Casual · Logic Puzzle
SameGame
Play SameGame online. Remove touching groups of matching blocks. Gravity drops the remaining blocks and empty columns slide together.
The game's own interface may still be in English.
Overview
SameGame is a block-removal puzzle in which the board rearranges itself after every move. A connected group of at least two matching blocks can be removed together. Blocks above the gap fall down, and when a column becomes empty the remaining columns slide together. Those changes can combine distant colours into a larger group or strand a single block with no matching neighbour. You are therefore shaping the future board as well as collecting the current group. This is separate from swapping three gems or matching cards: no new blocks enter to refill the board. The supplied Same Game engine offers different initial arrangements and keeps an undo history, so you can compare how two removals alter the remaining clusters.
How to Play
Click a group of touching blocks of one colour to select it, then click again to remove the selected group. A solitary block is not a removable group. On a phone, use two deliberate taps and watch the highlighted selection before confirming the removal. Continue while legal groups remain, aiming to clear the board and build larger combinations. Undo restores a removed group and its previous arrangement. Restart returns to the original block layout, and New creates a different starting board.
Tips & Strategy
Inspect the bottom rows before removing a small group at the top. Clearing lower blocks changes the vertical alignment of many colours at once and can create a much larger next move. Think about column collapse separately from gravity: removing the final block in a column brings colours together horizontally. Keep at least one partner accessible for an isolated-looking colour near the edge. A large immediate group may still be a poor choice if it leaves unremovable singletons. Use Undo to compare two sequences from the same position, checking the resulting groups rather than merely counting the blocks removed on the first click.
About this version
SameGame uses the locally compiled samegame engine from Simon Tatham’s Portable Puzzle Collection. The original authors retain credit under the MIT license. SonoTap provides the browser adaptation and this guide.
Controls
- Mouse
- Click a group of touching blocks of one colour to select it, then click again to remove the selected group. A solitary block is not a removable group. On a phone, use two deliberate taps and watch the highlighted selection before confirming the removal. Continue while legal groups remain, aiming to clear the board and build larger combinations. Undo restores a removed group and its previous arrangement. Restart returns to the original block layout, and New creates a different starting board.
- Touch
- Tap or drag on the board using the same rules as mouse input. Enable Secondary for the alternate mark; numeric games also provide on-screen keys.
Features
- Remove touching groups of matching blocks. Gravity drops the remaining blocks and empty columns slide together.
- Local open-source game engine with original author credits
- Generated puzzles and the upstream Type settings
- Undo and restart controls
- Touch input and a secondary-action toggle
Frequently asked questions
What is the goal in SameGame?
Remove touching groups of matching blocks. Gravity drops the remaining blocks and empty columns slide together.
What is a useful first deduction in SameGame?
Inspect the bottom rows before removing a small group at the top. Clearing lower blocks changes the vertical alignment of many colours at once and can create a much larger next move.