Pixel Defenders Puzzle
Pixel Defenders Puzzle is an iOS match-3 puzzle game developed by American studio Social Titans LLC and released on December 15, 2012. Gameplay. The game follows standard match-3 mechanics, where the player places three identical units next to each other to upgrade them. Units with defined roles such as barbarians, wizards and rangers can be created depending on the matched pixel colors. Each turn taken earns action points, which can be spent to attack the enemy, which aims to kill your "VIP", a piece that moves around the board and cannot attack. As of 2012, the  game had 36 levels. Critical reception. The game has a Metacritic score of 84% based on 8 critic reviews. SlideToPlay, giving it a score of 4 ("must have"), wrote "Pixel Defenders Puzzle has lots of charm and challenge, and that's exactly what we look for in a great puzzle game. Although the main gameplay is somewhat similar to another title, Triple Town, the combat elements make Pixel Defenders Puzzle feel fresh and exciting." Touch Arcade, giving it 4.5 stars, wrote "There's always been something satisfying about match-3 mechanics, but after enough years playing them over and over they 're bound to start feeling stale. Pixel Defenders Puzzle steps beyond that by taking something from a game that was already an excellent evolution of the genre and moving it forward to another, even-more satisfying level." The Times described it as a "clever and great-value game".