Skulls and Sweets

Skulls and Sweets is a match-three game about Sophia, a young witch who wants every kid to get sweets, and Thorn, the self-proclaimed Master of Mischief, who wants them all to get tricks. Both are Halloween creatures who admire each other, though they cannot agree on what the night is for. Their disagreement plays out one match at a time.

The trick-or-treat road

In Story Mode, you travel house by house along a winding neighborhood map. The porches start bright and friendly; farther along, the yards grow darker, the neighbors stranger, and Thorn's front door draws closer. Short scenes of dialogue between Sophia and Thorn play out along the way, ending in a showdown at Thorn's home. The story has 18 hand-crafted levels.

Match and make special pieces

Match three or more skulls and sweets to clear the board. Larger matches create special pieces, and combos can chain together:

• Witch's Broom: sweeps an entire row or column clean.
• Trick-or-Treat Bag: removes every gem of one kind.
• Jack-o'-Lantern Bomb: blasts everything around it.
• Cauldron Boil-Over: finishes a combo.

Game modes

Alongside the story, you can play four other modes:

• Progressive Mode: 15 escalating levels.
• Timed Mode: starts with 60 seconds; each move can restore time, with bigger bonuses recovering more.
• Zen Mode: an endless mode that does not get more difficult, continuing until you run out of moves.
• The Thorn Patch: find monsters Thorn has hidden deep in the bramble before the thorns spread over the whole board.

Art and atmosphere

The game uses painterly dark-fantasy art with a light-hearted tone, alongside a Halloween soundtrack. Its overhead neighborhood map shifts from cheery to chilling as you progress.