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Among downloadable casual video games, according to a survey referred to by Juul, tile-matching games were the second most popular game type in 2004 and by far the most popular in 2005. After that, their popularity declined: they were the fourth most popular of several genres in 2006 and 2007, and in
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Towards 2010, new trends in tile-matching games appeared. The first was driven by the popularity of mobile games. Prior to 2012, most tile-matching games had no end goal, instead challenging the player to continue as long as possible until the board reached a state where no turn was possible, or, in
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atop this. The player would take turns against a computer opponent, making matches on a common game board, with the types of tiles matched representing role-playing game elements like attacks, defense, and magic which the player used to battle their current enemy, the larger game component had the
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where the player manipulates tiles in order to make them disappear according to a matching criterion. In many tile-matching games, that criterion is to place a given number of tiles of the same type so that they adjoin each other. That number is often three, and these games are called
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2008 a games publisher referred to them as a "niche" genre. But as they became well known and therefore assumed to be immediately playable by many people, tile-matching games migrated to other, more ubiquitous distribution channels such as cell phones and smartphones.
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The player must continuously remove the newly added tiles through matching. The game may end with a loss when the board is filled with tiles or if there are no more possible matches. It may end with a victory when the player clears the board or reaches a given score.
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differ only slightly from each other. It may also be because, as casual games, tile-matching games are designed to be easily accessible and easy to play, which conflicts with a traditional video gaming ethos that demands games to be challenging and punishing.
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were timed – that is, new tiles are continuously added and the player is under pressure to make matches before the board fills up. The rate of tile addition often increased as to make for a more difficult challenge in longer games.
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enough to appeal to players of earlier games, but innovative enough to differentiate the new game from earlier ones. This leads to developers, according to Juul, "simultaneously trying to out-innovate and out-clone each other".
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already had an untimed mode. In untimed modes, the player is able to continue to make matches until they reach an unplayable state, in which case the game is considered over. The addition of an untimed mode to
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are awarded for more difficult matches, such as those involving a greater number of similar tiles. In some tile games, when tiles are matched and removed, pieces above them fall to fill the space (as with
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player improve their character and obtain gear that improved the value of the tiles they matched or created special effects on the tile board, such as removing all tiles of a specific type.
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1963:Kart racing
1907:Virtual pet
1738:Walking sim
1713:Escape room
1612:Beat 'em up
1551:Bullet hell
1301:January 31,
1273:January 31,
1245:October 19,
1212:October 19,
1017:Juul (2007)
751:Chain Shot!
685:Triple Town
658:Royal Match
640:Boost Beast
568:Juice Cubes
417:Jewel Quest
381:(1997) and
365:multiplayer
306:(1992) and
252:(1995) and
174:Chain Shot!
161:Chain Shot!
150:Jesper Juul
122:Jesper Juul
68:Chain Shot!
2453:Open world
2364:Production
2285:Nonviolent
1968:Sim racing
1935:Government
1870:Simulation
1561:Twin-stick
1495:Platformer
1342:August 15,
1047:2013-04-27
971:References
961:29 January
842:algorithms
756:Bejeweled!
580:Alien Hive
550:Ruby Blast
528:Push Panic
405:Zoo Keeper
357:Jawbreaker
351:Sega Swirl
321:BreakThru!
238:Dr. Mario'
132:of games.
106:turn-based
2239:Christian
2227:Advergame
2115:Artillery
1848:Roguelike
1826:Soulslike
1705:Adventure
1541:Light gun
1395:1403.5830
1234:Informilo
1146:March 29,
1113:USA Today
1092:March 29,
1043:. AppData
884:×
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796:Bejeweled
780:Dr. Mario
497:Bejeweled
476:Bejeweled
399:Bejeweled
373:Dr. Mario
275:Puzz Loop
264:Dr. Mario
243:Puyo Puyo
217:with the
191:Dr. Mario
146:Solitaire
101:in 2013.
88:Bejeweled
2530:Category
2491:Minigame
2443:Masocore
2389:Fan game
2259:Licensed
2184:Non-game
2055:Strategy
1925:Business
1624:Fighting
1583:Survival
1568:Tactical
1295:Macworld
1118:June 13,
941:Artifact
912:(2009).
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730:games.
718:Features
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622:Hex Frvr
616:HuniePop
610:Ironcast
414:(2004),
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363:Several
339:Vid Grid
333:FlipOut!
296:(2005).
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260:Plotting
246:(1991),
219:Game Boy
208:Nintendo
203:Shanghai
197:Plotting
166:SameGame
99:Facebook
73:SameGame
36:SameGame
2458:Sandbox
2300:Serious
2233:BishĹŤjo
2150:Fitness
2122:Wargame
1980:Vehicle
1953:Fishing
1892:Farming
1792:Sokoban
1656:Stealth
1642:Pac-Man
1518:Shooter
1400:Bibcode
1186:Complex
871:NP-hard
815:Scoring
429:Tidalis
423:Chuzzle
393:Shariki
369:Columns
327:Gururin
315:Puzzled
298:Columns
185:Columns
179:Puzznic
136:History
112:-style
78:Puzznic
2407:Casual
2400:Design
2382:Doujin
2295:Sci-fi
2271:Sexual
2244:Comedy
2220:Themes
2204:Typing
2177:Rhythm
2155:Horror
1993:Combat
1958:Racing
1945:Sports
1902:Social
1887:Dating
1838:MMORPG
1778:Puzzle
1486:Action
1267:Kotaku
920:
821:scores
776:Tetris
743:Tetris
712:Threes
691:Threes
675:Threes
450:Tetris
227:Tetris
214:Tetris
170:Tetris
155:Tetris
114:action
110:arcade
75:) and
62:Tetris
2484:Other
2437:Kaizo
2430:Gacha
2376:Indie
2338:Co-op
2277:Eroge
2265:Otome
2254:Girls
2189:Party
2172:Music
2029:Other
2003:Space
1690:clone
1651:Snake
1644:clone
1605:Other
1526:Arena
1390:arXiv
1140:Wired
293:Luxor
281:Hexic
130:genre
2384:soft
2315:News
2145:Cozy
2073:MOBA
1879:Life
1636:Maze
1556:Rail
1536:Hero
1425:help
1344:2021
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1275:2020
1247:2016
1214:2016
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1120:2009
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