Logical Reasoning2 min read

How to play Reef Connect

Tap two matching sea creatures to clear them. They must be joinable by a line with no more than two turns.

Goal

Clear the reef by connecting pairs of matching sea creatures until every tile is gone.

The board is a grid of tiles, each showing a sea creature. Every creature appears at least twice.
Click one tile, then click a second tile with the same creature.
The pair connects, and the tiles disappear, only if a path of empty space joins them with at most two turns. The path can run around the outside edge of the board.
If the creatures differ, or the path needs more than two turns, it counts as a miss and your streak resets. In Survival mode each miss also costs a life.
As tiles clear, more paths open up. Clear the whole board to finish it.
If no moves are left, the reef reshuffles itself automatically.

Start with tiles on the edges, since they connect easily, then work inward.
Clear pairs that block many others first.
Each new species you connect is added to your reef guide, which you can open from “My stats & reef guide”.
On Easy and Medium, “Show a pair” highlights a valid pair and “Shuffle” rearranges the remaining tiles.

Every correct connection is worth 100 points, scaled by difficulty (Easy ×0.8, Medium ×1, Hard ×1.3, Expert ×1.6).
Connecting within 3 seconds adds 25 points, and each connection in a row adds 15 (up to 10 in a row).
A miss scores nothing and resets your streak.
Using a hint halves the points for that connection. Hints are only available on Easy and Medium.
Harder difficulties have bigger boards with more species and fewer lives.

Classic

A fixed number of rounds, then a results screen.

Endless

Keep playing until you press Quit.

Time Attack

Fit in as many rounds as you can before the clock runs out.

Survival

Play until you run out of lives or make the game-ending mistake.