Garten Fall Party: Race.IO is a free game featuring a cast of weird cartoon creatures. It is designed as a single-person casual game in which the goal is to knock your opponents off platforms. You'll need to be careful — otherwise, you'll be the next to fall.

The game uses some of the same character designs as Garten RaiBanBow Friends Game, but its gameplay is wildly different. Instead of a first-person environment, it uses a top-down format reminiscent of Among Us or some of the mini-games from the Mario Party series.

Knock your foes off the platform

Each level in Garten Fall Party: Race.IO takes place on a grid of platforms occupied by a band of crazy creatures trying to knock each other off. Your job is to ensure that your character is the last one standing when the level ends. You can shove opponents down by running into them.

Try not to fall

The gameplay's twist is that most of the platforms will fall every so often, causing any character standing on them to lose. A giant who stands at the top of the field indicates which platforms are safe. Each time one of your enemies dies, you'll grow, making it easier to hit foes but harder to stay on safe platforms.

Bonus levels

Garten Fall Party: Race.IO adds a little variety with the occasional bonus level. In these, the falling platform aspect is gone, and the objective is to push off a larger group of enemies using extending arms (the arms can be used in standard levels, but only if you watch adverts). Also adding variety are unlockable skins.

Acceptable for children

Despite the bonus levels, the gameplay soon gets repetitive. Garten Fall Party: Race.IO also suffers from flawed collision detection, with characters getting stuck in mid-air when platforms fall. Still, the game remains acceptable fun for children.