing as the Blizzard Pack’s Legendary blook and as a boss inside the now-retired Tower of Doom.
A blook’s role changes by game mode without changing its underlying identity or its rarity tier. A player checking the King’s Legendary pull odds on BlooketIQ’s pack calculator is looking at the identical blook anchoring a Tower Defense support lineup, and the same logic applies to any blook chasing its full Mystical or Unique obtainment path. Phantom King’s Tower Defense role sits inside that same rarity tier, alongside the rest of Blooket’s rarest blooks across every pack.
Blooket’s 27 current game modes span three access types, three official difficulty tiers, and a handful of seasonal reskins that reuse mechanics from an existing mode rather than building something new. Four modes have been retired for good, and two never made it past development. Every mode above links to a dedicated strategy guide covering formation choices, round pacing, and token tactics specific to that mode, so the next step is picking the one that matches your group size and access type today.
No single mode ranks best across every situation, since group size, access type, and session length all change which mode fits. Each mode’s dedicated strategy guide covers its specific strengths so you can match a mode to your actual session instead of a generic ranking.
18 of Blooket’s 27 current modes are free, covering every Hosting-only mode plus most Solo and Homework options. The remaining 9 sit behind Blooket Plus, including Busy Bees, Egg Hunt, Mini Mine, and Star Grazer.
No, Tower of Doom and Tower Defense share no mechanics despite the similar name. Tower of Doom ran on card-based, turn-based combat before its retirement on August 9, 2025, while Tower Defense and Tower Defense 2 remain live tower-placement modes today.
9 of Blooket’s 27 current modes require a Blooket Plus subscription, either fully or during specific seasonal windows. Coco Cabana, Cocoa Cottage, and Santa’s Workshop combine seasonal timing with a Plus requirement rather than gating year-round.
Blooket has expanded its mode count steadily since launch, with recent additions including Zorblitz, Star Grazer, Busy Bees, and Mini Mine. New modes sometimes launch as a Plus-only beta before going free, the same rollout pattern Tower Defense 2 followed in 2023.