Cocktail Puzzle is a sorting game with a tropical holiday theme. The player must sort multicolored drink ingredients floating as colored bands in glasses to make single-colored beverages. The game features a hammock-style chair, an umbrella and a palm tree on a beach near the ocean and a volcanic island. Two sailboats drift upon the waves under a blue sky and birds overhead.
The player earns golden coins by completing drinks, collecting free coins every 2 minutes, and watching ads. The player uses the money to randomly unlock new drinks, ornaments and backgrounds in an in-game shop. They can only transfer one colored ingredient at a time between glasses. They can pour the liquid into an empty glass or on top of a band of the same color. If they need to reset the level to start over, a hamburger menu at the bottom right corner provides the option. It also offers them access to a global leaderboard and the shop.
Cocktail Puzzle creates a new beverage with a straw, lime slice and confetti when the player does well. It makes play more difficult by increasing the number of ingredients and displaying ingredients of similar shades. When the player completes a level, it reveals a realistic drink in a glass, more confetti, coin winnings and a multiplier advertisement option. It also shows a progress bar for the time remaining before a new beverage becomes available.
