This article contains everything you need to know about Arkadium’s Wild West Match Game.
Use the list below to navigate specific topics about Wild West Match.
How to play
Wild West Match is a match-3 game where you switch wild west tiles to match the right ones. Make 3 or more matches of the same tile to wipe them away. You can do this by clicking them with your mouse, or dragging and dropping them.
At the beginning of each match, you are able to see your immediate objectives in the "Task" bar. This task represents the tiles you must clear in the beginning of each level. You can also activate boosters and see the current event of the game. This will be explained later in this guide.
When matching 4 or more tiles, you're able to create a special Line Blast or Cross Blast.
Line Blasts, horizontal or vertical, will take out an entire line when matched. Cross Blasts will take out both vertical and horizontal lines they're in.
You can also match them togerher to increase the power!
When matching 5 items, you will make a TNT Block.
TNT Blocks have a devastating effect in the game's tiles. They will erase every tile of the same kind as they're matched.
They can also be combined with Line or Cross Blasts, as well as other TNT Blocks.
At times, obstacles such as Gravel spaces will appear. To clear gravel, simply match tiles inside the gravel spaces.
There are other obstacles, such as Hat Spaces, which will not allow you to shift positions of tiles. You need to take out tiles near them and drop them down into the board.
Ice Tiles need to be matched around them to break.
There are many other obstacle types in the game. Play more to find out which!
When playing a level, you can see your performance with the star bar, as well as your objective and the points you've obtained so far. You must fulfill your objective with the currently available moves. Once you run out of moves, it's game over. The settings can be accessed on the top right.
On the right, you'll see the available boosts you can use in the level. They will all be locked when you start the game, but slowly you will unlock them.
Here are all the available boosts:
Swap allows you to swap two tiles when you want.
Hammer will remove a tile from the board.
Horizontal Rocket will remove a horizontal line from the board.
Vertical Rocket will remove a horizontal line from the board.
If you run out of boosts, you can collect more with coins or through gifts and the wheel.
There are also Boosters. These differ from boosts as they can only be accessed at the start of a level.
The first booster will give you 5 extra moves.
The second booster will give you Line Blasts in the level.
The third booster will give you TNT Blocks in the level.
Winning a stage will give you stars, points and coins. These are used to access further levels.
At times, you'll be given an Achievement gift.
Here is how the game's main menu works:
- Levels are displayed here. Each level can be played when the previous one has been completed. You can also see the star ranking of each completed level.
- Lives can be seen here. The number of lives you have are the number of tries you can challenge a level. When you run out of lives, you need to wait some time before they're recharged.
- Stars are located here. This is the total number of stars you've collected from the completed levels.
- Coins can be seen here. Coins will buy you boosts and other things such as giving you second tries to complete levels.
- Settings can be accessed here. You can mute sound and music.
- The Prize Wheel is accessed here. You can spin it for free or by watching ads.
You can also receive treasure in the map after reaching it. Click on it to access the coins, boosts and boosters inside.
Enjoy Wild West Match!
Tips
Here is how to get better at Wild West Match:
- Merge in 5s: Always try to merge 5 items instead of 3 to get 2 higher-level items instead of 1, maximizing your efficiency in clearing lines and tiles.
- Make use of Boosts: Boosts allow you to clear tiles more efficiently. This can assist you in conquering objectives as long as you have the necessary coins.
- Take your time: Wild West Match contains no timed elements. Please make sure to take your time in performing the correct matches, and you will achieve the goals.
- Check your moves: Be efficient in using all of the available moves to reach the goals. Each move can grant you multiple ways of solving each puzzle.
- Explore combos: Using large combinations efficiently such as line clearers can grant you enormous gains. Make sure to check all of them out in the earlier levels.
Scoring
Wild West Match's scoring system is incompatible with our leaderboards. This game is meant to be a short progression-based puzzle game, with scores limited to each level, which makes them impossible to post on a main leaderboard, as the scores are per-level. The game is meant for simple fun progression.