Between matches, the player may then have the opportunity to improve their avatar such as using gold to buy equipment, learn new spells or skills, or otherwise prepare for more powerful opponents through the game's mechanics.

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords was developed by Australian company Infinite Interactive and first released on March 16, 2007.

Puzzle Quest was a surprise hit at release and received generally positive reviews for the fusion of the two distinct video game genres.

Players gather a number of heroes and villains from the Marvel Universe as they play, using in-game rewards to boost each character's abilities and overall power.

[2] Puzzle Quest 3 was developed by Infinity Plus 2 and published by 505 Games for release on Microsoft Windows and iOS and Android devices on March 1, 2022.

[6] Compared to previous games, Puzzle Quest 3 has the player make as many matches as possible on the board in a two-second window, accumulating damage and mana for spells, followed by the enemy making an off-board attack on the player's character, which may impact the state of the board.

He stated that "2010’s Puzzle Quest 2 added a layer of complexity with attack and defense and statistics that, while not entirely unwelcome, muddled the successful formula of its predecessor".