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Puzzle Kingdoms
Developer Infinite Interactive
Puzzle Kingdoms is a puzzle video game developed by Infinite Interactive for PC, Nintendo DS, and Wii. The PC version is available to download online through services such as IGN's Direct2Drive and Steam. Like Infinite Interactive's previous game Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, Puzzle Kingdom relies on a core combat mechanic similar to Bejeweled, though this offering incorporates turn-based strategy… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
191 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Aug 15, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
51
Mixed
98 positive · 93 negative
95% range 44–58%
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Steam's own rating
Mixed
185 of 328 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Puzzle Kingdoms splits players: some love its addictive match-3 RPG, others find it random and dated.
Fans praise the addictive match-3 gameplay with RPG elements, calling it "very fun" and quite addictive. One player notes, If you're a fan of match three, puzzle, roleplaying or any combination of the three then you'll be pleasantly surprised. Another says it's "a fun matching puzzle game with a twist of RPG thrown in." [1][2]
Critics, however, find the game frustrating and dated, with one calling it "a fairly poor Bejeweled clone" and another saying the new formula is not working. Complaints include too much randomness, broken AI, and a lack of polish compared to similar titles like Puzzle Quest. [23][25][24]
Praised addictive match-3 gameplay · RPG elements
Criticised randomness · dated graphics · broken AI · poor clone
Summary drafted by an AI model from the 36 reactions it cites ([n] links open each post), then checked by code: every paragraph cites real posts and every quote is verbatim. Written Oct 8, 2026. Method
Reactions
60 of 191 · most liked firstDeveloped by Infinite Interactive and published by Strategy First, Puzzle Kingdoms is yet another terrific title from their wonderful puzzle series of games. If you're a fan of match three, puzzle, roleplaying or any combination of the three then you'll be pleasantly surprised by Puzzle Kingdoms. The game is very fun, can quickly become quite addictive and provide you with hours of intense gameplay. From what I've read on various forums, many people who enjoyed the first title, Puzzle Quest:…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I bought Puzzle Kingdoms, it was on a 90% Steam sale and costed me a buck and a half. Unfortunately, money isn't the biggest concern when it comes to a game's actual worth, the real valuable resource we truly pay when playing games is time. Puzzle Kingdoms is a Bejeweled-like puzzle game with some strategy RPG elements thrown in. Now if you're not farmiliar with those match the shapes kind of games that's been flooding the web for the past several years, you're not missing much. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just - NO. Move on, and leave it to rest in peace. It was somewhat like the touchstone for the Infinite Interactive, a new beggining after the very successful Puzzle Quest. Sadly, it was not made as sweet and refined. Now, after years passed and we have newer games from the same developer, it is just a filler, an irrelevant and bothering stuff you don't really need. Especially when you have to pay for it. Well, on the bright side, there is a somewhat interesting fantasy story... and music. On…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'd probably play the crap out of this on my phone or something but it's pretty basic and gets old fast. Puzzle Quest and Puzzle Quest 2 are way better, since they've touted this game as being "from the creators of Puzzle Quest." I guess if you're looking for a fairly mindless game to blow time on it's okay but wait for a super cheap deal.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun matching puzzle game with a twist of RPG thrown in. It actually turned out pretty well and you can unlock a variety of heroes, battle units, and relics to support you in your quest as you fight your way through the different kingdoms. Your heroes level up through battles to learn new spells to support you. If you ever wondered what a matching game like Bejeweled would be like with fantasy elements and more of a story/goal to it then here it is.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game on the premise "from makers of puzzle quest". But it is worse that pq galactrix. In puzzle quest you play to match 3. Here you must play so that your opponent dont match it. And even so it is completly random because of the tiles that comes from the borders.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A review from heart, for all those who need to decide if they want that game or not. I am really supprised that this game has "Mixed" reviews. I don't understand why people can possibly give any negative feedback about this game. Yes! I do know it's old. Yes! I know graphics aren't the best, but back then nobody cared about graphics. I miss times when You could spend days on one game, and be sad that it ended. I only did 5.2 hours so far, and I think I'm not even close to the end. It is a bit…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very interesting game. Requires thinking and concentration. So much of rpg through simply brained design. Pure 9 of 10 for puzzle.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good clone. Underrated. In some shops for 0,70$, no glossy graphics, but better as some other. Story, Quickbattle, nice battlesystem. Not perfect, but its okay. *7/10*
