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Zoominoes Guide: Placement, Snacks, Deck Cleanup and Completing a Month
Fully released: changes through v1.0.8 cross-checked · Updated 2026-10-12
Adding high-scoring animals alone can still leave you unable to draw them, place them or spare enough Plays. First read the day's conditions, then build both a board that lets your core animals play and a deck that makes them easier to draw.
Choose a guide by what you need
Basics and the daily sequence
A beginner's sequence for daily targets/events, color/type-based placement, remaining Plays and income, and shop purchases.
Read the guide →Snacks and deckbuilding
Distinguish animal-targeting snacks from board-changing snacks. Removal, transformation and moving-animal effects, with checks to avoid outdated Kangaroo/Mirror loops.
Read the guide →Modes and unlocks
Ordinary month completion, Endless, Daily and Challenges; difficulty-based Zookeeper unlocks; collection achievements versus use-based achievements.
Read the guide →Game information and scope
- Game
- Zoominoes
- Developer
- Starlight Games inc.
- Publisher
- Starlight Games inc.
- Release / Early Access start
- 2026-07-30
- Platforms
- PC (Steam / Windows・Mac)
- Genres
- Roguelike deckbuilder / Tile placement / Strategy
First check placement, drawing and reaching the goal in fewer Plays
Animals have colors and types affecting placement requirements and souvenir interactions. Compare whether your current hand and board let their effects work, rather than face-value points alone.
| Problem | What to check | Tools to use |
|---|---|---|
| You cannot place your core animal | Nearby animals' colors/types and empty spaces | Placement order, color changes and board effects |
| You cannot draw your core animal | Have you added too many weak animals? | Removal, transformation and hand/deck manipulation |
| Plays run out before the target | Score and effects granting extra Plays | Core-animal upgrades, multipliers and extra Plays |
| You cannot upgrade in the shop | Did you spend unnecessary Plays the previous day? | Finish early and buy with a purpose |
Guides by situation
For your first run, learn the daily sequence. If snacks will not work, check targets and controls. Once you can win, check each mode's goals.
| Topic | Guide | What it answers |
|---|---|---|
| Placement and shopping | Basics and the daily sequence | Check conditions, place animals, meet the goal, then choose purchases |
| Snack controls and combos | Snacks and deckbuilding | Distinguish animals in your hand from board targets |
| Difficulty, Challenges and achievements | Modes and unlocks | Ordinary completion versus specific goals |
Do not reproduce old infinite combos unchanged
In v1.0.8, Kangaroo no longer bounces animals with the same name. Old instructions looping same-name animals, such as Tanukis with Kangaroo's ability, are not treated as the current standard.
Mirror summons have also been changed so they do not retrigger Mirror. Talent Scout and Food Fight were removed from special events too. Distinguish old guides' event lists from today's Calendar.
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