Raccoon Bowling

Cosy 3D bowling with a round, masked raccoon, against the smuggest cat in town.

That's the only thing to do: slide to a spot, hold, let go, and nudge the hook while the ball rumbles down the boards. Bottles clink, acorns knock and tin cans clatter, the critters in the crowd leap up, and the raccoon does a little dance. Then Duchess, the alley cat in the pearl collar, bowls her frame, and has something to say about your gutter balls.

• Four handmade alleys built from found things: a moonlit backyard lane of fence planks between the pumpkins, a treehouse strung with fairy lights, a rooftop over a city coming on at dusk, and a carnival pier under a turning ferris wheel.
• Every alley has its own quirk: sagging planks that pull the ball, a rain puddle where nothing hooks, gusts off the river, and a giant rolling pin that trundles across the lane.
• Real physics pins: hit the pocket and they take each other out in slow motion; hit them head-on and you'll be staring at the 7-10. Pick up a split for the "best split" board.
• Trick frames between games: a pyramid of tin cans, the Big Four, the bedposts, a ring of pins, each with a par.
• A Daily Lane: three new racks every day, the same for everyone, with its own leaderboard and a streak flame for coming back.
• Earn balls (moon, watermelon, glass marble, disco, a giant acorn) and hats for the raccoon, and fill a 32-entry Lane Journal of alley lore, raccoon facts and bowling trivia.

24 games against Duchess and 12 trick frames: 108 stars to earn, three goals a game.

Five frames a game, about three minutes. No timers, no rush. Relaxed draws the whole aim line and widens the pocket; Expert keeps the line short and lets the lane oil shift every frame.

Raccoon Bowling is free to play. All four alleys, every game and trick frame, the Daily Lane, all three difficulties and every ball and hat are earned by playing. There is no paid content and there are no ads.

Plays on desktop and phones: one thumb, a mouse, or the keyboard alone (arrows, Space, Enter, Backspace), portrait or landscape. Your progress, your kit and a game in progress are saved to your Wavedash account.