Cats Picnic

Cats Picnic (the developer also calls it Cats Picnic Link) is a match-3 where you link pieces rather than swap them. The pieces are fish, and the reason for collecting them is a group of cats having a picnic. Join three or more fish of the same kind and they are cleared, which is how the board empties and the cats get fed.

The scoring rule is simple and stated plainly: the more items in a match, the higher your score. So a link of three is the minimum and longer chains are better. Several kinds of fish are mixed together on the board. The game is presented as easy to learn, and the frame is tall, which makes it a natural fit for a phone held upright. On a computer the developer says to use the right mouse button, which is unusual enough to be worth knowing before you start.

Find three or more of the same fish that sit next to each other. On a phone or tablet, drag across them to link them. On a computer, use the right mouse button, as the developer instructs. The linked fish are cleared from the board. Keep making matches with the different kinds of fish to empty the board and win the level.

Score grows with the size of the match, so before linking three, check whether the same fish continue further along. If the left button does nothing on a computer, try the right button; that is the one the developer names for matching.

A link-style match-3 with fish pieces and a cat theme. Portrait frame (720 by 1280). Right mouse button on desktop, drag on touch screens. Matches need at least three fish, and bigger matches score more.

Swipe and Clear also has you drag blocks into groups of three or more across 20 levels, and Sea Match swaps fish into rows against a timer, with more stars for speed.