Candy Crush Saga
Puzzle Your Way Through Candy!
Ratings
Age
13+
Category
Puzzle
Languages
English
Wed Feb 25 2026
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Join Tiffi and Mr. Toffee on their sweet adventure through the Candy Kingdom. Travel through magical lands, visiting wondrous places and meeting deliciously kooky characters! Switch and match your way through thousands of levels in this delicious puzzle adventure. The game features various modes including Target Score, Clear the Jelly, Collect the Ingredients, and Order Mode.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
Candy Crush Saga is the undisputed heavyweight champion of the match-3 genre for a reason. While many dismiss it as just another casual game, the level design is actually a masterclass in psychological pacing and puzzle mechanics. The satisfaction of clearing a massive board with a Color Bomb combined with a Striped Candy is a dopamine hit that few games can replicate.
What keeps me coming back after all these years isn't just the thousands of levels, but the constant evolution of obstacles. From chocolate that multiplies to liquorice locks and magic mixers, the game forces you to rethink your strategy every few stages. Yes, the difficulty spikes can be notorious, and the late-game levels definitely nudge you toward boosters, but the core loop remains incredibly polished and visually vibrant.
Features
Thousands of levels
Daily Booster Wheel
Limited time challenges
Social leaderboards
Featured In
Upcoming Events
Tips & Walkthrough
Combine four candies in a row to create a Striped Candy that clears a line. Five in an L or T shape creates a Wrapped Candy for an explosion, and five in a row creates a Color Bomb to clear all candies of one color.
Gameplays
In Jelly levels, you must match candies on top of the translucent jelly squares to break them. Double-layered jelly requires two matches on the same spot to fully clear.
Screenshot
Q&A
The game is free to play, but some optional in-game items like extra moves or lives will require payment.
Ratings & Reviews
Candy Crush Very Frustrating
Sun May 07 2023 Goldenmom12I do not get why a game is made to be no fun. This game is fun at first BUT it gets to where it is more frustration. Challenging is one thing but playing a level for days or weeks to beat it is absurd and no fun. The levels shouldn't be so hard to pass and from what I read in the reviews, a lot of people feel the same way. All these games are just alike. Start out fun but become impossible. Games are supposed to be fun and relaxing but I guess you never got that memo! I wind up deleting them. Think about easing up a bit please. And it still has the same glitch problems I wrote about before. You pass a level and it doesnt recognize it and you're sent right back. Or even better, I have paid for extra moves because one or two moves and I would finally be done with a level, something happens, money is taken and you're sent right back to start that same level again. Ridiculous! FIX THE GLITCH PLEASE!!! Finally bet a level I had played for several days, saw the sugar crush and thought yes this level is finally over only to have a glitch in the game and it didn't show i'd beat it and took me right back to the level I'd just beat and several days later- stuck again!!!!! This game is fun but losing its appeal because some of the levels are so hard and take to many tries and to much time to beat that it just takes the fun out of it and gets boring and frustrating. I know you are in it to make money and maybe everyone's comments don't matter. But this is a money pit. The wait time is to long between lives and you need to add more lives because you will be still ok in the money department. Make it more fun and ease up on some of the levels.
I finally give up! I won’t make it to 13,000
Thu Jan 25 2024 Giometta CastadivaI’ve been playing this game since the beginning. I openly admit to my addiction (and you know that King). I noticed that the game has changed as others have, I now have to spend more $1.99 to finish a level. It seems that you’re calculating the number of attempts and shortening them so that only a player who has stockpiled tools or randomly receives some advantage can finish the level without resorting to paying money. I began noticing this after level 10,000. I really love this game but I think I can put it down now and walk away. I know Candy Crush will stay around for a long time because it’s an endearing game, but knowing that King has been sold to a big company where revenue is King, I’m going to step away now so I don’t feel like a fool for continuing to pay money. The aspect of addiction represented by this game is not healthy and is akin to the slot machines in a casino. Inconsistent rewards together with color, lights, and random cute things, are a powerful and seductive trap. As I let go of candy crush I noticed around me in the United States the pervasive Incursion of casinos, in fact I expect there to be at least one casino in every state if not more. I believe they’re going to replace malls, and as all of us are conditioned to the type of addiction that game like candy crush breed, yeah, Will all flock to those. And it won’t surprise me if the company that owns Candy crush now makes casino games… and so on and so on and so on.