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What an addictive game! I wasn't expecting much, to be honest, but I installed it, played a bit, and here we are, 25 hours later. Yes, 25 hours for a single playthrough. Okay, yeah, I started over a few times early on, but once I got the hang of it I just kept going. The primary gameplay is match 3, with a slider rather than a swap mechanism. Each kingdom you conquer opens up a tavern and a ruin where you can find new relics, spells and items, and recruit new troops. To do this, you use some of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Puzzle Kingdoms is a game that tries to fool you into thinking it can do more than you think. Reading about about it or looking at screenshots might make you think it's a game of conquest, of gathering artifacts, of strategy and magic. I am here to tell you, don't be fooled. Puzzle Kingdoms is a fairly poor Bejeweled clone with a metagame tacked on. You do "conquer" new lands but it's really just series of Bejeweled games. You do find new items and artifacts but it requires you to play through…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Puzzles. Kingdoms. Heroes. Battles. Pure Win. I've never been a fan of puzzle games, so when I saw this one's premise I thought that maybe this was a puzzle game for me: think of Bejeweled meets Heroes of Might and Magic and you'll be close of what this is. You're a hero, and have hero stuff to do. In order to kick some ass, you'll need to build an army. To do it, you'll engage on mighty battle against various villains, taking turns on a bewejeled-like game made to simulate battle... And…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too much randomness, too little skill, and frequent stalemates where the best move is to deny your opponent play. Boring except when it's frustrating. Get the original Puzzle Quest, or Gyromancer, but not this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can think of this as a casual game with a tactical twist, or a tactical game with a casual twist. Either way, the game has a fair amount of depth to it. You build armies, level-up heroes, choose spells and artifacts to equip, and battle across the land all through match-3 style puzzles where you play against the computer AI. The match-3 puzzles play a little differently from the standard "move one color tile to create a row of 3 or more" style found in most match-3 titles. In this game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"The new Formula is not working" Puzzle Kingdom in the first sight it looks like Puzzle Quest, but in actual gameplay it is completely different and the new formula of push row or column is really biggest disappointment. Good: + RPG Fantasy World settings + Music and sound effects are not bad Bad: - Allow player or AI to push row or column without matching 3 is biggest problem, it slow down the process really bad. - Board without matching possiblity did not flush the tiles, need to keep…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An example of why you shouldn't mess with a successful formula. The dynamic match-3 battles of previous versions have somehow become dour, static matches which too often drift into tedious stalemates. The only good thing about this game is the music.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Quick summary because I don't want to waste even more time on this game: No strategic AI nor strategic multiplayer, which renders the strategic map useless. Brain-dead AI that will continue matching gems even when it can deliver a crippling blow or save for a powerful spell. The puzzle challenges are entirely random. The story is bad and cares so little that the game will call you a "he" regardless of what character you pick. And on, and on, and on. Avoid at all costs!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →simultaneously soothing and infuriating. basically a flash puzzle game but with many many hours more content
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has broken AI that renders most of the strategy in the game entirely pointless. It is hard to recommend a game less than this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NOTE: I paid 90p for this game during a 90% sale a few years back, and my review is based on a price around that region. £10.99 is too steep, but 75% off or above is reasonable. Puzzle Kingdoms takes a familiar match-three base and adds a little spin on it to make it feel fresh. Basic gameplay involves pushing tiles onto a grid of blocks, making the rest of the row or coloumn move along by one tile and hopefully making a line of 3. The spin comes from the player-built armies you take into each…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to like this game, but it seems unbalanced and unfinished. The story is forgettable but that's no big deal. The battles are far too easy for the most part. I find the time-based puzzles (to unlock troops) frustrating. There are elements in the game (some of the kingdom stuff) that don't really do anything leading me to wonder if it was released undone. I'm a completionist so I'll probably try to finish it but I find the altar puzzles (which need to be completed to unlock the next…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very nice and quite addictive game. Match 3 with a story and little strategy elements. Player can choose between two heroes (female or male, each has only one avatar, so player can't change the look of his hero). Story is basically about good fighting against evil (don't want to spoil it). As the player explores the world, the're are relics and troops, that can help to fight. What I don't like about the game is that it crashes occasionally. Disabling Steam Community alerts helps a lot, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great game mix of puzzle and rpg
