
Activating it by tapping will destroy all the pieces with the most number of tiles on the board. Activating it by swiping will destroy all pieces similar to the adjacent piece you just swiped it with. Rainbow Balls are created when you match 5 pieces in a row or column together. Rainbow Balls clears the board of 1 type of piece. All of these power-ups can be activated by swapping them with an adjacent piece or tapping them. However, matches of 4 and 5 pieces are and will result in the creation of special power-ups. As the name suggests, you must match three similar pieces in a row or column to earn points. Match-3 games are straightforward and simple.


was also top for downloads, picking up more than 33 million unique installs, or close to 15 percent.

Google Play users spent almost $457 million in the game, or just more than 44 percent of its total. The App Store has generated the majority of sales for Homescapes, making up $571 million, or close to 56 percent of total revenue to date. Japanese players were the second biggest spenders, paying out nearly $109 million, or almost 11 percent, while Germany was the third top grossing country, with users spending approximately $74 million, or roughly 7 percent. The United States has been the key revenue driver for Homescapes, generating $441 million, or close to 44 percent of all gross revenue. From February 2019 onwards, Homescapes has outperformed its predecessor in terms of player spending each month. Gardenscapes, which launched a year earlier in August 2016, has grossed $1.4 billion in lifetime revenue to date from approximately 198 million downloads.

To date, the narrative-driven match-three game has been downloaded more than 223 million times. Homescapes from Playrix has joined its predecessor Gardenscapes in crossing $1 billion in lifetime gross revenue, according to Sensor Tower Store Intelligence estimates.