Unfair
Fri Jun 03 2022 Lynnm12I’ve been playing Candy Crush for many years and in the 6000’s level-wise. I’m also a member of the King Royalty program. I am not connected through Facebook. I am connected with my email. I’ve invested quite a bit of money over the years. Any time I’ve contacted King, they’ve always been fair in reimbursing me when the game malfunctions. 3 days ago, I logged into King. I was informed I had 2 gifts to claim. I claimed gold. A lot of it. Literally right after, my game will not load. My computer generated picture is gone. Events are gone. All my boosters and gold are still available. The problem is, I cannot use the gold. In order to “play on” it prompts to use 10 gold bars. I get a “connecting” ring, and nothing ever happens. I’ve also received a “it’s not you, it’s us” or “no connection. Please try back later.” I’ve contacted King in reference to this problem. I’ve done every generic step. I have free space. I have restarted my phone. I have made sure the game is updated. King informed me that I would have to uninstall Candy Crush, and reinstall it. In doing so, I would lose anything I received for free. *cough cough* the gold bars I just claimed, and any boosters I’ve won. The only thing that would remain is what I’ve paid for. Uhhhh, no thanks, Vin (customer service rep). I will continue to complain and review this until my game is functioning correctly. It’s quite obvious to me what’s going on here. Guess being a LOYAL customer and paying into this game really has no real payout. What a joke.
Confused on the games objective
Mon Apr 25 2022 fiendheadIs the game to relax the mind or to cheat its way into people buying more lives & other things to keep playing. If soo nothing is replacing about that. I’ve been playing this game for years (since it first came out) but I deleted it for about 5 yrs because I noticed it was making it more and more difficult to pass levels but it’s always reminding me to relax and play the game. I relax and play the game but I notice that it gives you two or three good moves during a very hard level then it’s hard to pass the level. Once your out of moves you have to pay for everything. It extra little games to play to get more moves or boosters are trash. For a week straight I’ve been getting the fish for everything I’ve played. Am I suppose to be relaxing orContemplating my whole life trying to win a level. I be soo into a game that my last move or so can determine if I win and the game cheats to wear I keep having to use all my gold bars before in all out and have to pay. It’s no where near relaxing to have to spend money after spending over 50 gold bars to win a single game. I’ve spend some money on trying to win. The game has crashed several times during those times and I can not get my money or those boosters/lives back I’ve bought. This game has to do better than it does. I’ve complained about this before but nothing had been done about it. I want to relax and forget about my problems for an hour or 3 not spend money to keep playing a game that suppose to help me relax and forget about spending money.
🌺Lori’s Thought 🐾
Sat Dec 05 2020 sargent lexI totally think candy crush is awesome love playing the game but!!!! I totally hate the pig bank thing when I very first started playing this game/app ?, you had to bye it to even use it but I had a miss happen with my phone that made me have to use a temporary phone for awhile so I put the candy crush app on the phone and tried downloading my game I have been playing for years now and was not successful with the download so I just started over from the beginning which was not the most awesome thing at all but I also thought it’s been years sent I started playing the game and wanted to see the new update’s where add to it and they where very good like how now they give. you the pig bank with lots of gold bars for a bonus thing one receives while playing, I thought awesome they got enough people to complain about it or just got smarter but then you keep playing and it’s still a money taking piece of crap game that I ask myself why I let myself keep playing it and why I bought it so many times before in the past all i did was waste a lot of money my husband called it to my attention after we started the Apple share app that apple offers there consumers when they purchase their products and it’s called Apple share family plan that me and my husband set up for our family’s phone. Now that I have went on for ever trying to give you guys some insight to what made this question come about and why it was not sooner?? because I didn’t think I was actually spending that much but that is a totally not true!! I love candy crush but not that much and, I will continue to play and hope you guys that change the piggy bank and gold bar thing thing will keep making it better for the true lovers of candy crush 👍
Fav but also frustrating
Thu Feb 29 2024 RulzbrakrI've been playing for at least a decade so this is my favorite game. I got up to over 11k levels without paying one cent but also watched a heck of alot of commercials. I decide to splurge one day and paid 99 cents and it's been downhill ever since. Why give folks the option to watch ads to get stuff and then stifle progress? I've paid with my time. Also, who wants an update when they'll lose all the lives they've saved up? I've logged in to Facebook so if it saves progress then why can't it save my lives? It needs to get better. I find myself playing more of other games and trying new ones because this one gets frustrating. Keeping me on the same level for a month or longer with WAY less opportunities to earn coins and boosters. I used to have a chance to win weekly competitions but that's been reduced to zero. There was a time when I used to wait for new levels to be developed. Now I can't get past one level. This game was a great stress reliever but now it's becoming a source of stress and frustration. I could deal with the cheating glitches because I wasn't paying cash but I was paying with my time watching a whole bunch of commercials. There's a limit on lives you cam use in a day that are given to you by your friends. There's a monthly limit. I barely have lives, no boosters, not winning any levels or competitions, so what's fun about that? It's almost like I was penalized for actually spending money. I'm basically a founding fan / early adopter and this is how you treat me (and others I've read about)? You're about to lose me too so please fix it.
