Happy Zoo: Mahjong Triple Match

The pitch

Happy Zoo: Mahjong Triple Match is a cozy mahjong-style puzzle about matching three identical animals. Clear layered tile pyramids by sending animals into your tray - every three of a kind merge and vanish. 130 handcrafted levels across four zoo themes, 30 animal species to discover, daily quests and a collection album that fills up as you play. Easy to start, hard to put down.

Controls & how it runs

Tap or click any uncovered animal tile to move it into the tray above the board. As soon as three identical animals meet in the tray, they merge and free up space. Tiles covered by other tiles stay locked until you clear the ones above them. Clear the whole pyramid to win the level. If the tray fills up with animals that do not match, the run ends, but you can rescue it with coins. Undo and shuffle boosters help when you get stuck; when you run out, watch a short ad to get more. Mouse or touch only, no keyboard required.

Getting a run going takes exactly one press: Press start, up top, and the game boots inside this page — nothing downloads in the background and no form wants your details before the first jump. The cabinet is drawn for a portrait (upright) screen and listens to mouse, keyboard or touch, whichever the game prefers. This cabinet stands tall: it was built for portrait screens, so a phone held upright gives it the frame it wants — though it will squeeze politely into any window. Given a fullscreen button, use it — scores look better at full size, that's just science.

Pro tips for arcade cabinets

• Treat your first run as a scouting mission. Arcade cabinets hide their cruelty in the second minute, not the first — learn where the difficulty spikes before you start chasing numbers.
• Small scores compound. Grab the easy pickups on every pass instead of gambling the whole run on one heroic line; heroes respawn, banked points don't evaporate.
• Watch the edges of the screen. In classic arcade design the next problem almost always enters from somewhere you weren't looking — build the habit of scanning the borders.

Happy Zoo: Mahjong Triple Match — quick-fire questions

Does Happy Zoo: Mahjong Triple Match cost anything to play?

Not a token. The cabinet is free from the first run to the five-hundredth — no wallet, no sign-up, no toll booth hiding three levels in. The adverts around the page are what keep the floor's lights on.

What sort of game is Happy Zoo: Mahjong Triple Match?

It stands on our Arcade row — that's the family it plays most like. The pitch above is the publisher's own rundown of what it throws at you and what it hands back.

Can I play Happy Zoo: Mahjong Triple Match on my phone?

Happily, yes. It runs inside the browser on phones and tablets the same way it does on a computer. This cabinet stands tall: it was built for portrait screens, so a phone held upright gives it the frame it wants — though it will squeeze politely into any window.

Do I need to install anything first?

Nothing whatsoever. Happy Zoo: Mahjong Triple Match is an HTML5 game: hit the start button and it boots on this page, and shutting the tab sweeps the cabinet clean behind you.

Before you wander off

Personal best banked, or still chasing it? Either way the full Arcade row is powered on and waiting — The main floor: 415 cabinets of pure arcade stock — the quick, the loud and the gloriously unfair. If it beeps, flashes and dares you to beat a number, it lives on this row.