Last updated on November 29th, 2025 at 07:31 pm
Match Land: Puzzle RPG – Puzzle Game Review
Match Land: Puzzle RPG is a Puzzle/Roleplaying game from Race Cat, first launched in 27th April 2017.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 1,053+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Match Land: Puzzle RPG Stand Out
Welcome to Match Land! Run a fantasy medieval market in this match 3 RPG adventure!
Form a team of heroes then battle and catch cute creatures to serve as ingredients for your fantasy food shops! Yum!
• NEW action/turn-based match 3 gameplay!
• Make multiple matches per turn to build up massive combos!
• Unlock and upgrade over 30 fantasy food shops!
• Form the ultimate creature catching team from over 60 unique heroes!
• Battle through over 700 levels and 70 formidable bosses!
• Beautiful retro pixel art aesthetic!
Follow and contact Race Cat at the following links:
Twitter:
@racecatgames
Website:
www.racecatgames.com
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Match Land: Puzzle RPG is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 12th November 2025
Recent improvements include:
Update Notes:
- Added account saving and modern device support.
Download & Availability
Match Land: Puzzle RPG is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Match Land: Puzzle RPG on App Store
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:
We have been playing this game since it released 8 years ago, but lost our account after the most recent update. We have loved playing this game and am very sad all our progress was lost :(.
We haven't played games since we updated yesterday. We wanted to sign in as usual before going to school this morning, but we found that we needed to log in again. At that time, we wanted to do it when we got home from school at noon, but when we tried again at noon, we found that the interface was different from that in the morning. Our account is the same as the account of tap force. Can you get the data of our account back.
We were pretty leveled up and far along in the game. They then added the new recent update and it asked us to sign in.. We lost our progress to this new update Developers, please help us get our account back.
Was very happy with a game that doesn't push ads on you, but the latest update wiped out years of progress and we're now starting from square 1. Very disheartened, we had our fun but we will be deleting our app.
We love this game and its very nice with no ads and stuff like that but, the chest you get to unlock new characters which are very important are annoying. The best chest you get a couple times a day give you figurines that unlock the new characters sadly if you have already unlocked the character you can still get figurines for those characters. They turn the figurines into stuff that upgrades the character but we would rather just always get a figurine we dont have.
Loved playing this game, but the latest update spiked the difficulty. We have all the heroes but one at max level/max stars (not counting the new ones) and our team was quickly destroyed in dino world. We think it will take a long time to grind away to get new heroes, get their tokens and evos, and grind away at dino world. Just know this game was grindy before and a bit more grindy now. Ads for energy work MUCH better now. After July update there were a lot of problems. We know it is hard to find a balance of grind vs getting people to make purchases, but they have skewed that balance so hard here that we think we are considering being done. We are playing still, but not as frequently as before.
Just updated and the dark world button disappeared. Cant find any way to access the dark world now! Its a good game and definitely entertaining. After a year, Im still playing it and going strong.
We usually get bored of games after some time, but this game is just so much fun! Theres no pressure to pay, and the characters are fun and diverse.
The final mission 7 of sinister snails in the dark world is bugged, once you get to the boss his character doesnt appear and attacking it causes an instant crash of the game. Please fix.
Fun game and we were excited to see the update but we cant unlock the second dinosaur stage despite having three stars on every stage of the first level.
Honestly, this is the most addictive match game on the App Store. The mechanics of leveling up shops to produce the egg shaped things that evolve the heroes, not to mention leveling up the power runes that increase the power of different types of heroes. Theres a lot going on but its really really fun. We wish they would add more levels, or at least let us replay levels that we already won with 3-stars.
Add more updates and improvements.
This is the best game ever. Our favorite game of all time. We played so much over the year. It is our favorite game and the only game we spent money on. However, how can we restart the game? We tried so many ways including deleting and reinstalling, turn off back up from iPhone. We just cannot seem to be able to restart the game. Please help.
We truly wish the developers would work on this game again because it still has so much potential. We have been playing this game off and on since 2020 and we have loved every second of it. The pixelated art style is so cute and the game is so well put together. It's a very well balanced game because unlike other games, you don't have to wait an obnoxious amount of time for your energy replenish and as the game gets more difficult you don't stay stuck on one level for weeks. It can be tedious to evolve characters, and we wish there was another way to earn figurines for new characters but at the end of the day the gameplay makes up for its flaws.
