Posts Tagged ‘match 3’

Billionaire is on sale for free – normally $.99
If you like Tetris, then I think there’s a good chance you’ll like Billionaire… it’s pretty similar, but instead of trying to fit blocks together you’re basically doing a match 3 thing where you have to match up falling jewels.
The action is a little slower than I’m [...]

Yumsters! 2 is on sale for free – normally $.99-$1.99
Yumsters are crazy about fruit and music! Yeah, who isn’t. Yumsters! 2 is one of those match 3 games that’s won awards and has apparently gained a big following in its PC incarnation. There’s a whole story about how these cute Yoshi-looking creatures won some kind [...]

Styx Halloween is was on sale for free – apparently the price has gone back up to $2.99
Styx Halloween is one of those match 3 games where you run your finger across matching units that are either touching or diagonal from each other. I guess that technically makes it a “match as many as you [...]

Spheric is on sale for free – normal price is $.99-$1.99
Need a little more aggravation in your life? Spheric delivers! It’s a pretty tough match 3 puzzle (match 4, actually) where your job is to line up like-colored marbles next to each other by spinning them around a circular playing field. The field starts off [...]

Dragon Portals comes to us from MythPeople (casual games brand of Finnish-based 10tons Ltd), the same folks behind the wonderful Azkend (reviewed here).  At its core we have basic match 3 gameplay but the innovative play mechanics and slick presentation create a very different feel that stands out from other titles in the genre.  I would have [...]

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I am completely burned out on match 3 games…at least I thought I was until I started playing Rise of Atlantis from SkyZone (originally developed by Terminal Studio; iPhone port by Gamelion Studios).  Despite some criticisms which I will level at this game shortly, it captures that addictive quality all developers pray for with a combination of slick presentation and [...]

Quite frankly, you don’t even need to read through my review of Stoneloops! of Jurassica from PlayCreek LLC…just buy it, download, start playing and thank me later when you finally tear yourself away from it.  The concept of a must-have game for the iDevice is always arguable but straight away when you start playing Stoneloops things [...]

Rocha Software says that Falling Gems is “FREE for a few days only!” There are a ton of crappy games out there making the same claim as an ongoing sales gimmick, but in this case I kind of believe that the price may actually go up because this one has the makings of a pretty [...]

 
How do they do it?  These crazy developers continue to somehow find elbow room in the overcrowded match 3 space.  The latest success story is Azkend from MythPeople.  The nifty twist this time (beyond using hexagonal vs square tiles) is you don’t swap tiles to make matches; you trace an unbroken path across 3 or more like tiles and [...]

  
 
A day late and a dollar short.  Too little, too late.  Late to the party.  Someone left the cake out in the rain.  Whatever idiom you choose, it applies to Gems 3D from Max Fomitchev (aka Ultramax).  This is another ‘match 3′ game that tries to provide a fresh take; the need for each gem [...]

Upping the ante for cute and adorable is Smiles from Mike Kasprzak of Sykhronics Entertainment.  To my delight, this developer has found a way to pump fresh adrenaline into the crowded sub-genre of ‘match 3′ games.  How so?  Glad you asked.
The key play mechanic that sets it apart is how you form matches.  Instead of [...]

 
Boy o boy, what have we here?  It’s Gemmed! from Wasted Pixel.  The original Bejeweled has become such a massive phenomenon that even its gameplay has a name, ’match 3′.  The Internet is absolutely lousy with clones now and the app store is in lock-step.  Fortunately, developers are pulling out all the stops to keep this genre fresh and exciting and Wasted [...]