SpelunKing: The Mine Match
Well-made Match-3 designed in a way that provides a purpose to actually playing.
You match resources to help improve buildings in town, shields to build up your puzzle solving ability, potions to refill your power-ups, and shovels to dig (warp) to different parts of the map.
It features all the standard match-3 elements, from creating bombs by matching 4 or more icons, breaking open sealed icons, eliminating all of a certain icon, ect. with the added inclusion of inventory bag upgrades to carry out loot, enhancing what you get from individual matches, treasure maps to secret areas, and such.
– Real player with 53.5 hrs in game
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In the end, I never met my grandma. I wonder how she looks like.
I wish that I will like this game. I like match 3 games but match 3 game is no longer fun if requires so much effort to play it. Maybe I’m lazy or maybe I’m not good in exploring places but every level took me almost or more than an hour to finish it. Also, it will be better if they allow the player to put in the number of resources to convert to coins. I have 8000++ woods and stones. If I have to convert them to coins, I have to keep clicking the ‘up’ arrow until it reaches the number.
– Real player with 40.5 hrs in game
Cave Quest
Cave Quest (Match-3)
Steam copy provided for Curator review
One of my most-played match-3’s of all time!
Options include separate sliders for SFX, Music and Ambients, Full-screen, Custom Cursor and choice of Timed (bonus cash~! Ka-ching!) or Untimed (can be changed between M3 levels).
Story
Your family has disappeared in the mountains, and thanks to rumors of dangerous evil spirits, the locals are too afraid to help you search for them.
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– Real player with 100.0 hrs in game
Read More: Best Match 3 Female Protagonist Games.
It’s so hard to find a good match-3 game. This is one of them. Thanks for the nice experience! This game has it all. Including beautifully designed gems which are hard to spot! Story that glues the experience together, smoothness, good professional design, even translation to my language which I didn’t need but it’s ok. Finally a game that I couldn’t take my hands off and felt urge to play on. Good product! Now I pity it’s over.
Criticism: sure to perfection it lacks more compelling story, less artificial or less cliche story, better art - one that would not be so kitchy and which would be less amateurish and a better translation. Thanks to these imperfections the game stays as just no-name game in game history, as it doesn’t bring any cultural contribution. But it’s professionally and well made product anyway. Relaxing and fun enough.
– Real player with 23.0 hrs in game
The Trials of Olympus III: King of the World
So, now I’ve finished this game on both time and casual….(and let me tell you time is a b$tch).
You’ll get your usual Match 3 game with some powerups. This time the powerups are not so ‘bombastic’. That means many many times I could finish the game just at the last second.
There was no bug (for me!)…but you’ll need a very good eye….in some levels the challenge is to FIND the tiles you must destroy…because they are just visible with a golden frame….but the game is so colorful and uses the whole screen. Some tiles are hidden at the bottom or the left side and hard to find.
– Real player with 24.0 hrs in game
Enraged over the death of his father, King Xerxes of Persia assembles a mighty force to conquer Greece and get revenge. Meanwhile, humanity’s arrogance has angered the god Poseidon, who now expresses his displeasure through natural disasters. And as Angelo struggles to keep his kingdom together, his duties cause a growing rift between him and his beloved wife, Amara.
Can Angelo stop Xerxes, appease the gods, and win back Amara’s love?
What can I say? Its getting better every sequel.
Most epic storyline ever for match3 genre. I love how thw devs added a historical event like king Leonidas and Xerxes! Good job! I really enjoyed this game. The game started out fairly easy and progressed to more challenging levels. Levels above 20 to the end were very challenging and hence. I also had one times a hang up, when the didn´t match - but I just had to restart and start the level over… without this small bug the game could be ultimate in its class.
– Real player with 17.4 hrs in game
10,000,000
10,000,000. An RPGish, Bejeweled-like game. Well… ok…
While the game does have an interesting concept it annoyingly relies on luck and what tiles the game decides to generate more than anything else, much like Bejeweled or similar puzzle games. If a monster is in your path, you’ll have to quickly match sword or staff tiles to do damage. A locked chest requires matching key tiles. And as tiles are random, one might find oneself stuck, matching any tiles at all, hoping to match enough of what is needed before time is up.
– Real player with 31.8 hrs in game
Picked this up in a sale in a sale a while back. Looked like a nice casual match-3 with a retro twist. Well, the second part is certainly true, but I’m no longer so sure about the casual part.
In 10,000,000 the player character is controlled by matching 3 or more of the same tiles as he runs through dungeons. The actions range from attacking encountered monsters to collecting resources to opening doors and chests. So far it sounds simple, and perhaps still qualifies as a casual game. Now add to the whole mix some serious time pressure – the time limits for the dungeons are very tight, and the only way to add time is to keep matching large sets of tiles and scoring combos; on the other hand just about anything in the dungeon is hell-bent on reducing your remaining time! Enemy attacks drain your time, doors and chests block your way until opened, and all you have to rely on is a randomly-populated board of tiles. Yeah, not so casual anymore.