We keep trying other match 3 RPGs since this doesnt get updated any more but always come back. Besides the cool retro art and characters, the actual speed and physics of moving the tiles is perfect. No other match 3 is as satisfying. Im finally reviewing in the hopes that theyll reconsider and pick it back up.
We remember a Cartoon Network version of this game and we were OBSESSED with it we never got bored!! We completed everything and unlocked every player and level so we kinda stopped playing. Now that its back with new characters and new levels we AM SOOOO EXCITED TO 100% this game one more time the gameplay is just so unique and fun.
Sorry for grammar/spelling Its a great game its very fun, cute, and addicting if you like matching games it isnt impossible to beat levels without in app purchases the game is a bit of grind trial and error but its not a greedy app we love the dungeon levels they help by giving dungeon coins to buy more energy spices team coins and other stuff its not a money hungry app in our opinion our ONLY down side is that we cant either sell or trade character coins if wanted in order to focus on upgrading other team members but other than that we love this game!!!!!!! Also like to add we would love to see devs work on this game and add/update it.
Update July 5, 2024: Today marks the first time we've unlocked a legendary hero. The power at no levels and unlock is over 20k difference and yet this significance means nothing as we have managed to unlock all Daytime stages and we're only missing 3 stages in a 3-star capacity. Even at in-game level 114, our treasure chests continue to give us common heroes, so the RNG does not improve at a noticeable rate when leveling up. The only way to get heroes is to play enough to collect gold and slowly buy their emblems as they rotate in the store. Getting legendary heroes does make a significant impact, however, you can beat the game without them and get full 3-stars in most every stage with skills. The most useful thing to do is to completely star up your stores to start farming dark currency so those stages can also be completed. Unfortunately, we only have common and 2 rare heroes on that side, making it significantly difficult to complete those stages. As a completely free-to-play experience, the developers made it exceptionally difficult to complete the game. However, patience definitely makes it possible. It's too bad there is no buy option to simply buy the game and not have to deal with the energy issues, because this puzzler is indeed a very fun experience. Reviewed November 2023: While the Dev may not read this, we want to give a look into how this game plays on f2p. For context, we do have another account where we paid to play and we wanted to try an f2p experience. The game was initially downloaded here on May of 2023. It's been 6 months since. Our progress had been completely stunted for over two months, however, we diligently logged on and used our energy to its fullest. The reason we've been unable to progress is due to our chest, store and event RNG not giving us anything better to build. We've been stuck in Rare units. The last unit, Pico, was fully built to level 100 yesterday. By the time we leveled it up, we had nearly 1400 copies of it. We sold this and gained over 200k and two levels. When we thought, "finally!," and opened a few more chests, we ended up with more Pico copies. The store from the special arena even shows blank spots, which only happens if you already have the unit maxed. And it seems we can't get any better or make any progress at all. The RNG is the biggest ripoff in this game, particularly even it comes to chest drops. Today, even the refreshed store is selling Pico copies. If the RNG favor to give players duplicates of existing heroes was not so crazy so chests were meaningful rather than meaningless, this game would have been better. Then again, the worst offender might be energy consumption. You use your energy for stages, and the cost can by 1/5th of your total energy or more at times. And whether you won or not, it's used up. Energy doesn't replenish any faster, you just gain higher max energy as you level. We've been stuck in a loop of auto completing our 3-starred stages for months, an act that lasts less than 20 seconds, and done special arenas if they're active. With being unable to replay stages you've 3-starred any other way, it's been boring. Personally, the best thing about the game is its unique gameplay. But if you can't play it, where's the joy? The game will test your patience unless you're opening your wallet on the daily, and it's not at all worth the actual value. A single hero is never truly guaranteed unless you put down close to $40, and one won't get you all that far either. So, play f2p and try your best to have other, more player-and-gameplay centric games and have this on the side for your bathroom breaks. Best of luck.
We dont write any reviews but this game brought us through like 2 depressive phases LOL rlly cute pixel illustrations and colors and button clicky noises and simple n addicting gameplay 10/10.
Its a fun idea without an overly aggressive monetization model.
We loved the CN version you guys had. Im so glad you guys brought it back. Its so cute. We love it so much.
Just add more and more revisit this and add more.
The CN version was one of the mobile games to get us through lockdown. So, we wanted to play again. To our horror, we realized that Id downloaded it right before it stopped being supported in future iOS. We downloaded this hoping it was at least similar, and Im happy to see it in this cute new skin. We just started playing so we dont mean to say its just a skin. Im just grateful. God bless u, race cat.
