TAP ONE

Tap One is a quick ranking game built around ten Demon Slayer categories, from Blood Demon Art and Physical Strength to Current Hashira, New Generation, Awakening, Trainers & Masters, Battle IQ and Speed. Each category has its own ranked list of characters, and your job is to fill all ten with the strongest picks you can. The catch is that you do not choose the characters. The cards spin, and you only choose when to lock a category in.

It sits somewhere between a demon slayer quiz and a push-your-luck game. Knowing that an Upper Moon should sit near the top of the Twelve Kizuki list, or which slayers belong high in Trainers & Masters, only helps if you also judge which category deserves the character in front of you right now.

At the start of every round all unlocked category cards spin for about two seconds and then each lands on a random character from that category's list. You must tap exactly one card to lock that character into its category. The locked card stays put with a check mark, and the remaining cards spin again for the next round. After ten taps every category is filled.

Scoring follows each category's ranking. The character in first place is worth 100 points, second place 90, and every place further down is worth 10 less. Your ten picks are added together for a total out of 1,000, and that total gives you a rank on a Corps-style ladder that runs from Mizunoto through Mizunoe, Tsuchinoe, Hinoe, Kinoto and Kinoe up to Hashira, Upper Moon and, for a near-perfect run, Demon King.

There is no clock and no undo. A tap is final, and you cannot see what the other categories would have rolled next. You get five runs per day, your best rank is saved on the page, and the result screen shows all ten of your selections so you can see where the points went.

Early rounds give you the most freedom, because every card is still in play. If one category lands on a character you are confident is at or near the top of its list, lock it immediately. A likely 100 or 90 is worth more than waiting for something slightly better elsewhere.

Late rounds are the opposite. With only two or three categories left, you have to take whatever the spin gives you, so avoid leaving the categories you know least for last. If you are unsure how Battle IQ or Speed is ordered, fill those while you still have better options elsewhere to compare against.

Think about the size of each list too. Each category holds nine characters, so even the lowest pick still scores 20 points. When every visible card looks weak, lock the one whose weak pick costs you the least, and save your uncertain categories for a round where the spin favours you.