– Real player with 18.7 hrs in game
Marble Duel: Sphere-Matching Tactical Fantasy
Marble Duel (Marble-Popper)
Options are simple, with music and sound on/off, 10 languages to choose from, and resolution.
Marble Duel - or Evy: Magic Spheres, depending on where you bought it - is a battle, strategy-based marble-popper with RPG elements.
For those unfamiliar, marble-poppers are a sub-genre of a match-3 game. Your goal is still to match 3 (or more) like-items, but instead of swapping, dragging or clicking, you’re shooting marbles into the playing field to make your matches.
– Real player with 74.0 hrs in game
Marble Duel (originally named Evy’s magic spheres) is in essence a simple marble popper.
But don’t let appearances deceive you, cause it is anything but simple!
There is a bit of a backstory were a liitle orphant girl is left, as a baby, on the steps of an orphanage.
10 years later the little girl ventures into the attic and sees a shiny light behind the doors of a closet.
When she opens the closet it turns out to be a portal to some kind of fairy land.
She enters the fairy world and then encounters all kind of weird creatures which she has to defeat.
– Real player with 64.6 hrs in game
Witchcraft: Pandoras Box
this game is one of puzzle games. It was so cool. Its story has a good too. I played without bored. But its too short. I recommend this game.
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
Witchcraft: Pandoras Box:
Buying a house is one of life’s thrills. Some of us decide to build it from scratch, while others buy from a plan (mostly units), and yet others purchase pre-lived-in houses. In the latter case, let’s say you fell in love with a property without having a single idea who had lived in the place before you. What if the old, spectacular house you were about to purchase had been the home of a witch who was in search of eternal youth? That would be very creepy, wouldn’t you say? Well, you might hit the jackpot in Witchcraft: Pandoras Box!
*– [Real player with 3.4 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198003030375)*
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## Zombie Solitaire 2 Chapter 3
This was probably my favorite out of the three chapters in the series. It seemed much more balanced and this was the version I finally started to get even one match three puzzle beaten! I still never got past earning one or two stars, but I was able to play on normal for almost all of the match 3 levels without resorting to casual to get through it.
The solitaire matches seemed a bit easy towards the end, but I didn't mind. I liked the addition of the puzzle and more short text adventures. I would have liked to see even more of those. The "Fight!" games were pretty cute and fun. It took me a minute to figure out how to slay the zombies, but once I did, it was enjoyable. If the tutorial showed how to knock the zombies off, then I missed it. But pro tip- click the correct sequence of candies in the boxes and then click on the zombie who has the same pattern to knock him off the board.
*– [Real player with 31.2 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198035684607)*
OHHHHH YES!!!!!!! I love this game and the game series!!! This one was magnificent as well!!! Not only it had fun and challenging card games + match 3, but it also added in more of the "random events" for picking answers and new type of puzzles!!! The artwork is amazing too - I just wanted to sit there and stare at it and imagine being there (minus the zombies lol). Really and truly had lots of fun with this one. :DDDDDDDDD!!! WOO!!!
I must also say this: the soundtrack is amazing. Especially the one that was in the beginning and pops up again on level 40 (and the other ones - I didn't get all the numbers). If the Team is interested in releasing the soundtrack for sale: I would certainly would love to buy it!!!
*– [Real player with 9.5 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198207083779)*
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## Amanda's Sticker Book
It's a simple connect-3 game. There is no real depth to the actual "sticker book" it's mostly a linear progression. Wish there was a menu button while at the sticker book itself, you have to start a match to exit the game which seems like an oversight. It appears e-FunSoft Games have a few connect-3 games and they're pretty much re-skins of each other, but good at what they are.
*– [Real player with 31.6 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197982457252)*
terribly good!
*– [Real player with 19.7 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198215584801)*
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## Fruitlockers Reborn! 2
+1 🍓
*– [Real player with 4.0 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197966570742)*
Great game! The double layer boards are a pretty interesting spin on classic matching. The relaxed mode is just my style. Nice to see a developer that understands that different players have different expectations and they manage to hit the right options for different play styles.
*– [Real player with 0.3 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198287349913)*
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## Hanoi Puzzles: Solid Match
Titles based on some old physical game are almost always a good choice, as long as the developer does not stumble along the way! Fortunately, Hanoi Puzzles: Solid Match is no exception. The implementation of this version is impeccable, and the fun from the original game is undoubtedly present here.
*– [Real player with 13.5 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198097032348)*
Solving all puzzle levels is easy. But finishing them within the sugested number of moves is not so easy.
Solving 5 levels in less moves then sugested, is a real challenge.
Recommended game for puzzle lovers and achievements hunters.
*– [Real player with 5.3 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198055339374)*
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