Candy Blast Master

This board does not swap. You drag an entire row or column, every piece in it shifts together, and matches form wherever three or more of a colour end up in line. One gesture changes a whole line of the grid.

That makes the arithmetic quite different from a swap game. A drag that completes the match you were aiming for will also move a dozen other pieces, so the question is never just “does this work” but “what does this break”. Boards are lost far more often to the second half of that question than to a shortage of options.

It reads naturally on a phone, where dragging a row is a more comfortable gesture than tapping two specific tiles, and the game says outright that mobile is where it expects to be played.

Worth a few minutes even if you know the genre well: the shifting-line format is uncommon enough that your usual instincts genuinely do not transfer.

1. Pick the match you want to complete before choosing a drag.
2. Drag a row sideways or a column vertically to shift the whole line.
3. Check what else the shift moves — it changes every piece in that line.
4. Line up three or more of one colour to eliminate them.

Read the line you are about to drag from end to end, not just around your target. In a shifting-row game the damage happens at the far side of the board, where you were not looking.