Christmas Puzzle

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Christmas Puzzle is a single player casual puzzle game. It was developed by Notus Games Ltd and was released on November 7, 2017. It received neutral reviews from players.

Play through awesome Match 3 levels, collect Santa's coins and prepare your house for Christmas with beautiful ornaments and illuminations in Christmas Puzzle! Use incredible powerups to blast through the puzzles and have a fantastic Christmas Puzzle holiday!

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Audience ScoreBased on 17 reviews

music3 positive mentions

graphics3 negative mentions

The game has a cozy and festive Christmas theme with simple, colorful, and clear graphics that create a warm holiday atmosphere.
The soundtrack is soft, cheerful, and fitting for the season, adding to the relaxed and casual gameplay experience.
Christmas Puzzle offers a large number of levels and achievements to unlock, providing several hours of casual puzzle play and holiday-themed in-game decorations to collect.

The gameplay is often tedious and overly dependent on luck, especially because pieces drop unpredictably and the timer for achieving three stars is very strict, leading to repetitive level retries.
The power-up system is limited and inconvenient, forcing players to rely heavily on a single slow-filling hammer power-up, which can create frustrating deadlock situations without reshuffling.
The technical aspects and interface design are simplistic and lack customization, with poor resolution support and clunky navigation between levels, detracting from the experience on PC platforms.

gameplay
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
23%
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The gameplay is simple and accessible, focusing on relaxed, festive match-3 mechanics without deep complexity or innovation. While controls are responsive and progression feels natural, the experience may become repetitive for those seeking strategic depth. Overall, it offers a charming, casual puzzle experience suited for holiday enjoyment but may feel tedious or uninspired to some players.
- “Christmas Puzzle is a relaxed, festive match-3 puzzle game developed and published by Notus Games Ltd, created with a clear focus on seasonal charm and accessible gameplay rather than mechanical innovation.”
- “The mechanics are intentionally straightforward, avoiding unnecessary complications and allowing players to focus on pattern recognition and casual planning rather than memorizing complex rules.”
- “Its strength lies in its approachable mechanics, cheerful presentation, and relaxed pacing, making it an ideal choice for players who enjoy familiar puzzle gameplay wrapped in holiday charm.”
- “This game is mechanically broken.”
- “While I admittedly feel bad and sad about giving a Christmas game this low a score, I simply cannot recommend anything this tedious, questionably-designed, and anti-player, even if the aspects outside of gameplay delighted me.”
- “However, players seeking deep mechanical evolution or long-term strategic mastery may find the experience repetitive over extended periods.”
graphics
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
14%
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The graphics are simple, colorful, and cartoonish, resembling low-effort mobile apps with no options for resolution or detailed tweaks. While visually clean and clear for gameplay, the overall quality lacks the polish and depth expected from PC games, resulting in a less impressive visual experience.
- “The visuals are clean, colorful, and clearly readable, which is important for a match-3 game where clarity directly affects enjoyment.”
- “There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks.”
- “The game features simple, cartoony 2D graphics, of the type you normally expect to see in low effort mobile apps.”
- “Considering this is being evaluated as a PC game, having the graphics phoned in like this isn't going to result in a high quality, visually impressive game that PC gamers are used to seeing.”
music
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music is festive and cheerful, featuring a single, short track that loops noticeably but effectively complements the holiday mood with soft, relaxing melodies and unobtrusive sound effects.
- “The audio design complements this with soft, cheerful music and unobtrusive sound effects that reinforce the holiday mood without becoming distracting.”
- “The gentle music plays festive melodies, and the graphics are simple and colorful.”
- “The soundtrack is seasonal but relaxing and it's fun to collect coins to decorate your house!”
- “Music has only 1 track and it's only about a minute long, and the loop is very noticeable.”
atmosphere
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game effectively creates a cozy holiday atmosphere through gradual achievement unlocks and Christmas-themed tiles like ornaments and candy canes. Though not visually spectacular, its consistent festive presentation enhances the overall experience.
- “The tiles themselves are themed around Christmas motifs such as ornaments, candy canes, bells, and wrapped gifts, reinforcing the festive atmosphere at every step.”
- “While the presentation does not aim for high production spectacle, it succeeds in creating a consistently cozy atmosphere.”
- “You unlock achievements gradually while passing the time in the holiday atmosphere.”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the grinding in the game to be boring, tedious, and unnecessarily prolonged, making some puzzles feel frustratingly slow. This aspect negatively impacts the overall experience, despite other enjoyable elements outside of gameplay.
- “What a boring and tedious game.”
- “Even if you don’t care about getting the stars, some of the puzzles took unnaturally long due to the tediousness of it all.”
- “While I admittedly feel bad and sad about giving a Christmas game such a low score, I simply cannot recommend anything this tedious, questionably designed, and anti-player, even if the aspects outside of gameplay delighted me.”
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story is minimal and lacks traditional character development, but its light thematic context provides a sense of purpose. Specific missions, like the festive "decorate a house" task, add engaging seasonal elements despite limited narrative depth.
monetization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The monetization approach is well-balanced, allowing players to earn rewards naturally through gameplay without forced grinding or aggressive monetization tactics, fostering a smooth and enjoyable progression experience.
- “These elements are earned naturally through play, reinforcing a sense of progression without introducing grind-heavy mechanics or monetization pressure.”
character development
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game offers a light thematic context that provides a sense of purpose, but it lacks traditional story-driven character development.

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