Halloween Match
Halloween Match is a free Halloween puzzle match game where the player sends little spooky characters up a chimney from a crypt and matches identical characters. The rules take no more than ten seconds to learn, but as the game progresses the levels get trickier and trickier.
Halloween Match is a game for people who like matching games, bubble games or just calm puzzle games that require a little bit of planning and strategy.
At the start of the level everything inside the crypt sits still. When a player taps a character (a bubble), it floats up towards the narrow neck of the chimney.
The neck’s width is one bubble wide, so whatever arrives there stacks in a single line. Two of the same characters stacked next to each other in that line pop and disappear. The only rule for items to pop is that they should be next to each other.
For example, if you send a pumpkin, then a ghost, then another pumpkin, then both pumpkins will stay where they are and will not disappear because the ghost is sitting between them. Usually there is still a possibility to win even in such a situation.
For example, if there are at least another two pumpkins and a ghost in the crypt, you can tap the pumpkin in the crypt to float it up to the pumpkin at the chimney neck and then when two pumpkins meet they will pop.
Then you can tap and float the ghost to pop the ghost, and then tap and float the second pumpkin.
Often the item that is needed to match a pair is stuck under two or three other bubbles, so the player has to work out which items to pop first and which are better not to touch because they might block the way. The level is lost when the chimney neck overflows.
Two gargoyles are always there, watching the board and suggesting the next move. On some levels the gargoyles want their favourite food, and the player has to feed them.
On other levels a pesky rat jumps from bubble to bubble. The player has to chase it away.
How to Play
- Tap any bubble to send it floating up the chimney.
- Two of the same bubbles next to each other in the chimney pop and disappear.
- Only neighbours match and pop.
- Pop every pair on the board to complete the level.
- Do not overflow the chimney.
- On some levels, feed the gargoyles their favourite food.
- On other levels, chase away the pesky rat.
Collect 25 Halloween Characters
The player starts with three Halloween characters and discovers the rest as they play. There is a sugar skull, a moon cat, a bat, a mummy, a witch’s brew and a little werewolf among others. Every character appears in the winning picture, a Halloween castle that gets more elements and characters with each completed level. If a player taps on the character in the winning screen it will react and each character will react differently. It’s a small easter egg that we decided to include in the game.
Helpers
Helpful actions for when a level looks too hard or the player gets stuck:
- Shuffle All - rearranges every bubble on the board including the bubbles in the chimney.
- Extra Slot - opens one more space in the chimney.
- Undo - takes back the last move.
If you are looking for free Halloween games to play in a browser or just a calm matching puzzle game with a little bit of thinking and strategy in it, Halloween Match is worth a try this October. And if you give it a try, please join our Discord server and tell us what you think about this new Halloween Match game.