Candy Galaxy

Candy Galaxy puts confectionery in orbit and otherwise leaves the genre alone. Match three or more sweets, watch them go, let the board settle. The feed promises nothing more than that, and the page will not invent extra systems it cannot see.

The pairing of sweets with a space backdrop is more useful than it sounds. Candy boards usually sit on bright, busy backgrounds that compete with the pieces; a dark field behind the same sweets makes them easier to read and gives the whole thing a calmer feel than its sugar theme suggests.

That makes it a decent choice for a longer sitting. Bright-on-bright boards tire the eye after a few hundred clears; bright-on-dark ones hold up considerably better, which is why the jewel side of the catalogue has looked this way for years.

1. Swap two adjacent sweets to bring three or more together.
2. Watch what falls in — the refill often completes another match.
3. Take the lower match when two look equal.
4. Play at whatever pace suits you.

If long candy sessions usually tire you, this is the board to try. The dark background does most of the work of keeping pieces distinct, so your eye is doing less between clears than on the usual bright-on-bright grid.