Candy Crush Saga
Candy Crush Saga is a free-to-play match-three puzzle video game released by King as a variation of their browser game Candy Crush. In the game, players complete levels by swapping colored pieces of candy on a game board to make a match of three or more of the same color, eliminating those candies from the board and replacing them with new ones, which could potentially create further matches. Boards have various goals that must be completed within a fixed number of moves, such as collecting a specific number of…
A brilliantly tuned match-three that knows exactly when to frustrate you into paying.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Special candy combos are deeply satisfying
- Endless supply of levels
- Perfect for two-minute breaks
Not so much
- Difficulty spikes feel engineered to sell boosters
- Lives system throttles your play
Play it if casual puzzlers who want a quick, colourful fix every day.
Skip it if anyone who hates timers, lives and nudges to spend.
No cheat codes
Candy Crush Saga doesn't have cheat codes. The tips and secrets below are the next best thing.
Play it better
- Match four in a line for a striped candy, five in an L or T for a wrapped candy, and five in a straight line for a colour bomb.
- Combine specials rather than firing them alone: striped plus wrapped clears a giant cross, and colour bomb plus striped turns every candy of that colour into a striped one.
- Two colour bombs swapped together clear the entire board, which is the best move in the game.
- Make matches near the bottom of the board where possible, because falling candies create free cascades.
- Read the level goal before your first move; clearing jelly, dropping ingredients and hitting a score target all need different plans.
- Leftover moves turn into specials in the end-of-level Sugar Crush, so finishing early boosts your score.
Hidden in plain sight
Tap a secret to reveal it.
Trivia
- It launched on Facebook in April 2012 before arriving on phones later that year.
- Activision Blizzard bought King in 2016 for about $5.9 billion.
- The map has grown past 10,000 levels, with new episodes added most weeks.
- Its main characters are Tiffi and the villain Mr. Toffee.
