Empires & Puzzles: Match-3 RPG

Contains adsIn-app purchases
2.39M reviews
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PEGI 16
50M+
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About this game

Empires & Puzzles is an innovative match-3 puzzle game where puzzle-solving meets deep fantasy RPG, combining RPG elements, PvE quests, and base-building — topped off with epic head to head duels that range from riveting 1v1 Raids to large-scale 100v100 Wars.

• Match-3 battles with real strategy
Match Shields to deal damage and power up each Hero's Special Skill, then unleash combos at the perfect moment. Achieve huge combos and learn the elemental strengths to take down even the most powerful enemies!

• Explore richly themed worlds — plus many dozens of mythical quests
Prepare for an epic match-3 adventure that will take you through varied fantasy worlds for a unique RPG experience!

• Hero Collection
Hundreds of legendary heroes and dozens of mighty troops await collection — summon new allies to bolster your team and unlock new strategy options! Each hero comes with their own unique stats and skills — discover hero synergies and unlock their strengths to victory.

• Base-building
Rebuild the ruins of a mighty castle and turn it into your own war fortress! A finely built Stronghold will provide all the tools you need to gather resources, level up armies, craft useful items, and train your heroes.

• Play together
Join an Alliance and team up with other real players to get the best rewards in the game! Whether it be fighting epic titans, strategizing in multiplayer wars, exploring treacherous islands full of monsters, or competing in Alliance Quests, you'll improve at the game, earn awesome in-game rewards, and make friends along the way.

• Farming, crafting, upgrading
Make sure your team is well-prepared for all the adventures out there! Level up your Stronghold and gather valuable resources to craft legendary weapons.

• Amazing graphics
This puzzle RPG is set in a beautifully rendered fantasy world — you'll marvel at the stunning details of countless monsters, dragons, and other fantasy creatures!

• Train and dress up
Unlike in ordinary hero card games, you can level up your "deck" of heroes — and even evolve their power further by equipping them with costumes that add to their power!

Empires & Puzzles is the perfect game for:
- those who get bored with casual match-3 games like Candy Crush and Royal Match
- those who used to play hardcore RPG games such as Raid Shadow Legends and Diablo but didn't want to make the time investment
- those who are looking for a new long-term game that can turn into a lifelong hobby
- those who are looking for real connections with other players. The official E&P Discord server has tons of alliances searching for members and they might just be looking for you!

Empires & Puzzles has gotten over 100 million downloads and has unique and varied live events running everyday.

Start building your Empire today — download Empires & Puzzles and forge your legend!

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http://www.empiresandpuzzles.com

Empires and Puzzles is FREE to download and includes optional in-game purchases (including paid random items). Information about drop rates for paid random items can be found in-game. To manage or disable in-game purchases, go to Settings on your device. Contains items available for purchase or unlocked through gameplay.

Game is intended for an adult audience only.

Requires an Internet connection (network fees may apply)

Use of this application is governed by our Terms of Service, found at https://www.take2games.com/legal. For questions about the game, please review our game support page at https://smallgiant.aihelp.net/hc/account/1-Empires_&_Puzzles
For information about how Zynga uses personal data, please read our privacy policy at www.take2games.com/privacy. Our terms of service can be found here at https://www.take2games.com/legal

Zynga Inc. 1200 Park Place San Mateo, California 94403
Collect and assemble powerful heroes, build your base, and fight monsters
Updated on
Nov 6, 2026
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    Location, Personal info and 4 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
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Ratings and reviews

2.26M reviews
Jeremy
April 11, 2026
Drop rates for usable characters are still pretty low. They’ve added more ways to summon, which helps, but it doesn’t really change how often you actually get something good. Ascension materials are very rare. You can grind for them, but it takes a long time (months) unless you’re spending money. oh.. and the new direct pay option feels a little creepy.
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Ed Bevan-Henderson
May 18, 2024
This used to be quite entertaining, but I've noticed over the last couple of years the gameplay seems a lot flatter, with a weird emphasis on stylised animations. You can lose game time just watching "special skills" happen, which is both boring and repetitive. Compared to other match 3 games this is just tedious. I still play, but just the wars and titans, which is just to help out friends I've made on the game.
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L Smit
October 8, 2021
Great game but obviously geared for pay to play. I've played this for a couple of years now and don't feel I've progressed, despite having better characters. Also, I've found when fighting bosses, they're suddenly OP beyond belief and you have to pay gems just to make that one last shot to win (rigged af). So when you've played this long but can't build (2 builders max) and you can't get the proper rss to buy power or mana then it's time to quit. Save your time and money and play something else.
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Small Giant Games
August 22, 2021
Great to hear you are enjoying Empires & Puzzles! If you have any feedback on how we can continue to improve, please don't hesitate to send it through to us at https://smallgiantgames.helpshift.com/

What’s new

∙ Saddle up for our incredible Black Friday Summon!
∙ Enter the Hero League with improved Advantage and scoring
∙ Revisit Clash of Knights, but watch out for the Boar Family’s tusks!
∙ Upgrade to new energy-efficient costumes for Construct Heroes
∙ Various improvements and bug fixes
Content rating
PEGI 16
Users Interact, In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items)
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About the developer
Small Giant Games Oy
support@smallgiantgames.com
Aleksanterinkatu 13 00100 HELSINKI Finland
+358 46 9205621

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