Games Like Royal Match: Match-3 Levels with Boosters
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Games like Royal Match are match-3 puzzle games played in levels: you line up three or more of the same piece, reach the level's goal before your moves run out, and use boosters to clear what is in the way. Royal Match is a 2021 mobile game by Dream Games. The games below are original titles by independent studios that keep the levels, the goals and the boosters.
How Royal Match plays
Royal Match is a match-3 game: you match three or more pieces of the same type in a line. Every level gives you a set number of moves, and the goal is not always to clear the board. You also clear other items placed on it, such as vases and royal eggs. Fail a level and you lose one of your five lives, which come back over time.
Boosters are the second layer. Some, such as rockets, TNT and light balls, are placed on the board before a level starts. Others, such as the royal hammer and the jester's hat, appear during play. Around the levels runs a story: King Robert is restoring his castle, and playing levels opens its rooms and areas.
So the game asks for a goal per level, a move limit, boosters and a place that fills in as you go. This table shows where the games below ask for the same.
| What you do in Royal Match | Games that ask the same |
|---|---|
| Match three or more to clear a level | Crystal Treasures: Match 3, Fruit Match 3 Championship, Pirates the match 3 |
| Reach a goal before your moves run out | Xmas Match Deluxe, Fruit Match 3 Championship, Haunted Sweets |
| Use boosters and power-ups | Crystal Treasures: Match 3, Candy Shuffle Match-3, Indian Delights Match 3 |
Closest to Royal Match
These keep the levels, the goals and the boosters.
- Crystal Treasures: Match 3 is a jewel game with level goals. You swap gems, use boosters such as Hammer, Bomb and Lightning, collect coins and earn stars across 30 main levels, plus bonus modes. A mouse click or a tap plays it.
- Fruit Match 3 Championship has 100 levels of increasing difficulty and several objectives on every level. You drag and swap fruits to clear targets and build combos, with the mouse.
- Jewel Christmas Story sets missions with goals, in a Christmas theme. You match at least three identical items, use boosters, and collect game currency to spend on boosters in its shop.
Goals, tasks and limited moves
In Royal Match a level is a small job with a move limit. These games set jobs too.
- Xmas Match Deluxe has you swap adjacent gifts into rows of three and collect a required number of gifts in limited turns. Collect more than five and you get a spell (a power-up) that you cast by dragging it onto the target.
- Pirates the match 3 gives each level its tasks: dig treasures, open chests and fight enemies. Longer matches forge mightier gems.
- Indian Delights Match 3 has over 30 levels of sweets, power-ups such as the Golden Sweet and the Laddoo Bomb, and a Hint button.
- Haunted Sweets has 100 levels of spooky icons, and you clear the board before time or moves run out. You click or tap an item and drag it to swap with its neighbor.
Boosters and special pieces
Boosters are what turn a stuck level into a cleared one.
- Candy Shuffle Match-3 has you swipe to match three or more candies and collect them to pass your mission. Its description says to use power-ups on hard levels.
- Jewel Aquarium is a turn-based match-3 with levels and modes. You swap fish to chain three or more, and a match of four or more is rewarded with explosive power-ups.
- Underwater Blast adds obstacles as the levels go on, such as seaweed traps, drifting bubbles and hidden treasures. Power-ups and special boosters set off chain reactions.
The same loop on other boards
These three keep the levels, goals and boosters and change the board. They are not swap games, so the habits differ.
- Galaxy Pop is a bubble shooter with 1,000 levels. You match three or more bubbles of the same color to pop them, and some levels have special goals: rescue the aliens, collect the UFOs or collect the eggs. The boosters are Color Pop, Hook and Blast.
- Rooster Ranch is an egg-matching puzzle on a farm. You tap an egg to send it into your nest tray, and three eggs of the same color hatch a chick. If the tray fills up, the level is lost. It has 1,000 levels and the boosters Magnet, Undo and Hammer.
- Sands of Anubis is a tile-matching puzzle with almost 5,000 levels. You tap a tile into the tray, three matching tiles clear, and a tray that fills with 7 tiles restarts the level.
More are on the match-3 page, match-3 tips covers the habits, and the sweets side has its own guide, match-3 games with candies and sweets.
Tips for level-based match-3
- Read the goal before the first swap. Fruit Match 3 Championship has several objectives on every level.
- Count your moves. Xmas Match Deluxe limits your turns, and Haunted Sweets ends a level when time or moves run out.
- Make longer matches on purpose. In Jewel Aquarium and Haunted Sweets, a match of four or more creates a power-up.
- Keep boosters for the level that is stuck. Crystal Treasures: Match 3 gives you Hammer, Bomb and Lightning to choose from.
- Use the hint when no move shows. Indian Delights Match 3 has a Hint button.
Games like Royal Match FAQ
Are there free games like Royal Match?
Yes. The games above play free in the browser, with no install and no registration.
Are there games like Royal Match without in-app purchases?
The site has no in-game purchases, paid access or subscriptions. A few games keep their own coins, which you collect while you play: in Crystal Treasures: Match 3 you collect coins and earn stars, and Jewel Christmas Story has game currency.
Can I play games like Royal Match online or on a computer?
Yes. The site works in the browser of a phone, a tablet and a computer. Crystal Treasures: Match 3 plays with a mouse click or a tap, Haunted Sweets and Xmas Match Deluxe with a mouse or touch, and Fruit Match 3 Championship with the mouse.
What is another game like Royal Match?
Crystal Treasures: Match 3: it joins swapped gems, level goals and boosters such as Hammer, Bomb and Lightning. For more levels with set objectives, try Fruit Match 3 Championship.
Read the goal, count your moves and keep a booster for the level that needs it.
