Shootelki is a casual tile-merging game that features 2048, Anti-Gravity and Hexa elements. The player's primary goals are to merge hexagon-shaped tiles, or hexas, to form higher-numbered ones on five vertical honeycomb columns, earn the highest ever global score, and collect booster star coins.
The game is considered anti-gravity because the player shoots the tiles below the columns toward the top to perform merges. It automatically slides all tiles into the highest position within a column, which means that there is never an unused space above a tile.
The player shoots tiles to merge color- and number-matched pairs. If a resulting evolved tile matches a nearby one after a merge, the game auto-merges the two tiles. This action applies to matching tiles in adjacent positions and across gaps.
Shootelki rewards the player with star coins after they agree to view advertisements. It randomly prompts viewing. It also allows the player to manually choose to view ads. They merely need to select one of the two booster buttons below the field or the film button to the right of the coin balance in the upper-left area.
When the player has enough saved coins, they can purchase boosters that remove specific numbered tiles from the field. These actions allow for additional moves when nearly no more remain available. If the player runs out of moves, they must start over and attempt to beat their previous score.