Last updated on January 3rd, 2026 at 12:42 pm
Six Match – Strategy Game Review
Six Match is a Strategy/Puzzle game from Aaron Steed, first launched in 12th January 2018.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 46+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Six Match Stand Out
Enter the Match-3 board as Mr Swap-With-Coins and try to make a match in 6 turns or less.
It's like a sliding tile puzzle crossed with a Match-3 game.
As the coins keep dropping, so do new mechanics:
- Get wild-card-coins from matching 4 or junction-match to create a bomb.
- Each match gives you a card, collect matching cards for bonus score.
- Lucrative un-matchable diamonds you can only collect at the bottom of the board.
- Wrap your mind around coin-cages that push whole lines of coins.
- Yet more mechanics, but why spoil it all?
Six Match also features:
- A puzzle mode with bite sized challenges.
- Gamepad support.
- Auto-save.
- No pay-to-win or timers.
Six Match is now a self-contained paid app:
Ads, in-app purchases, and social features have been removed to ensure the longevity of this game.
This Strategy game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Six Match is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 5th January 2023
Recent improvements include:
Added:
- New puzzle mode: Short levels where your task is to clear the board – with undo and redo buttons for your convenience.
- New UI: The help button is more "helpful" and the interface is more readable.
- New mechanic – dice coins: A tough new mechanic replaces the skulls, a swappable version of the dice blocks that demand skill to remove.
- Gamepad support – pair a gamepad with your device to play Six Match like a console game.
- A lot of small tweaks and fixes to graphics, sound, and gameplay.
Removed:
I maintain Six Match in my spare time. This makes updating the app very expensive, more so if it involves the app talking to the internet. For these reasons I have removed a number of features from the game:
- Ads.
- In-app purchases.
- Social Features (highscore, achievements).
These changes will keep Six Match working on your device for as long as possible and expedite future updates.
Download & Availability
Six Match is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Thank you, developer, for updating this game and making it totally premium with no more ads or IAP. We like that there are different modes now too. Im not super good at this game, but we totally love it, because youre competing only against yourself anyway. Its super easy to pick up and play, its unique, and its as casual or highly strategic as you want it to be. The fact that you can save progress at any time is a huge plus for busy people. Only have time to make one move? Fine. Want to play an hour? Fine. This makes you go to the game often because you can fit in a play session anytime. Thank you for making a good game, pricing it more than fairly, and keeping it updated to keep working. Much appreciated.
This is one of our favorite mobile games of all time. Im leaving this review to thank the developer for continuing to maintain this game. Thanks.
Six Match used to be our favorite game-our go-to whenever we needed a quick break. However, this update is driving us crazy. Most of the changes are okay, but if nothing else is there any way you could bring back the long-playing mode, where you can keep playing until you make a mistake. Please? Pretty Please.
Waiting rooms, standing in line, during commercial breaks – Six Match is perfectly addictive for every situation. It'll stay forever on our phone.
Perfect lightweight puzzle for those idle times when you dont want anything too deep. Our only gripe is that there is no way to turn off the helper thing at the beginning and that help button that pops up when you dont move for a second or two. Please give us the option to turn this off.
Im not sure where the dev is deriving such unique and fun gameplay elements and compelling challenges and strategies, but its almost miraculous that they have found some way to make such a stale genre a blast to play.
We downloaded this game again on our newer phone, and unfortunately the restore purchases button does nothing, so we get ads even though we had paid to remove them. Im giving it two stars only because the game itself is really good. But we would rate zero stars because if not being able to restore purchases. If a developer doesnt keep their game updated, they should remove their app from the store. Totally not ok. We no longer recommend this game.
Compelling and ingenious match-3 game. Get this.
Im having fun exploring this game and how it works. The low-resolution graphics, though, make it difficult to play for very long. Gives us a headache. Still, Im playing it! Worth it to pay to remove the ads. Would be worth even more to pay to improve the rudimentary graphics. An HD version? Hint, hint.
We cannot believe how much we are enjoying this game. We dont do too many reviews, but whenever a game like this comes around, and somehow slips by Apples radar. Its a shame, because this game should be at the top of the charts right now. A feature on the AppStore goes a long way. Thats our rant. Our review is great job to the dev. Great idea. Great execution.
Just when we thought someone could not make another rendition of a match-3, of course the developer of Ending proved us wrong. Great game, if you're reading this, just download it.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.3
- Size: 64.49 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [Aaron Steed]()
Last updated: 5th January 2023 | Genre: Strategy, Puzzle | Developer: Aaron Steed