Rowfall

Rowfall is a match-three game where you arrange rows of falling stones, then shift the whole board to make combinations. Rows contain eight stones, which can be up to seven colors or include special stones. Irregular events can destroy tiles, spin them around or change the controls.

Arrange and combine stones

Each game has two phases. In the first, five rows fall onto the playing field one after another, and you can move the stones in each row left or right. After the fifth row lands, you enter the second phase, where you can move all the stones together up, down, left or right to close gaps, change their positions and combine them. You can move the whole field ten times in this phase.

At least three stones of the same color next to one another, including around a corner, explode. A special stone next to an exploding group also ignites and destroys more stones, potentially setting off chain reactions.

Game modes

• Endless: Play until the stones reach the top. Rows fall faster with each phase.
• Point attack: Reach a target score as quickly as possible.
• Time attack: Score as many points as possible within a limited time.

Score and upgrades

Each exploded stone gives one point. Explosions increase a multiplier, which raises the points you earn; it resets when an action creates no combination and explosion. Destroying every color a stone can have increases a second multiplier, which continues for the rest of the game and also boosts points for each exploded stone.

You earn experience points at the end of each game and can spend them on eight types of upgrades: five special stones and three helpful functions. Special stones can destroy nearby stones, while other upgrades can reduce the increase in falling speed per level or add a wildcard stone that counts as every color. You can also upgrade the stones in two ways: increase the chance they appear or expand their radius of effect.

Leaderboards

Rowfall has Steam leaderboards, as well as a local leaderboard for each mode that tracks your personal high scores.