Ice Cream Puzzle Game Review

Ice Cream Puzzle Game Background

Ice Cream Puzzle is a frozen treat-themed connect-3 game. Link 3 or more servings of ice cream together to clear them from the hexagonal grid. Clear the target types of ice cream before the timer expires to beat each level.

This game was developed by Zygomatic.

How to Play Ice Cream Puzzle

To select, left click with your mouse or tap on the touchscreen with your fingers. On the welcome screen, select Play to open the level selection screen. Select an unlocked level number to begin.

Select one ice cream, then select its neighbor to connect it. Connect 3 or more ice creams together to clear them from the grid.

Basic Gameplay Advice

Clear the target ice cream servings shown on the right. To clear ice cream, form chains of 3 or more identical servings. New servings will replace the ones you remove as you play. Each time you run out of possible moves, the game automatically shuffles the ice cream servings around.

The game has 100 levels, which are unlocked sequentially. Your web browser automatically saves your level progress. You can replay any of the levels you’ve previously beaten.

Meet the level’s target before the 10-minute timer expires to beat the level. You will fail the level if you allow the time to expire before meeting the target number of ice cream servings. Upon failing, you can replay the level or quit. Quitting will clear your progress and allow you to save your score to the leaderboard.

You earn 10 points for every serving of ice cream you clear. The shortest chain you can clear is worth 30 points. Your score is cumulative across every level you play. You can save your score to the leaderboard upon finishing every level or after quitting. View the leaderboard by selecting High Scores on the welcome screen.

Advanced Playing Tips & Strategy

Try and find the longest possible chains early on in the level to gain an early score boost. Focus on creating long chains of the target servings so you can clear more than what’s needed to finish the level.

Pay attention to how the pieces fall and plan around it. This way, you’ll be able to direct the pieces to where you want them to fall.

Educational Aspects

This game hones a player’s spatial thinking and problem solving skills.

Player Age Recommendations

This game is suitable for players school-aged and above.