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →soooo much fun, a lot like Puzzle Quest.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had a good amount of fun with Puzzle Quest, and I enjoyed Puzzle Quest Galactrix. But good lord, this one lacks a lot of the polish and the RNG seems even worse than Galactrix. The art and the story aren't very good either.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pick up the great Puzzle Quest or even the mediocre Puzzle Quest 2, rather than this. The puzzle system is very boring and dull, based on luck and the AI has lots of "luck". Not recommended. 3/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rewarding game with depth and a lot of fun... Obviously, if you think Graphics = Fun, look elsewhere... This is a rewarding experience like those games: O_N_E_ M_O_R_E_ T_U_R_N... just one more... :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Grab it while on sale! Very good game. Most people compare it to another one to judge it, which is pretty unfair. Game mechanics: You play Match 3 against an AI opponent by pulling on one row or column each turn. Once done, your opponent plays, and so on. If you match 3, you get the point, and your opponent doesn't. You also have unlimited time to think your move. Contrary to most Match 3 where the speed is crucial, here it's all about careful playing and clever moves. You have soldiers…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Major Dissappointment Puzzle Kingdoms is a setback from the other titles of the genre. The outdated graphics leave nothing much to be desired and whatever enjoyment I obtained from the game does not warrant the time I have invested in it, and that is saying much, considered that I have tried various puzzle games available on steam and have so far do not found any as disappointing as this one. There are simply better alternatives.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+ Its a nice game to kill time, but not more. + Very nice soundtrack and foleys +- Story is more or less just a filler with no real suspense or suprise, - All kingdoms are more or less repetitive and the same. - Unlocks and heroes vary a bit but it does not matter much. - No achievements at all I grinded though all of the kingdoms and locations, and my verdict ist just : NO. (very dissapointing but i just had to finish it even though the grind aspect repetitive is nice and has its…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →RNG Peice of shat
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let`s be short - this game didn`t age well. It feels way older than it actually is.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As petty as it sounds, time has not been kind to puzzle kingdoms, and there are similar or better match 3 games on the market that are superior to Puzzle Kingdoms. Without any other incentives like steam cards, achievments, or similar bells and whistles Puzzle Kingdoms is sort of doomed to be forgotten or passed over except by the most fiendishly addicted match 3 players. As a game on it's own, as ther title art indicates it comes from a puzzle pedigree, and the game itself is perfectly…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Strategy, rpg and match 3 all in one? Sounds like a great combo, until you actually play the game and realize Lord Antharg is not just an antagonist but the actual designer of this game. Nearly every mechanic is designed to be as painful and frustrating as possible. The requirement to slide an entire row ensures there are rarely more than one or two moves that can be made, the first spell you get sets up the board nicely for your opponent to pummel you with, and mechanics designed for a large…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →no challenge. just a time waster. been waiting for it to get harder.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Puzzle Kingdoms tries to mix a tile matching puzzle game with rpg and strategy elements. The puzzle mechanics are worse than other similar puzzle games. And the rpg and strategy elements are also lack lustering. You are better off playing either a good puzzle game or a good rpg/strategy game instead of this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Puzzle Kingdoms challenges players to plan out strategic attacks in order to defeat their opponents. Order troops across the map, conquering cities through innovative puzzle gameplay. Players build and manage armies led by heroic commanders to save the world of Etheria from the brink of destruction. By matching corresponding gems on the game board, players will both inflict damage on enemy forces while building mana that can be used to perform devastating attacks that will cripple their…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AVOID this game. Puzzle quest is a waaaay better game. Here you only need luck to win, the graphics are really poor and, personally, I like the Puzzle Quest mechanics more.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I feel like this game in incomplete. It seems like it was designed to bring puzzle quest match 3 game play to a strategy game, but they got to the limit of their budget before they programmed the AI. So you just go through the map like in puzzle quest but with fewer RPG elements. The space puzzle quest is the best, I think. But they all overstay their welcome.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After playing the legendary Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords on PSP back in the day and absolutely loving it, I had to give this a try. Seemed like the next best game from this developer based on reviews, and caught it on sale for cheap so why not? Game starts out a bit rough around the edges, with a UI that is somewhat difficult to figure out, but the in-game tips help, and I started to figure stuff out as I went along. It's nice not having everything so simple. After all, this is a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's kinda like puzzle quest, only bad.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've played Puzzle Quest on various devices and loved it. This is not Puzzle Quest, it seems, despite being made by the developers. The RPG and tactical elements are a nice touch, but the puzzle dynamics are not. I was hoping for the layout of Puzzle Quest, but the puzzle layout for PK is one where the sides show you the puzzle pieces that you normally wouldn't see and the way Puzzle Quest pieces would link, change, explodes, etc. is not in PK at all. The puzzle dynamics are boring in PK. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a turn-based match 3 puzzle game with some RPG elements thrown in because why not. The game board seems to always be in favor of your opponent. You always seem to never have a match, allowing your opponent to make one after you waste your turn. The single biggest issue in the game by far is that once you lose a battle, you're screwed. You don't get your troops back. You're given the option to "lose half your gold and continue", but then you can't buy any new troops, so it's useless.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →enjoyable game, strategy like a role playing game with some puzzle fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →more like " ♥♥♥♥ Kingdoms "
