Whether you’ve ever played a real coin-pusher arcade machine or not, we’re willing to bet you’ve never seen anything quite like Raccoin. The game takes the core idea of those cabinets and layers on endless twists: coins with supernatural side-effects, prizes that let you bend the rules, and an adorable cast of animals, each with their own perks.
While it’s easy to pick up and comes with a thorough tutorial, the sheer number of moving parts can leave newcomers wondering how certain mechanics work or what they’re even supposed to do with all those coins. Here are a few beginner-friendly tips and tricks for your first hours with Raccoin.
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Learn to Drop Coins the Right Way
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During your first few runs you won’t be juggling a dozen abilities at once, so use the downtime to master one crucial skill: how to flick coins. Do this with Left/Right-click or the Q and E keys.
The trick is that depending on where the upper pusher is, your coins will either ride toward the side walls or stall in the middle. Need the former? Flick the coin toward the edge while the pusher is moving toward you. Prefer the latter? Fire coins from either side while the pusher is moving away.
Stacking coins in specific spots lets you build up piles on one flank, making it easier to nudge prize orbs over the edge or to reclaim your most valuable tokens.
Early on, also study each character’s strengths and weaknesses. Unlock the Astronomer rabbit as soon as you can—he’s hilarious and comes with some seriously punchy coins.
Don’t Blow All Your Tickets at Once
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For your first couple of attempts—unless something in the shop is literally free—you can basically ignore the store. At least at the start.
Tickets are scarce early on, and buying even one special coin can eat most of your stash. You also need tickets to exchange for regular coins when you’re running low on the field.
Keep that in mind and hold off shopping for a few rounds. I usually start spending once I’ve banked at least 50 tickets.
Watch Your Score Multiplier
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Once you start digging into Raccoin’s mountain of coin types you’ll notice most of them have unique effects that boost either their own value or that of nearby coins. It’s tempting to chase the priciest tokens, and sometimes that’s the right call, but prioritize your Score Rate multiplier.
Score Rate is the factor every coin’s value is multiplied by—special coins and the garden-variety ones cluttering the board. A fat multiplier beats a handful of expensive coins every time, though ideally you’ll strike a balance between the two.
One of the best early specials for this is the Bullish Coin: simply having it in play bumps your multiplier by one.
Buy Horizontal Clip Expansions First
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Early goals should include snagging every new special coin you can. Learning what each one does—and which fit your style—unlocks even more coins and goodies.
To speed that up, buy clip expansions. They come in two flavors: vertical (more copies of the same coin) and horizontal (more different coins).
Since you can buy only six expansions per run and the cap isn’t split by type, focus on horizontal first; variety is power.
If a Killer Coin Shows Up, Buy It
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Every few rounds Bad Coins will invade your machine. Their effects range from vaporizing falling coins to slashing your score in half. You need a counter.
Enter Killer Coins. The raccoon-flavored variant is the most common: it erases the six closest Bad Coins the moment it lands.
Remember the “don’t shop early” rule? Break it if Killer Coins are in stock and stockpile a few for later.
There’s also a chip that auto-removes Bad Coins for one round, but it’s rare—rely on Killer Coins instead.
Hit the Shop Right After Every Round
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Each Raccoin round ends once you hit the target score, but the game doesn’t shout that you can delay the next round—the pusher keeps running and shuffling coins.
Resist that urge and press “Enter Shop” the instant the button appears. Overshooting the goal gives zero bonus*, and if the Wheel of Fortune triggers you’ll be stuck until it stops.
Some chips do proc on overkill, but they’re the only exception.
End rounds quickly to leave almost-dropping coins on the board for the next attempt and start it with a head start.
Infinite Squishy Is the Best Modifier
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As you complete runs you’ll unlock modifiers—attachable perks that give special coins extra powers. One of the best is Infinite Squishy.
With it, the chosen coin instantly returns to your clip whenever it falls off, is absorbed, or otherwise leaves the board. It becomes eternal. Pair that with something like Sun, which can flip the entire field and juice your other coins, and you’ll want it back every single time.
Don’t Sleep on the “Evil Puffer” Charm
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Every few rounds you’ll earn a charm that grants a permanent effect for the rest of the run. Plenty are great—Dog Food gives unlimited auto-refill, for instance—but early on aim for Evil Puffer.
This little guy huge-ifies the radius of your prizes. It sounds minor until you’re flooding the field with magnets that vacuum every coin in sight—then you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it.
