Parents' Guide to

Candy Crush Saga

By Erin Bell, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 13+

Candy-themed match-3 offers variety & challenge.

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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this game.

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age 14+

Based on 10 parent reviews

crazicody
crazicody Adult
April 9, 2021
age 8+
I used to plat this game since 2017 and i would say that it's a time consuming game as well as addictive. i don't like audio function because it's so irritating,i always mute it when i play the game . I got addicted for this game when the new feature of races was introduced . i would really appreciate ,everyday reward is a master stroke by the developers . Conclusively it's a good game with irritating audio just work on the audio , modify to soft sound. Otherwise all good. -Crazycody(KUM)

This title has:

Easy to play/use
Bean777
Bean777 Adult
February 5, 2019
age 18+

Rigged so you spend money

I've noticed that as you get harder, the game seems to be rigged so you will spend money. Or you have to play til you get past the level. But its a chance game. You play what your dealt. But someone is controlling the deal. Like in a game today, there were no moves 3 times in row and the game ended. The candies fell so there were no moves and the game ended.

This title has:

Too much consumerism
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What’s It About?

In CANDY CRUSH SAGA, players swap candies of the same color to clear them from the board and complete the level goal. Goals are varied, such as scoring points in a certain number of moves or within a certain time limit, clearing away sticky jelly squares, or moving ingredients down to the bottom of the screen. As players clear levels, they advance along a game map where they can track their friends' progress and compare high scores on a leaderboard.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (10):
Kids say (8):

Candy Crush Saga draws players in with its cheerful candy theme, interesting power-ups, varied challenges, and the unique ability to create special candies and combine them for interesting effects. The game currently boasts more than 450 levels. Players can see which levels their Facebook friends are currently playing, which is a superb motivator to play "just one more game" to leapfrog past them on the leaderboard. Assistance from Facebook friends is required to unlock new levels, but, with 133 million active users at the time of this review, odds are good there'll be a few friends in your Facebook feed who will be willing to help you out.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about how a familiar game can seem fresh again with a new theme -- in this case, a match-3 game with a candy theme. What other themes would work well with a match-3 game?

  • Is it fair for players to be able to spend money to gain an advantage in a game?

  • Talk to kids about the dangers of overspending on in-game purchases.

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