When I got this game I immediately reached for my shot gun … another cutesy kitten game, oh joy!!!  Then when I started to get in to it the kittens started to win me over.  It is not every day that you are asked to save the kitten from invading aliens after all.  Match the tiles and save the kittens from alien abduction. That is the premise of Kitten Sanctuary,  this quirky match 3 game that certainly took me by surprise. Don’t worry though the aliens aren’t too scary and no kittens were harmed in the making of this game..

When the game begins, the alien invasion of Kitten Island has already begun. These aliens are clever, and they try to lure kittens into their traps with goodies like milk and canned fish. Your job is to rescue the trapped kittens by making matches over energy squares, while gathering resources to support your kitten colony.

The game is divided in to two parts basically- a match 3 game and the kitten caring and raising ’sanctuary’ part.  The rules are fairly self explanatory.  Swap the adjacent tiles to make three or more of one type of tile to clear them from the board.  Unlike most match 3 games you may swap tiles diagonally.  You can also move tiles in to blank spaces, thus giving you more matching possibilities.

The power ups include bomb and fireball tiles, which destroy everything in the immediate proximity, as well as shuffle tiles and time stopping power up.  In addition there is a glowing kitten head in the corner, which when filled up creates a laser that will destroy a good portion of the tiles on the board.