Stuck on a Level? Tactics and When to Use Power-Ups

Every Match Heist level is solvable. When a board resists, it is nearly always because the first six or seven taps went in without a plan. Read the board, commit to one colour at a time, keep two slots spare, and save power-ups for the moment they unlock a set you can finish.

Six tactics that work

1. 1

   Read the board before your first tap

   Take a few seconds to spot which colours have three or more cars visible. There is no timer on an ordinary level, so use it.

2. 2

   Work top-down

   Cars stacked on top block everything beneath them. Removing a top layer often reveals the third car of a set you already hold.

3. 3

   Commit to one colour at a time

   Completing a set frees three slots at once. Chasing three different colours in parallel is what fills the tray.

4. 4

   Save two slots as working room

   Treat the last two tray slots as reserved. They are the difference between digging one layer deeper and losing the board.

5. 5

   Restart early, not late

   If the tray is full of singles at the halfway mark, restart straight away. A fresh attempt with a plan beats grinding out a lost board.

6. 6

   Spend power-ups on the bottleneck

   Use a power-up at the moment it unlocks a set you can actually complete, not the first time a level feels hard.

Power-ups: when they are worth it

Match Heist power-ups change the state of a board mid-level. They can pull cars back out of a crowded tray, shuffle what is on the board, or clear an obstruction. You earn them from missions, events and clearing levels, and you can also buy them. They are a tool for the last few moves of a level, not the first.

• The tray is at one free slot and you can see the third car of a set you already hold.
• A single blocked car is the only thing between you and a clear board.
• An event run is on the line and restarting would cost you the streak.

When to save the power-up

• Early in a level. Restarting costs nothing, so a fresh attempt is cheaper than a power-up.
• When the board is still wide open and you simply have not found the colour to commit to.
• When you are going to lose the board anyway. Spend to win a level, not to delay losing one.

If a specific level looks impossible whatever order you play it in, send us the level number through support. Our designers check every board that gets reported.