Same Color

Same Color challenges you to clear a grid by removing connected same-colored groups—avoiding isolated squares while maximizing your score through strategic, large-group removals.

The goal is deceptively simple: clear the entire grid by removing groups of two or more adjacent squares of the same color. But beneath this straightforward premise lies a surprisingly strategic challenge that rewards foresight, planning, and efficient play.

Each time you click a connected group of same-colored squares (horizontally or vertically adjacent), the entire group disappears. Gravity then pulls remaining squares downward, and if any columns become completely empty, those columns collapse inward from the right—reshaping the board dynamically. While any group of two or more can be removed, larger groups yield exponentially higher scores, encouraging players to delay small removals in favor of building bigger combinations.

The true puzzle emerges from the trade-off between clearing space and preserving connectivity. Remove too hastily, and you may fragment the board into isolated single squares—which cannot be removed, resulting in a loss. Success requires balancing short-term gains with long-term board health, making every move consequential.

Unlike many logic puzzles with static clues, Same Color is a dynamic optimization challenge: there’s no single “correct” path, but rather a spectrum of strategies aimed at maximizing score or achieving a perfect clear. The game tracks your score in real time and often includes a bonus for completely emptying the grid.

You start with a grid of colored squares that you must clear by selecting contiguous regions of two or more squares of the same color. The larger the region you select, the more points you earn—and the faster you clear the board.

You win if you clear the entire grid. You lose if only isolated single squares remain (i.e., no more selectable regions are left).

When you remove a region, the rest of the grid shifts to fill the space: any unsupported blocks fall down first, and then empty columns are closed in from the right.

Try to completely empty the playing area by removing connected groups of two or more squares of the same color. To maximize your score, remove large groups at once rather than small ones.

Click on a colored square to highlight its entire connected group. The status line will display the number of selected squares and the score you would earn by removing them. Click again to remove the group. Remaining squares will fall down to fill the empty space, and if an entire column becomes empty, the columns to its right will shift left to close the gap.

You cannot remove a single isolated square—so avoid dead-end positions where all remaining squares are isolated.