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Candy Crush Saga for Android

By King.com Free Editors' Rating

Editors' Review

Download.com Staff Nov 10, 2017

Candy Crush Saga for Android proves to be as deliciously addictive as the Facebook version, featuring hundreds of levels, as well as the Dreamworld expansion, which enables you to replay completed levels while maintaining a balance of two colors of candies, so that the moon-shaped balance won't tip over, bringing Odus the owl crashing down from the Moon.

Pros

Tasty as candy: Candy Crush Saga takes the classic concept of the match 3 puzzle game and adds lots of candies -- lemon drops, blue lollipops, red jelly beans, orange lozenges, and more -- which you must switch and match on the game board in so many moves to reach a certain score, clear certain types of candies, or gather special ingredients. It's the combination of tasty graphics with the super casual but nevertheless challenging gameplay that makes this game such a hit.

Exciting gameplay: The game, with its buoyant music and easy mechanics, sucks you in from the first level -- your heart almost leaps in your chest as three or more sweets are matched and an epic explosion sweeps the game board, taking with it dozens of candies and boosting your score. Silly as this game is, it overshadows most other puzzle games on the Play Store.

Lots of extras to keep you playing: Apart from the never-ending succession of episodes and levels, you get to unlock treats like magical boosters, which help you clear the harder boards more easily. Also awesome is the multiplayer mode where you can challenge friends to compete with you for the highest score.

Cons

Becomes repetitive after a time: Once you complete the first episodes and progress to the higher levels, the game starts repeating itself, aesthetically. This is, however, inescapable for a game of this kind.

Ridiculously easy but also frustratingly hard: Strategy plays but a tiny part in this game, where winning or losing often depends on pure chance -- sometimes the right candies drop on the board and the result is an explosive combination of sweetness that makes you score points in the thousands and clear half the table in a snap. At other times, though, it seems that not even a chess grandmaster could clear the board.

Bottom Line

Delicious and addictive as it is, Candy Crush Saga trains only your thumb. There's no harm in playing it, but if you let the sugary color-matching business become an obsession, you'll waste hours on this game, and possibly tens or even hundreds of dollars on in-app gold. If you haven't played it yet, do try it. But keep in mind that there are games in the Play Store that can actually sharpen your mind and train your reflexes, while providing almost as much entertainment as this one.

Full Specifications

What's new in version 1.136.0.3

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General

Release November 11, 2018
Date Added November 11, 2018
Version 1.136.0.3

Operating Systems

Operating Systems Android
Additional Requirements None

Popularity

Total Downloads 73,578
Downloads Last Week 2
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Developer's Description

Start playing Candy Crush Saga today - loved by millions of players around the world.

With over a trillion levels played, this sweet match 3 puzzle game is one of the most popular mobile games of all time!

Switch and match Candies in this divine puzzle adventure to progress to the next level in hope of achieving that sweet feeling! Quick thinking and smart moves are rewarded with delicious rainbow-colored cascades and tasty candy combos!

Plan your moves by matching 3 or more candies in a row, using boosters wisely in order to overcome those extra sticky levels! Smash the chocolate and collect ingredients across thousands of levels guaranteed to have you craving more!

Take on this deliciously sweet match 3 Saga alone or play with friends! Candy Crush Saga is completely free to play but some optional in-game items will require payment.

By downloading this game you are agreeing to our terms of service; http://about.king.com/consumer-terms/terms

Candy Crush Saga features:

Tasty ways to play: Target Score, Clear the Jelly, Collect the Ingredients and Order Mode to name a few!

Check back daily to receive free tasty rewards, take part in time limited challenges to earn boosters to help you level up!

Collect sugar drops to progress along the Sugar Track for super sweet surprises!

Spin the Daily Booster Wheel for a delicious prize

Unwrap delicious environments and meet the sweetest characters

Tasty Candies, wrapped and striped Special Candies, Color Bombs and various other magical boosters to help with those challenging sticky levels

Thousands of the best levels and puzzles in the Candy Kingdom and with more added every 2 weeks your sugar fix is never far away!

Leaderboards to watch your friends and competitors!

It's easy to sync the game between devices and unlock full game features when connected to the Internet

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