Christmas Onet Connect

Christmas Onet Connect is a festive connect-pairs game for a portrait screen. The goal on every board is to find matching pairs and remove all of the tiles. A pair only counts if the path joining it uses three lines or fewer, which the developer also describes as no more than two 90-degree angles.

Two aids are available, Hint and Shuffle, and the shuffles carry real weight here. According to the developer, if you have no shuffles left, the game is over, so they are a resource to spend with care rather than a free reset. Some levels add movement as well, with tiles that shift position, which the developer gives as a reason to play strategically. A score is kept as you go. Mouse and tap are both listed as ways to play, and the developer calls the game cute and relaxing.

Click or tap a tile, then a matching one. If they can be joined by a path of no more than three lines, with at most two right-angle turns, the pair is removed. Clear every tile from the board to finish. Use Hint to find a pair and Shuffle to rearrange the tiles, keeping in mind that running out of shuffles ends the game.

Because the game ends once your shuffles are gone, try the Hint button before reaching for a shuffle. On levels where tiles move, the board you planned around may change, so recheck a pair before clicking it. Trace each path and count its turns; a third turn means the pair cannot be linked.

A connect-pairs mahjong puzzle with a Christmas theme, in a portrait frame. Input is mouse or tap. Hint and Shuffle are provided, a score is kept, and some levels have moving tiles.

Winter Mahjong has the same season, a two-corner path limit and sliding tiles on some of its 32 levels. Onet Rings keeps the three-line rule and says plainly that it has no timer.