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The best tile-matching games

Tile-matching puzzle video games are a popular genre of games that involve manipulating and matching tiles or blocks to clear them from the game board. These games typically feature a grid-based layout where players must swap, slide, or rotate tiles to create matches of three or more identical tiles. Tile-matching puzzle games can be highly addictive and offer simple, yet challenging gameplay. 
They are often designed with colorful graphics, catchy soundtracks, and progressively difficult levels to keep players engaged and entertained.

The objective of tile-matching puzzle games is to clear the game board by making matches, which causes the matched tiles to disappear. As players progress, the difficulty usually increases, introducing obstacles such as limited moves, time constraints, or special tiles with unique properties. Tile-matching puzzle games can come in various forms and themes including match-3 games, collapse-style games, mahjong games.

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7 colors

DOS19913.5/5 Gamos
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15x15 Picture Puzzle

DOS1996freeware3.4/5
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Mystery at the Museums

DOS19933.3/5 Artech Studios
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Columbus Discovery

DOS19923.2/5 Gamos
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Magnetic Crane

DOS19892.9/5
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Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye

Windows 3.xMac OS19902.8/5 Activision