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Visual matching

Game genre concept

A type of puzzle games where you match colors, shapes, patterns or other visual cues together to progress.

786
games
90
platforms
Magical Tetris Challenge (Game Boy Color)
Magical Tetris Challenge
GBC 1999
Jewel Rotation (Nintendo Switch)
Jewel Rotation
SWTC 2019-10-25
Ochaken Kururin - Honwaka Puzzle de Hotto Shiyo (Game Boy Advance)
Ochaken Kururin - Honwaka Puzzle de Hotto Shiyo
GBA 2002
Chiki Chiki Tengoku (Game Boy)
Chiki Chiki Tengoku
GB 1995
Blockout (NEC PC9801)
Blockout
9801 1991-01-18
Sparkle (Windows)
Sparkle
WIN 2007
Ishido: The Way of Stones (Game Boy)
Ishido: The Way of Stones
GB 1990-08-02
Hatris (Game Boy)
Hatris
GB 1991
Xalk (Amstrad CPC)
Xalk
CPC 1990
Panel de Pon (Super Nintendo)
Panel de Pon
SNES 1995-10-27
Blockout (Apple IIGS)
Blockout
IIGS 1990
Shuzzle (Windows)
Shuzzle
WIN 2004

Popular tags

bubbleshooter cards fallingblocks hiddenobject hybridgame logicpuzzle match3 shariki-like slidingpuzzle soukoban tilecyclepuzzle

Parent group

Puzzle

Child groups

Falling blocks, Match 3, Color matching, Shape matching, Tile swap puzzle, Tile cycle puzzle, Bubble Shooter

Games by year

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The first Visual matching video game was released in 1978.

Sega, Nintendo and Taito published most of these games.

Platforms

Linux 87
Windows 69
MS-DOS 41
GB 39
BeOS 28
Mac OS Classic 25
Arcade 23
GBA 21
GBC 20
Apple II E 20
Nintendo DS 20
Amstrad CPC 18
Amiga 18
C64 17
Mac OS X 15
SNES 14
Wii 13
PS 13
X360 13
Android 12
iOS 12
Atari ST 11
PSP 11
ZX Spectrum 10
3DS 10
NES 9
NeXT 9
Atari 400/800 9
Game Gear 9
Mega Drive 8

Most common companies

Sega57
Nintendo26
Taito16
Ubi Soft15
Compile14
PopCap Games13
Ocean10
Sunburst9
Domark9
Konami8
Disney7
MumboJumbo7
Square Enix6
Scholastic6
Ubisoft5