Your audience was stolen by the Glitz Circus, and your big top has fallen silent. As the Ringmaster, you must secure victories to bring the crowds back — each battle is a duel where you and your opponent take turns striking.
Match three to attack immediately. Matching four or five activates a hero's special ability: you can save these up and use up to two per turn. Matching five in a row summons the Ringmaster himself — he transforms two tile colors into your heroes' ultimate abilities.
Recruit a variety of heroes from five classes — Fighter, Mage, Healer, Guardian, Trickster — and assemble a team of five, one for each tile color. Effects like poison, shield, stun, fear, counterattack, and time bomb chain together to create combos — weaken, mark, and detonate.
Hundreds of campaign levels are waiting for you: multi-phase bosses, ice, chains, and fog on the board, opponents that mix up your tiles and freeze columns, levels with move limits and healing bans. After the campaign, there are PvP leagues and seasons, plus the endless Encore Arena.
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How to play
To win in Encore Showdown, you need to swap neighboring tiles to create a row of three or more tiles of the same color. Each of the five colors corresponds to a different hero class: matching three tiles will make the hero act immediately (they can attack, heal, or cast a curse), while matching four or five tiles will store their special ability in the accumulator.
The order of actions is important: first, use up to two stored abilities, then make a tile swap to end your turn, after which the opponent will respond. If you manage to match five tiles in a row, the Ringmaster’s Entrance will be triggered: two colors will disappear from the board, and you will receive the ultimate abilities of those classes.
Pay attention to the effects next to the portraits: poison damages every turn, a shield blocks one hit, stun skips a turn, and fear limits actions to a basic strike. Remember to heal in time, remove curses, and avoid matching cursed tiles on levels where they harm you.
If you’re having trouble, use boosters: the hammer removes any tile, and the shuffle rearranges the entire board. Complete bonus objectives to earn stars and recruit new heroes. Upgrade your heroes with gold, build your unique strategy, and reduce the opponent’s health to zero first.