Heroes of Match 3

Heroes of Match 3 gives its sugary board a royal plot. King Donuttan The Third has lost his throne, and the sweets you match in lines of three are how you help him win it back. Building delicious combinations is the core instruction, and the story of a donut monarch keeps the tone light throughout.

Around the board sits a fuller structure than most browser puzzles bother with. There are tournaments where you test your three-in-a-row skills against other players, daily tasks that hand out bonuses on a regular basis, and the option to play with friends or with players from around the world. The description also promises many heroes, dramatic stories and thousands of levels with their own mechanics.

That scale is the point of it. This is a game to return to over many sessions rather than to finish in one, and the daily tasks give a reason to check in even when you only have a few minutes to spare.

1. Swap sweets to line up three of a kind.
2. Build combinations to clear more of the board at once.
3. Complete daily tasks for regular bonuses.
4. Enter tournaments to compete with other players.

Do the daily tasks first in each session. The bonuses they hand out make the harder levels and tournament rounds noticeably easier.