Gossip Harbor is a free merge game with a soap opera running through it. You combine matching food items to fill customer orders, and the money you earn goes into rebuilding a beach restaurant on an island called Brimwave. It’s made by Microfun and it’s on both iPhone and Android.
More than 50 million people have downloaded it, so it’s one of the bigger merge games out there. Below is how the merging works, what the story is about, and the thing that stops most people playing as long as they want, which is energy. If you’re here for free energy, the Gossip Harbor free energy page has that.
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What is Gossip Harbor?
It's a merge game. You drag two matching items together and they turn into one better item, and you keep doing that until you've made whatever a customer asked for. Microfun's own description covers coffee, sandwiches and seafood, and more dishes get added to the menu the longer you play.
The other half is the restaurant. Filling orders pays for repairs, and you pick the flooring, the wallpaper and the furniture as you rebuild it. So there's a puzzle side and a decorating side, and the story sits on top of both.
The story
You play as Quinn Castillo, and the game opens with her life on Brimwave Island falling apart. Microfun sums it up as divorce, sabotage and secrets, and the question the whole game hangs on is who's trying to ruin her life.
You get more of the story as you merge. Finishing orders and fixing up the restaurant unlocks the next scene, so the puzzle is what moves the plot along. Along the way you talk to customers, catch up with old friends, and there's a romance thread if you want to follow it.
Who can you trust in Brimwave? That's the developer's own line for it, and it's a fair description. Nearly everyone on the island is hiding something, and working out who did what to Quinn is the reason most people keep playing.
How merging works
Tap a generator. These are the machines and crates on your board that produce ingredients. Every tap costs energy.
Drag two matching items together. Two of the same item become one of the next item up. That's the whole puzzle.
Fill the order. Customers ask for a specific item, so you merge your way up to it and hand it over for coins.
Spend the coins on the restaurant. Repairs and decorating unlock the next piece of the story.
The catch is board space. Every item you make sits on the board taking up a square, and a full board means you can't produce anything new. Merging things away is how you get room back, so it's worth clearing as you go rather than tapping everything at once.
Energy, and why you run out
Energy is what you spend to make items. Every tap on a generator uses some, and when it's gone you can't make anything until you get more. It refills on its own over time, but slowly, and that's the part players complain about most.
The higher up the merge chain you go, the worse it gets. Making one top-tier item means making all the smaller ones underneath it first, so a single big order can eat everything you've got.
| Where energy comes from | What to know |
|---|---|
| Waiting | It refills on its own, up to a cap |
| Levelling up | A new level tops you back up |
| Energy items on the board | Merge them up before you use them, since a bigger one gives more |
| Rewarded ads | Watch a short video for a top up |
| Gems | The premium currency buys a refill |
| Reward links | Microfun posts them, and we collect them on the free energy page |
Merge your energy items first. If you find small energy items on the board, don't use them right away. Merge them together into a bigger one and you get more out of them than you would have tapping each one.
What the game costs
It's free to download and free to play. Microfun makes its money from ads and from selling gems and energy.
On Google Play the in-app purchases run from $0.99 up to $99.99 an item. You don't have to buy any of it. Paying mostly buys you speed, because the free route to the same place is waiting for energy.
The game shows ads
Google Play lists it as containing ads. Some are the rewarded kind you choose to watch for energy, which is a fair trade. It's worth knowing before you install if ads bother you.
Where you can play
| Device | Where to get it | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone and iPad | Apple App Store | Needs iOS 13 or later, about 292 MB |
| Android | Google Play | Free to install |
| Computer | Not available | There's no official desktop version |
Who the game is for
The two stores rate this game differently, and it's worth a look before you hand it to a child. Apple rates it 12+ and flags it for infrequent mild sexual content. Google rates it Everyone. The story is an adult soap opera with affairs and secrets in it, so Apple's rating is the more useful guide of the two.
Both stores also flag the paid random items. Apple calls them loot boxes and Google calls them in-game purchases that include random items. That means some things you buy give a random result rather than the thing you picked.
Frequently asked questions
Is Gossip Harbor free to play?
Yes. It's free to download on both iPhone and Android, and you can play it without paying. Ads and optional purchases pay for it, and the in-app purchases on Google Play run from $0.99 to $99.99.
How do you get more energy in Gossip Harbor?
Energy refills on its own over time. You also get it from levelling up, from merging the energy items on your board, from watching rewarded ads, and from the reward links Microfun posts. Our free energy page keeps those links.
What is the story in Gossip Harbor about?
You play as Quinn Castillo, whose life on Brimwave Island falls apart at the start of the game. Microfun describes it as divorce, sabotage and secrets, and the running question is who's trying to ruin her life.
Is Gossip Harbor suitable for kids?
Apple rates it 12+ and flags infrequent mild sexual content, while Google rates it Everyone. It's an adult soap opera storyline, and both stores flag paid random items, so the 12+ rating is the one worth going by.
Company: Microfun
Website: microfun.com/
Platform: iOS, Android
Status: Active
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