Puzzle & Dragons

Puzzle & Dragons is a puzzle video game with elements of RPGs and strategy games developed by GungHo Online Entertainment for the iOS, Android and Kindle Fire platforms. In Japan, the title is often abbreviated to Pazudora, while in English it is shortened to PAD. Puzzle & Dragons is essentially a match-three puzzle game in which players have to move and match colored balls in a grid. The number and type of matches determine which of the six monsters in the player's team attack the waves of opposing monsters and how much damage they do. An additional challenge is acquiring, selecting and upgrading a team of monsters from thousands of monsters ranging from standard fantasy fare to deities from various religions and mythologies to characters from popular entertainment series. The game is free-to-play and is funded by the sale of in-game currency. It was a huge commercial success in Japan: by November 2014, it had been downloaded 32 million times and was also released in other Asian countries as well as in North America and many European countries. In September 2015, the number of downloads worldwide exceeded the 50 million mark. Puzzle & Dragons is the first mobile game in history to achieve sales of 1 billion dollars.