Wild West Match 3

One thing to clear up before anything else: the name says Match 3, but this is a bubble shooter. You aim and fire at a ceiling of coloured bubbles rather than swapping tiles on a grid. The game’s own description calls it Bubble Shooter Wild West, and that is the accurate label — which is why it sits on the bubble shelf here rather than with the swap boards.

Taken as a shooter it is well equipped. Sheriff Bonnie fronts a frontier-town story that moves through deserts, saloons and canyons, and there are three difficulty modes: Novice, Expert and Master. Detailed statistics track your best, current and previous scores, which is more score-keeping than most browser shooters bother with.

The three modes are the reason to pick it up. A shooter with a difficulty setting lets you decide whether you are relaxing or competing, and most in this catalogue make that choice for you.

1. Match the launcher colour to a group above and fire.
2. Connect three or more of one colour to bring them down.
3. Pick Novice, Expert or Master depending on how hard you want it.
4. Check the statistics screen to compare against your previous runs.

Start on Novice even if you shoot well. The mode changes the board's pace rather than only its scoring, and the stat tracking is more useful once you have a baseline on the easier setting.