This is one of our favorite games we play it dailybut we just found out it was not updated since 4yrs ago! Hope it can last forever on our phone.
This game is great and doesnt try to harass you with micro transactions. Its down to earth and fun, thanks devs.
This is such a fun game! The art is cute and the gameplay is perfect for its genre. Id love some more characters to collect and a switch from 12 hour refreshes to maybe eight. Anyway, three years is a long enough break. Back to work.
Really fun and cool! We love the matching and the difficulty.
Looks adorable, smooth gameplay, no annoying and incessant ads or aggressive product pushing, love it! So happy we found this after the CN match land was taken down.
One of our favorites that we keep coming back to. Ive played on Android for years, and now iOS. This is a special gem of a game.
We have been playing this game for three years, and we have to say, this is probably the best we've ever gotten out of a mobile game. The pixel art is amazing and the mechanics are great. Slow progression also helps with the game length. It's a shame only 800 people are playing this.
We never watched one ad. Full game. RPG and puzzle. The graphics are extremely simple so the phone space isnt much plus the phone doesnt get hot either. Total recommend.
Like as basic as match 3 hero game can get. Not complex systems, good time killer.
Excellent game. Shame it was abandoned. 3 years no update.
Such a great game but the developers have abandoned it. We really wish theyd come back to this pet project but we guess the Cartoon Network drama hurt them too much that they dont want to deal with it anymore.
Great game but sadly they seem done with updating it.
Ive kept this game on our phone hoping for new levels. We love this game but will need to delete for space if the developers are done with it.
Very similar mechanics to Puzzle and Dragons but more aesthetically pleasing and fantastic sound design. Havent gotten very deep into the game but am enjoying it thus far.
We have a hard time sticking with a game but we love this one.
Ill make the review short and to the point, the game is a great little puzzler that doesnt pressure you into buying something every 5 minutes or rams ads all over your screen, there is none of that! A cute and charming game to pass the time and we can honestly say Im hooked and will be playing long term. :).
Always love puzzle RPG n this one is one of them n it got an old style to it which we like at least it keep us entertained ENJOY if u get to play it laterrr.
Edit Review : Sept 7th 2020 At about the 3rd Island, Distant Hills, you will hit a paywall. You can still enjoy the game and play the dungeon and earn both currency, coin and Skeleton coin. But thats it. You will Max out your characters, and some that you can evolve you cannot until you earn more items to have them evolve. Takes a lot. Still overall a great game that keeps you busy for months. We been playing this game every day and beat 2 islands out of 5 or 6 and stuck at 72% on the third for a few weeks now. Thats where we hit the paywall.
This game was always around when we wanted to look busy on our phone to avoid social interaction and awkward silences ;)) we dont usually write reviews but ive had this game for nearly five years now so we just felt it was time to give it credit :).
It's fun, you don't need to pay a lot of money to play this game. Of course you will have more items soon if you purchase.
Definitely give this one a go! Its a blast.
Ive played this game as CN-Match and either way the graphics and challenges are fun, excited. You just cant get enough of playing this game , yay.
This game is SO adorable!! Really makes us nostalgic for past 8 bit games with the pixelated graphics. The matching is also a nice novel twist from your typical match 3 games-you can move pieces diagonally which adds another element for consideration when youre planning where to move your pieces, especially since they stay on the board and youve got a time limit on what you can do. We would recommend this for anyone who likes match 3 games but wants something a little different.
Really cant see where any of the reviews calling it a cash-grab are coming from. Ive been playing for like 6 months now and Ive never spent a penny. Its not absolutely impossible to pass certain levels without spending money, it just requires taking time, leveling up your heros and multiple tries, you know, like a real video game? Im a level 56, currently in the cursed swamp. We are too weak to beat the current boss, so instead of crying about it or spending money, we are going back to past levels to collect material to level up our heros until Im strong enough. The arena of skulls challenges are the best part of this game, super fun and a great way to level up and collect material/currency. No bugs to report either. Ill continue to play this game for a long time.
Are you done working on the app.
We think that this game is candy crush the RPG Ive never been a fan of games like this but its amazing you need to play it.
We never expirenced such an rpg on a iPod.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 3.1
- Size: 219.95 MB
- iOS: 15.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Loot Boxes, Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Race Cat
Last updated: 12th November 2025 | Genre: Puzzle, Roleplaying | Developer: Race Cat