Quick answer: Google’s Pizza Doodle (Celebrating Pizza, December 2021) has 11 pizzas and a top score of 33 stars. Each order lists how many slices need each topping mix, and you get a fixed number of straight cuts. You only earn 3 stars when every slice count is exact. Crust-only slices with no toppings are ignored, so they never cost you stars.
By the Gipcus Guides team. Updated November 2026.
Tested by us: one extra slice hurts exactly as much as a missing one. On a 6-slice order, a single slip drops you from 3 stars to 2. How we tested: we read the live game script (logos/2021/pizza/rc6/pizza.js). It holds the order table for all 11 pizzas, the cut limits, the rule that decides which slice a topping belongs to, and the star formula. Then we worked out the star maths for every level.
What is the Google Pizza Doodle game?
It’s an interactive Google Doodle from 6 December 2021. Google ran it to mark the day in 2017 when the Neapolitan pizzaiuolo craft was added to UNESCO’s intangible heritage list. You get pizza orders one after another and slice each one by swiping a straight line across it. Every order tells you how many slices should carry each topping combination. It still plays on the Google Doodles archive, on desktop or phone.
How does scoring work in the Google pizza game?
The game script gives each pizza a star score from 0 to 3. Here’s how it works:
- For each topping combination in the order, you score the required count minus how far off you were. If 3 slices should be mushroom-only and you make 4 or 2, that line scores 2 out of 3.
- Your stars are that total divided by the total slices ordered, times 3, rounded down. So only a perfect match gives 3 stars.
- A slice only matches an order line when its toppings are exactly that set. A slice with mushroom and broccoli doesn’t count as “mushroom only”.
- Slices with no toppings at all are skipped entirely. You can trim off bare crust for free.
- A topping belongs to the slice that holds its anchor point, which is roughly its centre. Cutting through a topping is fine, because it only counts for one side.
The results screen labels are, from lowest to highest: Try again, Nice, Good job! and Perfect!
How many cuts do you get, and when does a level end?
Each pizza has a maximum number of cuts, shown as the counter on screen. The level ends as soon as you use your last cut. It also ends early once you’ve made the minimum number of cuts and every order line has at least its count. Paneer Tikka is the only pizza where the two numbers differ: it ends from cut 3 onward if the order is filled, and allows up to 5. On every other pizza the minimum and maximum are the same.
A swipe only counts if it starts and ends outside the pizza and passes close enough to the middle. While you drag, the dashed guide line is white when the cut is valid and red when it isn’t, so let go only on white.
All 11 Google pizza orders: slices and cuts
This table comes straight from the order table in the game file. Some pizzas use two toppings that are only told apart by their icons, so match those to the order on screen.
| # | Pizza | Cuts | Order (slices) | 2 stars needs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margherita | 3 | 6 basil | 4 of 6 right |
| 2 | Pepperoni | 4 | 9 pepperoni | 6 of 9 |
| 3 | White | 3 | 3 mushroom only, 3 mushroom + broccoli | 4 of 6 |
| 4 | Calabresa | 3 | 2 calabresa + onion + olive, 2 calabresa + onion, 2 calabresa + olive | 4 of 6 |
| 5 | Muzzarella | 3 | 7 green olive | 5 of 7 |
| 6 | Hawaiian | 3 | 4 ham + pineapple, 1 ham only, 1 pineapple only | 4 of 6 |
| 7 | Magyaros | 3 | 2 salami + onion + chili, 1 salami + onion, 1 salami + chili, 2 onion + chili (no salami) | 4 of 6 |
| 8 | Teriyaki Mayo | 4 | 4 chicken only, 2 chicken + one extra topping, 3 chicken + both extras (match the icons) | 6 of 9 |
| 9 | Tom Yum | 4 | 8 slices in four groups of 3, 3, 1 and 1: two topping pairs that share one topping, plus each of the other two toppings on its own (match the icons) | 6 of 8 |
| 10 | Paneer Tikka | 3 to 5 | 11 slices in five groups of 3, 1, 2, 3 and 2 (match the icons) | 8 of 11 |
| 11 | Dessert | 6 | 13 slices in six groups of 3, 1, 2, 2, 4 and 1 (match the icons) | 9 of 13 |
How do you get a perfect score on the pizza Doodle?
- Read the order first. Before you cut, check each topping combination on screen and how many slices it needs.
- Cut toppings into groups, not equal slices. Slice size and shape don’t matter at all, so thin strips and odd wedges are fine.
- Use bare crust to burn cuts. If you have a spare cut, trim an empty edge. Topping-free pieces are ignored, so they won’t add a wrong slice.
- Watch the toppings near your line. A topping goes to whichever side holds its centre, so a cut through the middle of an olive gives that olive to one slice only.
- Stop on white. Only release when the guide line is white. A red line is rejected, and once you’re at the cut limit the level is scored straight away.
- Restart if a cut goes wrong. Use the retry button, which appears once you’ve started cutting, instead of settling for 2 stars.
How do you cut the Muzzarella pizza into 7 slices with 3 cuts?
Seven pieces is the most that 3 straight cuts can ever make. That only happens when every pair of cuts crosses inside the pizza and the three crossing points don’t meet in one spot. They should form a small triangle near the middle. Then check that each of the 7 pieces holds a green olive’s centre. If an outer piece is empty, shift the triangle toward the olives and retry.
How do you get 9 slices on the Pepperoni pizza?
A noughts-and-crosses grid of two roughly parallel cuts each way makes 9 pieces from 4 cuts. Move the lines so the four corner pieces each catch a pepperoni. Corners are where it most often fails.
Play similar free on Gipcus
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FAQ
How many levels does the Google pizza game have?
Eleven pizzas: Margherita, Pepperoni, White, Calabresa, Muzzarella, Hawaiian, Magyaros, Teriyaki Mayo, Tom Yum, Paneer Tikka and Dessert. The maximum score is 33 stars.
Do slices have to be the same size?
No. The game only checks which toppings land on each slice and how many slices of each type you make. Size and shape are never scored.
Why did I get 2 stars when my toppings looked right?
One order line was off by at least one slice. An extra slice counts against you just like a missing one, and a slice with an extra topping doesn’t match the line you meant.
Do empty crust slices count against me?
No. Pieces with no toppings are left out of the scoring entirely.
Where can I play the Google pizza Doodle now?
On the Google Doodles archive page for “Celebrating Pizza”. It runs in desktop and mobile browsers.
Sources: Google Doodle game script (rc6/pizza.js), Google Doodles archive, Arqade (Gaming Stack Exchange) question 392766.
