Ninja Treasure Match 3

The ninja needs treasure and you fetch it by drawing. Press a gem, drag through others of its colour, and the whole line goes at once. Three is the minimum; the interesting territory starts higher up.

Past five gems in a single line the game pays twice over — a bonus and extra time — which turns the clock from an enemy into something you can farm. A player taking careful threes slowly runs out of seconds; a player stretching every line to six or seven keeps buying them back. The whole difficulty curve is built around that distinction.

Everything else is deliberately plain: easy to pick up, no systems to learn, and a board readable enough to trace a long route at speed.

1. Find a run of same-coloured gems that connect.
2. Press and drag a line through them, then release to clear.
3. Stretch past five whenever the route allows — that is what pays bonuses and time.
4. Keep the ninja collecting; time comes back only from big lines.

Count the gems in a route before committing. Four is barely better than three; six changes the game, because the time it returns funds the next search. Treat five as your minimum ambition rather than your ceiling.