Games like Royal Match: more levels, more stars, more rooms to fix

Royal Kingdom is the first game to try after Royal Match. It comes from the same studio and swaps the castle for a whole kingdom. Gardenscapes and Lily's Garden mix match-3 with a story, and Toon Blast is the faster tap-to-blast option.

Royal Match and Dream Games

Royal Match is a match-3 puzzle game by Dream Games, a studio in Istanbul. It launched in 2021. You beat levels with a move limit, earn stars and spend them to restore King Robert's castle room by room.

Boosters like rockets, TNT and the light ball come from matching four or five pieces. Hard levels are marked, and later ones bring more blockers such as boxes and grass. In November 2024 Dream Games released its second game, Royal Kingdom.

Puzzle games like Royal Match

Royal Kingdom. Dream Games' 2024 follow-up. The same match-3 feel, with a kingdom to rebuild instead of a castle.
Gardenscapes. Playrix's 2016 game. Match to earn stars and fix up a garden with Austin the butler.
Lily's Garden. Tactile Games' story-heavy match-3. Fix a garden and follow Lily's drama.
Toon Blast. Tap groups of cubes instead of swapping. Short levels and team events.
Candy Crush Saga. King's 2012 classic. Thousands of levels for when you run out of castle rooms.

Tips for hard levels

Look at the goal before the first move. Many hard levels are about one blocker, not the score. Make boosters early and combine them: two rockets, or a rocket and a TNT, clear far more than one at a time.

Work from the bottom when you can, since falling pieces make free matches. Save your free boosters for the levels marked hard.

Build your own puzzle on Roam

There is no Royal Match-style game in Roam's catalog to point you to, but Roam can make one from a sentence. It is a free iPhone app: describe the board, the goal and what each win builds, then play it.

Change it by talking, like 'add a hard level' or 'make the king my dad'. Send it to friends and compare scores.

Make your own castle puzzle with Roam

Describe the pieces and what each win builds. Roam makes the levels, and you can add blockers or a boss level by asking.

Try: "match-3 puzzle where every win rebuilds my treehouse, pieces are fruit, rockets clear a row, my little brother is the king"

Create it with Roam See Roam

Questions people ask

Is Royal Match made by the same company as Candy Crush?

No. Royal Match is by Dream Games in Turkey. Candy Crush is by King.

What is the new game from the Royal Match makers?

Royal Kingdom, released worldwide in November 2024.

What games are like Royal Match without the building part?

Candy Crush Saga and Toon Blast are mostly pure levels, with no rooms to decorate.