
Grindstone is a puzzle game where epic adventures are just your 9-to-5. It’s your job to mine grindstones from the Creeps that lurk on the mountain in over 600 levels of intricate puzzles and hazards, all in the hopes of saving up enough grindstones to take your family on a much needed vacation.
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Grindstone Mountain is overrun with vicious Creeps! Part color-matching, part monster-slaying ridiculousness, in Grindstone it’s your job to mine grindstones from the Creeps that lurk on the mountain. Slay your way up the treacherous peak by completing over 600 levels of intricate puzzles and hazards, besting bosses and exploring a variety of weird and wonderful locations along the way.
As your tackle the challenges of Grindstone Mountain, you'll also discover long-lost blueprints to craft powerful new gear, unlock a challenging boss-rush mode, try your luck at the wheel of fortune in a creepy carnival, and have the chance to prove your prowess on the leaderboards of three daily modes.
Your musical maestro throughout Grindstone is Sam Webster, composer of the game's widely-acclaimed original soundtrack.
Grindstone is a game of sword-slashing puzzle battles from the award-winning creators of Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Super Time Force Ultra, BELOW, Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes and Critter Crunch!

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Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese +2 more
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[i]Grindstone is a tile-matching puzzle game with the goal to combine long chains of tiles while defeating enemies with the highest possible combination score.[/i] To be honest, I expected some kind of viking-themed puzzle game with cute graphics that would entertain me for some in-between time, but Grindstone definitely surpassed my expectations. I think match-3 games or tile puzzles generally have a harder time because many people throw everything into the same pot as Candy Crush. Grindstone is definitely much more extensive; with over 250 levels + 15 bosses, 50-60 equippable abilities, daily and weekly grind challenges, it's far more complex and long-term entertaining than expected. The art style is beautifully designed, the soundtrack is incredibly epic, and the variety of enemies and levels kept me in a “okay, just one more level”-loop far too long. Definitely became one of my go-to casual games in 2025. [b]17€ is an absolutely justified price for this fairly addictive arcade game, which definitely deserves greater popularity.[/b]
[ENG] I recommend it, but to a specific audience. In a way, saving the distances, it’s a Candy Crush–style game with a different theme and several extra elements that add depth and customization. You play as a warrior, killing and matching creeps to create combos. You can forge weapons and armor, upgrade skills, and fight end-of-level bosses. The music is nice, and visually it’s colorful and fun. If you like this type of game, this one will definitely be for you. It’s very entertaining and easy to progress through more than 300 levels, but the core gameplay stays the same. [ESP] Lo recomiendo, aunque quizá a un público en concreto. Se trata de una especie de Candy Crush pero con otra temática y añadiendo elementos q le dan mayor profundidad y personalización. En lugar de caramelos son alimañas y tú eres una especie de guerrero tocho q te embarcas en el ascenso a una montaña en busca de recursos para poder llevar a tu familia de vacaciones, pero ¡cuidaoo! en tu viaje aparecerán hordas de bichos para impedírtelo. Podrás forjar armas, armaduras, mejorar habilidades y enfrentarte a jefes finales en cada nivel (a alguno se le habrá puesto dura leyendo esto, pero no es oro todo lo q reluce). Dicho así mola, hay una taberna donde a base de cerveza recuperas vida tras cada batalla (nivel), puedes caracterizar a tu personaje con distintos looks y tal, incluso jugar con tu madre, me refiero a llevarla a ella de personaje y matar a los monstruos a base de espadazos en modo hack and slash con tu vieja (puedes regular el nivel de “gore”, sangre q quieres ver, opción curiosa si tenemos en cuenta q no puedes ajustar ni la resolución). La música está bien, visualmente es simple pero muy colorido, con un estilo que recuerda a Hora de Aventura. Los sonidos y las animaciones suponen esa recompensa visual y auditiva tipo Candy Crush. Se trata de unir criaturas del mismo color y hacer combos. Es cierto q van apareciendo cosillas nuevas en cada mundo, pero el núcleo es el mismo, si te gusta ese estilo de juego sin duda este es tu juego. Es muy entretenido y fácil de avanzar, así q tampoco es q haya un punto de inflexión donde lo vayas a dejar, salvo q tú mismo te des cuenta q de esos 300 y pico niveles no vas a hacer mucha otra cosa. Es un juego casual q viene genial para distraerse haciendo partidas cortas sea en paralelo o dedicándose a él. Imagino q al haber tantos niveles, la dificultad aumentará en alguno, pero me decepciona q llevados 4 mundos (de 13) aún no haya habido nada realmente chungo. Lo q sí tiene son desafíos diarios (con clasificación mundial) y eso es lo q más cuesta pq al final es hasta donde aguantes.
at first i bought this game because of visuals, but its so much more, IM ADDICTED NOW! i really can't believe this game isn`t a hit yet, great puzzles, great daily tasks, good soundtrack, i think i found a trasure hidden in my wishlist!!! (i see myself playing this for ages from now on, thank you devs >-<)
体量巨大的一笔画/连连看 收集马拉松+增量tag诚不欺我——3小时通了前20关,而本游戏一共660关还有每日随机挑战... 感觉定位和愤怒的小鸟、剪绳子这些游戏类似,属于装一部可以顶很久的休闲解谜[strike]小[/strike]游戏,可能也更适合ios/sd上碎片时间玩。
看似很难,实则一点也不简单
机制设计得还不错,但是整体设计不够合理,资源过少,后面的关又骤然变难。
totally worth it. crazy amount of levels, good diversity. beggining was easy, its starting to build and im not even mid-game kind of strange having so few reviews
godly music and peak gameplay. goated game.
Awesome
Genuinely the greatest match 3 puzzle game ever made. The only criticism I have of it is I don't like how many of the tools are limited use, I'd prefer to have a more balanced selection of tools I can use every single level than ones I have to worry about how many of the various resources I have to be able to craft more of them. But that's a very minor complaint because the game does not make them a necessity the way a lot of free to play match 3 games would.
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