Gardenscapes: New Acres
Gardenscapes | |
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Developer(s) | Playrix |
Publisher(s) | Playrix |
Platform(s) | Android, iOS |
Release | Apple App store August, 2016 Google Play August, 2016 Amazon App store August, 2016 |
Genre(s) | Puzzle |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Gardenscapes is a Free-to-play game released by Playrix on August, 2016[1]. It is available on iOS, Android, Mac OS, and Facebook, and combines traditional match-3 mechanics with a well-developed storyline. Players follow Austin the butler on his quest to restore a once-beautiful garden.
Gameplay
Gardenscapes is a match-3 puzzle game, where the core gameplay is based on swapping two adjacent elements to make a row or column of at least three elements. Every level has a goal, examples of which are a number of elements you have to collect, garden gnomes you have to find, etc. Gardenscapes consists of a number of chapters. By completing match-3 levels, players earn stars to progress through the storyline and unlock the next chapter.
Reception
More than 7.5 million people play Gardenscapes every day. Facebook named it the game of the year in 2016[2]. By November 2017, total downloads had exceeded 92 million.
References
- ^ "Playrix has become Europe's quiet giant in mobile gaming". venturebeat.com.
- ^ "Gardenscapes by Playrix is Facebook's game of the year". venturebeat.com.