Match 3: Magic Forest

In Match 3: Magic Forest, the board is filled with cute forest animals like foxes, hedgehogs, squirrels, and owls. Swap their places to make chains of three or more of the same kind. When you complete a line, those animals disappear, and you earn points, while new ones drop in from above to fill the empty spaces. In this match-3 puzzle game, you move through levels, and each level asks you to make a certain number of combinations or reach a target score.

How to play?

Tap one animal, then tap a neighboring one to the left, right, above, or below to swap them. If the swap creates a line of three or more identical animals, that line disappears. You can also drag an animal toward a neighbor with your finger or mouse; it works the same way. Diagonal moves do not count, only vertical and horizontal swaps. Look over the board before you move, since one good swap can form both a vertical and a horizontal line at the same time and give you extra points.

If the swap does not create any matches, the animals move back to their original positions, and you lose that turn. Try to plan ahead so you do not waste moves. The goals change from level to level. Sometimes you must collect specific animals, like twenty foxes or fifteen owls. Other times, you are racing the clock, trying to make as many successful moves as you can in one minute. There are also levels where you have to clear the background under the cells, just make a combination over a shaded tile, and it will brighten. Clear the entire board to move on.