Love the game, but not on days where my temper is short
Mon Nov 10 2025 THROW SCOOTER AT BIRD HARDThis game is fun, but can also be annoying at times. The difficulty pacing is really weird. It gives you several normal levels, then throws a really hard one at you every now and then. I’m not really a fan, but it’s ok. My main issue however is the constant pop ups whenever I’m just trying to play the game. And I’m not talking about ads. You can play this game for hours without watching a single ad, I haven’t since install since they’re a choice, but whenever I open the game and go to play a level I have to go through several windows of what’s essentially a repackaged Fortnite battle pass or some event I don’t care about. I really don’t care to buy the Cool version or race random people, so I just skip over it. Overall, it’s mildly annoying at worst, pretty fun at best. It beats other free mobile games, in my opinion, because the only time you’d watch an ad is for rewards. You don’t get forced to in between levels, it’s just that you could watch one to get a boost to the start of your level or extra moves if you fail. I really do hate that the bar is that low that it makes this seem good. Some levels feel like they’re begging you to watch ads/spend money because they’re borderline impossible without it, but maybe that’s just me. I usually give it a couple days then come back to it and see if I can do it then.
AI
Sun Apr 21 2024 DRnLAPretty sure AI is now the culprit behind not letting users get past certain levels. At which point there are no balloons that pass to watch ads for boosters and there are also no boosters available to get when you watch ads at the end of a unbeaten level when events like the All Stars comes around. I am quite certain that not all the “users” are real, especially in the tournaments, they are there just to make it look like you’re behind someone sporadically throughout the game play so that you will buy more gold bars, boosters and etc just to get ahead. If you pay once for gold bars the option to get boosters by watching ads never come up again, also the random ballon that would cross on the main part of the app, non existent after paying for boosters. Also the Candy Royale should not even automatically start if don’t have any lives left, what’s the point. Speaking of which, boosters that have a timer should only count down when you are actually playing, and stop when navigating around in the app. Any game that you are forced to buy boosters just to pass to the next level is a money grab. They make you wait 30 minutes after you have used the 5 lives just to get one hoping that you will buy more to continue. If anything it should be another full set of five lives after 30 minutes at least. Don’t buy into it! Don’t feed their greed. This game has become a total scam. They only use the “events” to get people to spend that seldom if ever do, just to have the game itself not playable. This has AI written all over it.
Some Youtube Videos found!
Candy Crush Saga from King - YouTube
Candy Crush Saga - King Walkthrough - YouTube
10 Years of Candy Crush Saga - YouTube
Candy Crush Saga - YouTube
Candy Crush Saga Android Gameplay #87 - YouTube
Candy Crush Saga - It's Party Time! - YouTube
Candy Crush Saga - First Ever Level - YouTube
Intro To Candy Crush Saga: Basics & Learning All The Techniques! - YouTube
Candy Crush Saga Android Gameplay #120 Harder Version - YouTube
News found!
‘Were we all set up to fail?’ Staff at Candy Crush studio King reportedly fear more layoffs are to comeStaff at Candy Crush studio King fear that more layoffs are on the horizon, according to a new report. Last month King cut around 200 staff...
Video Games Chronicle Sat Oct 25 2025
Microsoft may be forcing team behind Candy Crush mobile game to use AI, after cutting 200 jobsA new report reveals how reliant Microsoft wants its employees to be on AI. Candy Crush and Farm Heroes Saga developer King has already seen...
Notebookcheck Sat Oct 25 2025
King’s All Stars live op appears to be firing Candy Crush Saga to near-record earningsKing's All Stars campaign will reach 79% of adults in the US and generate more than 2.3bn impressions across North America by the time it wraps up.
Mobilegamer.biz Mon Jul 28 2025
King crowns 2025 Candy Crush Saga All Stars champion and dishes out $1m prize poolKing crowns 2025 Candy Crush Saga All Stars champion and dishes out $1m prize pool ... King has crowned its 2025 All Stars champion after more...
PocketGamer.biz Thu Aug 28 2025
Candy Crush is still a beast, helping King hit a quarterly revenue recordKing's revenue hit its highest mark ever in Q1 of 2018. Candy Crush Saga was King's highest earner, with Candy Crush Soda Saga coming in second place.
gamesbeat.com Thu Aug 28 2025
The Sweetest Showdown: Candy Crush Saga Crowns Its 2025 All Stars Champion With A Dazzling Diamond Ring from Icebox and $500,000Candy Crush Saga has crowned its Candy Crush All Stars 2025 champion of the Live Final in Los Angeles.
PR Newswire Thu Aug 28 2025
Report: Candy Crush maker King is allegedly replacing laid off employees with AI toolsMicrosoft-owned developer King, best known for the Candy Crush series, is reportedly replacing a number of employees with AI tools created...
Game Developer Sun Sep 28 2025
How AI helps push Candy Crush players through its most difficult puzzlesLOS ANGELES (AP) — Players swiping their way through more than 18,700 levels of Candy Crush Saga might be surprised to learn they're solving...
Winnipeg Free Press Mon Jul 28 2025
'Candy Crush's' King Lays Off Employees in Favor of AI Tools They Developed, Says ReportsKing, best known for Candy Crush, has laid off its employees and replaced them with AI tools that they helped develop.
Player.One Sun Sep 28 2025
Sources suggest that staff laid off at King will be replaced by AI tools they helped to createA report from Mobilegamer.biz suggests that employees at the mobile developer who were working on level design and narrative will be...
GamesIndustry.biz Sun Sep 28 2025
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