Reach the goal before your moves run out — each level asks for more!
Finish with moves to spare and they 🎁 carry over to the next level.
Match 4 to forge a ✨ striped gem (blasts its row + column when matched).
Match 5 to forge a 🌈 rainbow gem (swap it with any gem to clear that whole colour).
🪨 Stones can't move or match — crush them with a match right next to them, or blast them.
Tip: swap a rainbow into a stone to shatter every stone at once. Chains score extra!
How to play Gems
Swap two neighbouring gems — tap one then a neighbour, or simply swipe — to line up three or more of the same colour. Matched gems burst, everything above tumbles down, fresh gems rain in from the top, and with a bit of luck one match sets off the next in a chain. Each level sets a points goal and a move budget: only swaps that make a match spend a move, and if you reach the goal with moves to spare, the leftovers carry over to the next level as a reward for efficient play.
Bigger matches forge special gems. A match of four creates a striped gem that blasts its entire row and column when cleared; a match of five creates a rainbow gem — swap it with anything to wipe that whole colour off the board (swap two rainbows together for a full board clear). From level two, stones start dropping in: they can't move or match, and must be crushed by matching right beside them or caught in a blast. From level four a seventh gem colour appears and matches get scarcer.
Playing for the long run
- Work from the bottom of the board — low matches disturb more gems and trigger far more accidental chains.
- A striped gem is worth saving until its row or column is full of stones or clutter.
- Never waste a rainbow on a colour with only a few gems left — or better, spend it on a stone infestation.
- Spare moves compound level after level: finishing level one six moves early is the difference between dying at level 5 and cruising to level 8.