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It's your job to clean up a microbe-infested world (pictures)

Stay Alight! has a gloriously grimy theme as you fire projectiles to clean out all the monster microbes.

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Destroy the monster microbes

Play as Mr. Bulb and fire your projectiles to destroy the monster microbes in a grimy world.
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Get 3-star ratings

Try to get the most stars possible in each level so you can unlock new worlds.
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Trick shots

The perfect shot on top of this level is to bounce the projectile and hit each monster microbe.
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Complex levels

Some levels like this one require that you unleash the spiked barrels at the top to kill the monster microbes on the bottom.
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Mysterious puzzle

As you play, you'll find puzzle pieces that add to a mysterious puzzle you can view from the main menu. There's little in the way of explanation for what it all means.

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