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played this as a kid and will say the story and gameplay has not changed one bit. Love it and good mental game for when you have nothing else to do
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game seems fun but skill is very limited. Depend on pure luck. Despite that you have better units, item and spell, your resources are limit with 100 point which absurdly silly design. At one point where you face enemy with 3 swamp dragons + super crazy spell and item support, it just a matter when bad luck happen and your troops will be decimated no matter how hard you try to grind so far.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not the most avid match 3 gamer out there, but I appreciate that the concept can be made to be entertaining. Puzzle Quest 1 has a lot of interesting features and good music and art, but honestly I feel the battles last far too long and end up being boring to me or entirely based on luck, so I'm hoping some improvements have been made. Kingdoms has some big shoes to fill as a sequel to that game, but as I am a researcher of the Warlords franchise and Etherian universe in general, I took the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm a shameless March-3 puzzle addict, so this was like crack to me. With so many endless, pay-to-win Match-3s out there, I found this old-school game refreshing. Gameplay is well-balanced and reasonably varied.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of my favorite Steam games. It was similar to Puzzle Quest 1 and 2, but I preferred the gameplay (sliding instead of the ordinary swapping) and the army-building strategy of Puzzle Kingdoms.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Puzzle kingdom is one of those games than are so bad you'd offer thousands of dollars to steam in order to remove it from your library. At the start of the game you choose between a male or female hero but it doesn't matter, you'll only see yourself during dialogues. The story is almost non existant, you're trying to unite the kingdom while carrying some sort of magic box, but you won't really care and just skip all. The sound effects are bad and there's no voice actor at all. The gameplay you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is fun for a while, but not for long periods of time. 7/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Puzzle Kingdoms is a game about smoking dank kush and pimpin hoes. The majority of the game is spent earning street cred which you then use to buy gangsta clothing and lowered rides. The game attempts to answer the age old koan, 'Which is mightier, the pimp cane or the sword?' Keep your hoes in line by threatening them with the back of your hand. Snoop Dogg makes a celebrity appearance, playing a timid but determined lion who wants a heart. Overall I give the game 16/17.5
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No online multiplayer false advertising only local on 1 pc
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Puzzle Kingdoms is a boring extremely repetitive grind with poor art design, generic music and sound finished off with a high price tag. What limited gameplay there is plays out with a grid of symbols where the player and their opponent taking turns shifting one of the rows or columns in an attempt to get 3 or more of the same symbol next to each other in an attempt to store up points so that they can attack each other in a way similar to games like Hearthstone or Magic the Gathering. While…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Puzzle kingdoms is a solid concept that ends up becoming a little too bloated for it's own good. Ostensibly an interesting combination of a strategy game and a puzzle game, Puzzle Kingdoms offers an interesting and engaging blend of match-3 and tactics - but this isn't without problems. Without a solid strategy, fights can often feel overwhelming or far too overtuned - but with a solid grasp of the fundaments, battles are almost always laughably easy. There's a lot of grinding that the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Puzzles feel like mischievous jokes, each level a laugh riot, graphics pop like comic strips, I'm thrilled and can't stop playing!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is fun. There's options for focusing your heroes on spells, items, artifacts, and troops, with a variety of strategies possible. My favorite strategy is bringing a wide variety of troop colors so most of the matches I can make gain energy, with items that increase defense and energy gain for survivability and faster attacking. The story isn't spectacular, but it's reasonably fun. A couple minigames break up the fights, but I recommend searching for items before units,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Match-3 games by themselves always have an element of randomness, but even then it feels overtuned for this title. You can go for many rounds without matching a single set that you need and you need 2-3 matches of that color to attack in the first place. Not that it really matters since the AI hardly, if ever, attacks you. Combined with the bland story and this boils down to being a slog.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- The strategy never evolves - Touch of RNG and bad AI and it self balances but is not fun - Story seems decent but not worth the slog
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