Wizardry Match 3

Wizardry Match 3 has a named heroine, the witch Gueraula, whose knowledge of potions is all that stands between a set of magic portals and the dark creatures trying to break through them. The board is full of potions, and matching them turns into magical attacks that drive the creatures back.

The setting moves as you progress. The developer lists wizardry labs, eerie forests, mystical caves and haunted ruins, with challenging creatures to meet in them, and there are bosses as well as ordinary enemies. That gives the game a battle structure on top of the matching, with opponents to defeat rather than only a score to reach.

Controls are simple. You click or tap a potion to select it, then choose the one it should change places with. It runs in a landscape frame, 1920 by 1080.

Click a potion, or tap it on a touch screen, to select it. Then pick the potion you want it to swap with, and the two change places. Line up matching potions to launch a magical attack on the creature you are facing. Keep attacking until it is driven off, and carry on through the labs, forests, caves and ruins, with bosses to defeat along the way.

Every match is an attack, so a steady rhythm of matches keeps the pressure on whichever creature is in front of you. Bosses appear among the enemies, so be ready for opponents that are a step up from the rest. The game is about defending the portals, so keep the creatures away from them.

A potion-swapping match-3 with a fight on each level, in a landscape frame (1920 by 1080). Playable by mouse click or touch. Settings are labs, forests, caves and ruins, with bosses among the enemies.

Jewel Monsters is the closest match, with gem lines that attack forest monsters, and Gem Dojo charges ninja abilities from matches to take on rival ninjas.