Sparkle
Sparkle is a marvelously fast paced Match-3 Puzzle video game developed and published by BigFish Games. This wonderful match 3 puzzle game offers an amazingly addictive Game-play, beautiful environment and sleek mechanics along with beautiful visuals. In the game, player shoots the orbs from orb slinger to pop three or more of the same colored orbs and by doing that he prevents the orbs from reaching to the Black Pits. Orbs poured is from 3 different directions so the player acts fast to secure the maximum orbs. If any of the orbs drops down in to the pit, player loses a life. With every popped orb, player earns power ups and amulets that can be really helpful during the game-play. Three exciting new modes named as Challenge, Quest and Survival add a little bit more spice to the game. For all those fans of Match-3 Puzzle games who loved Zuma, this game would really be entertaining because of its similar game-play and mechanics. Sparkle is available to play on Windows and Mac only.
#1 TumbleBugs
This fast paced Puzzle and Match-3 game TumbleBugs is developed by Wildfire Studios and published by BigFish games in collaboration with GameHouse. Tumble bugs offers a similar game-play to the Popular Zuma Series and allows you to enjoy an immersive game-play experience. A slight difference is the presence of Bugs instead of the colored balls or marbles etc. In the game your task is to to hit the bugs with the same colored bugs and stop them from reaching the center. In other words you can say that the player must stop the bugs from reaching the underground lair of Black Bug Empire. If any bug reaches there, the player loses a life. With great power-ups, beautiful visuals and sounds and a beautiful environment, TumbleBugs provides with an amazingly addictive and catchy game-play. You can always try this cool game if you want experience a bit of change. TumbleBugs is available to play on iOS, Mac OS X, Windows, Wii and PlayStation 3.
#2 Zuma
Zuma, tile or balls matching Puzzle and Match-3 video game is developed by PopCap Games. This fast paced and super addictive game is available on multiple platforms such as Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Windows Mobile, Android, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Palm OS. With amazing and quite catching sequels named Zuma’s Revenge, Zuma Blitz and Zuma Deluxe, Zuma sold millions of copies and received Game of the Year award back in 2004. The game features an addicting and engaging game-play, adventure and gauntlet gaming modes and a lot of colored balls to match. The game-play is quite simple and easy, Player hits the balls of the same color and scores points and he must not let the balls reach to the center, or he’ll lose a life. Zuma is no doubt an addictive and quite exciting game that makes you play it for a long time. With all the sweet sounds, environment and immersive game-play itself, this game glues you to the device. If you really are into Puzzle and Match-3 type of games, Zuma is one amazing game for you.
#3 Bejeweled 3
Bejeweled 3, by PopCap Games, is a great source of entertainment for all the Tile-matching or Match-3 type puzzle video games lovers. Bejeweled 3 is the third marvel of the multi-million dollar “Bejeweled” franchise. Released back in 2010, Bejeweled 3 offers loads of new features, new game modes, revamped HD graphics and loads of fun achievements as well. The game offers similar core objectives as the previous versions, and it lets players swap three or more of the same shaped and colored gems to form a chain reaction and cause the Cascade to clear the Gems. One fantastic new feature is that it allows the players to match up other gems during a Chain Reaction and earn more points. Bejeweled 3 provides with all the amazing HD Visuals, new sounds, and the ability to match more than one set of Gems at a time, a unique badge system, four primary and eight other game modes, various difficulty levels, quest mode and loads of other exciting things to discover. Bejeweled 3 is a fantastic Match-3 type Puzzle video game to play and enjoy. It is available on Microsoft Windows, Mac OSX, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iOS, Android and Windows Mobile platforms.
#4 Zuma’s Revenge!
Zuma’s Revenge! is a Tilt-Matching, Puzzle, and Single-player video game created and published by PopCap Games. The game offers an exciting gameplay and it acts as the sequel to Zuma. It introduces HD graphics, new power-ups and levels, several new features, and new boss fights. In the game, the player controls a frog from a top-down perspective with an aim to clear each stage from the colored balls. It mainly revolves around Match-3 elements and the player needs to clear the string of rolling balls by matching three or more same color. The player move a ball-shooting frog which always points regardless the direction of the mouse to aim and fire at the strings of balls. When three or more same balls match together, they are vanished from the screen, and nearby balls take their place to fill the space. The game has four modes such as Adventure, Challenge, and more. Each offers a unique gameplay and a set of objectives that the player has to complete at any cost.
#5 Sparkle 2
Sparkle 2 is an Action-Adventure, Match-3, Arcade, and Single-player video game developed and published by 10Tons Ltd for cross-platform. The game brings an exciting storyline, in which five enchanted keys were created and scattered across the worlds, and they will remain undiscovered. Many adventurers have come to find these keys and failed. The game challenges the player to find the keys and unlock the secrets or join the ranks of the souls trapped within these lands. It is the sequel to popular video game Sparkle, released in 2007. During the gameplay, the player will experience the Action Puzzle gameplay and engage in match-3 mechanics while enjoying four unique modes such as Survival, Story, Cataclysm, and Challenge. The player can enjoy more than ninety levels throughout the storyline. He can supercharge his slinger with more than two-hundred combinations of sixteen different enchantments. Sparkle 2 offers core features such as Admire State, Experience the Action Gameplay, Explore Four Modes, Find Ninety Levels, Explore Exciting Locations, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.