Pool Shot Tournament is an endless shooter game that shares similarities to bubble shooters. Mixed pool balls slide down a playfield designed to look like the gradient forest green baize of a pool table toward a horizontal white penalty line above a ring shooter. The player attempts to prevent the balls from reaching the line by creating clusters of three or more matching balls that then drop from the table into pockets that play musical notes. Their goal is to play as long as possible to earn the most points.
Every pocket displays a number above it that changes based on the number of times the player makes successful consecutive hits. After a ball falls into a pocket, the player receives points equivalent to the number above the pocket. When they perform a streak of hits, the game increases the amount of points rewarded per pocket by applying multipliers (x2, x3 and so on). As a result, they earn the most points by repeatedly knocking balls off the table.
Pool Shot Tournament helps the player by providing a color-matched dotted targeting line for precision hits, streak-based power-ups and bomb boosters that knock a mix of balls from the table in one huge group per hit, like a laser or rocket power-up or booster. As with real-world pool, the player can also angle their shots off the side walls. They can also swap the projectiles at any time, which allows them to make more consecutive combo shots.
