Candy Fiesta Game Review

Candy Fiesta Game Background

Candy Fiesta is a sweets-themed match 3 game. Form and clear groups of 3 or more identical candies by having two adjacent candies switch places. Clear as many rows of identical candies from the grid before you run out of moves.

How to Play Candy Fiesta

To select, left click with your mouse or tap on the touchscreen with your fingers. Select the play button on the bottom right corner of the welcome screen to begin.

To form a row to clear, select one piece of candy, then select an adjacent one to have them trade places. If this results in a valid horizontal, vertical row of at least 3 identical candies, the candies forming the row are cleared. Any candies that form a valid row once the first row is cleared are also cleared. If the candies do not form a valid row, they return to their previous places.

Basic Gameplay Advice

You begin each game with 65 moves. Each switch you successfully make deducts a move from your move pool. The game ends when you run out of moves. View your remaining moves on the top right corner of the game screen.

You can clear up to 5 candies in a single row and clear multiple rows in a single move. Each time you clear more than 3 candies in a single move, you gain a special candy in place of the one you moved when the line clears.

• You gain striped candies from clearing 4 in a row. These take on the color of the row they came from and must be included in a row of their color to be activated. They clear a horizontal or vertical line of candies depending on the orientation of its stripes. The direction of the stripes is based on the orientation of the row you cleared to form it.
• Meanwhile, you gain chocolate balls from clearing 5 in a row. Have the chocolate ball switch places with any adjacent piece of candy will remove all of that type of candy from the grid.
• You form a wrapped candy when you clear 2 rows of 3 at the same time. Wrapped candies, when included in a row, will remove all the other candies surrounding them.

The game levels up every time you earn 1,000 points. You begin with a 6 x 6 grid, which gradually increases in size each time you level up. The largest the grid can get is 9 x 8.

The game has no timer. You can play for as long as you have sufficient moves.

Advanced Playing Tips & Strategy

Ideally, you should use activate special candies as much as possible. While they don’t earn you that many points by themselves, the cascading effect they often trigger will often create multiple rows in a single move, bolstering your score significantly.

Candies in the grid fall down to fill in the space left behind by the rows you clear, and new candies appear on the topmost spaces they leave behind. We recommend clearing rows on the lower part of the grid as it shuffles more candies around.

If you can’t make any good moves, consider making moves that allow you to build up an arrangement where you can

Educational Aspects

This game encourages players to think strategically to earn as many points as they can within the move limit. They are encouraged to be resourceful and make the most of every option available to them.

Player Age Recommendations

This game is suited for players school-aged and above. We recommend this to players who enjoy match 3 games.