Pearls of Atlantis is a match three style puzzle game that kind of reminds me of a cross between Puzzle Bobble and Peggle.  Drop colored pearls from the top of the screen into little baskets below.  When three or more of the same color touch, they disappear.  Your goal in each level is to clear out all the pearls that have little symbols on them, called “charms” in the game.  It’s a pretty fun little casual puzzle game, and it’s available on most current consoles, PC, and mobile devices, but reviewed on Switch here.

In the main mode, you play through the levels.  Move your pearl holder crane left and right on the top of the screen, and press the button to drop the pearl.  When all of the pearls with charms are cleared, you pass the level and can move on.  If you run out of pearls before you do that, the game is over and you must start the level again.  Or you can continue if you have enough coins, earned by passing levels.  You also earn a star for passing a level, and you can use those stars to move the story along.  The story is something about a blue haired mermaid trying to rebuild Atlantis and discover its secrets, but it’s really not important.  In fact, you could probably play the whole game without viewing the story, but you might want to because you can get bonuses from that, too.

There are also daily puzzles and other challenges too.  You can also buy power-ups in the shop to help you clear out pearls in the levels.  You’ll earn other materials by playing, and you can use those to build and restore your own little corner of Atlantis, too.  The problems I had with the game are fairly minimal.  Since this game is physics based, sometimes moves weren’t as accurate as what I’d like for them to be.  Also the menu was a bit cumbersome at first.  But other than that, this is a pretty fun little casual puzzler with tons of levels.

Kid Factor:

Nothing violent or objectionable here.  Reading skill is helpful for the text, but not necessary just to play.  Pearls of Atlantis is rated E for Everyone.

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