Gameplay Monsterpedia Stages Patch Notes

About the Game

Match Monsters is a hybrid of a match-3 and monster battling game. Players make matches on the board to power up their monsters and unleash damaging attacks.

Starting the Game

Selection Modes

Draft Mode

Each player will choose 2 monsters in the form of a draft.

The 1st player is randomly chosen and will choose one monster. The 2nd player will choose their 2 monsters. The 1st player will then choose their final monster. The 2nd player will start the match. Players cannot select monsters from the same element type that has already been chosen by themselves or their opponent.

All Pick
Each player chooses 2 monsters for the battle. You can only choose 1 monster from each element.

After the monsters are chosen, the 1st player is randomly picked. The 2nd player receives a 5 HP bonus.

Match Rules

Match Monsters uses a combo-based battle system that rewards strategic tile matching with powerful bonuses.

The bigger your match, the bigger the impact - both for your turn and your team!

Combo Rewards:
Each match gives you a chance to earn extra moves, heal your monsters, or deal direct damage to your opponent:

Tiles Matched	Bonus
4 tiles	+1 Extra Move
5 tiles	+1 Extra Move + Heal 5 HP
6+ tiles	+1 Extra Move + Heal 5 HP + Deal 5 Damage to the Opponent

You can earn multiple bonuses in one turn if you chain multiple matches together!

Move Slot:
Even with big combos, you’re limited by your current move slot capacity - typically 2 slots per turn. To gain more, use monsters with abilities that increase your move slots and open up even more tactical options.

Gameflow

Each player is given 2 moves per turn, as shown by the moves jewels at the top:

During a move, you can make matches by tapping or sliding an elemental tile on the board to create a match of 3 or more (horizontally or vertically):

These are the 5 color elements on the board to match:

The elements that you matched will contribute to your monster's mana, and not to your opponent's.

Monsters and Mana

Each monster has an element assigned to them.

When you make a match, if the element corresponds to one of your monster's element, it will fill up that monster's mana bar.

When a monster's mana bar is full, it will automatically perform its special ability:

During the game, you can tap on a monster to see information about its abilities.

Evolutions

You can power up and evolve a monster by feeding them 4 tasty Berries:

To collect Berries you need to match 3 or more of them on the board.

Evolving a monster consumes 1 move in the turn.

Boosts

If you have an evolved monster and 4 Berries, you can choose to boost that particular monster.

Boosting a monster will add 4 elements to the monster's mana bar.

Similar to evolutions, boosting a monster also requires 1 move in that turn.

Extra Moves

When you match a row or column of 4 or more elements, you will get an Extra Move for that turn:

You are only allowed 1 Extra Move per turn.

Endgame

The game ends when a player's HP reaches zero and the remaining monster master wins!

Credits

Game Developers: Matt Hackett, Chris Kocan, Bennett Struttman, Christian
Monster Designer: zerudez, Hoan Nguyen
Game Art: Ken Tan, Hoan Nguyen
Animation: Mark Gabot
Design Producer: Iris Lim