match-three video game
Azkend 2: The World Beneath
By 10tons, released 1 Jan 2012
- Microsoft Windows
- macOS
What it is
Azkend 2: The World Beneath is a match-three adventure game from 10tons, released on Steam in 2017 for Windows. Its connect-the-tiles boards ask players to click and drag matches, activate powerups, and work through levels with different challenges. Nearly twenty powerups can be unlocked and selected to help progress. The journey moves through an underground world toward civilization, with location art that changes along the way. Its Jules Verne-inspired story is presented through full-screen animated scenes with professional voiceover. Three modes are listed: Adventure, Time, and Medals. Steam features include single-player, achievements, trading cards, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. The Steam genres are Adventure, Casual, and Indie. The listed platform for the Steam release is Windows, while the broader platform listing also names macOS.
What players like, and what they don't
- Three game modes
- Nearly twenty unlockable powerups
- Story scenes include voiceover
- Steam Cloud support
- Steam platform listing is Windows only
- Single-player only
Who it suits
Suits players who want a single-player tile-matching puzzle adventure with multiple modes and a voiced story. The listed Steam release is for Windows.
Azkend 2 combines connect-the-tiles puzzles, selectable powerups, and a narrated underground adventure. Its three modes give players different ways to approach the levels.
