Holiday Bonus GOLD Reviews

As a rabid fan of both Christmas and match-3 games, I'm absolutely loving this! Yeah, it's obviously a bit old and the graphics are a bit dated, but to be honest that makes me like it more! When the little icons on the screen that you match move on mouseover it reminds me of funky geocities-era gifs and I'm totally there for it! (No offense to the devs, of course - as I said, I adore the game's certain tackiness, lol) Only thing that I wish this had is slightly better widescreen support (although I am perfectly happy to live with the bars on the sides) and, most importantly, an endless mode, although from what I read in the discussions area the game engine doesn't really support it, since it's so old. I'll live it with and just ignore the ice panes then, hehe. A lovely little game that I'll be playing for many more hours to come. It warms my cold, dead heart, and will be proudly included in my Christmas game collection here on Steam. Thank you!

Around 22 hours of no-frills uber-casual Match 3 gaming. You basically clear the board as fast as you can, and it's very unlikely you will get stuck with no available moves - it only happened to me once. I kind of wish that matches over 3 gave you obvious benefits, because the special tile drops seemed pretty random, and it would have provided incentive to make larger matches. Despite the simple, low pressure game-play, getting into the matching groove was good, and the holiday theme and seasonal music were enjoyable. Extremely wholesome. This is the perfect timekiller for coffee breaks at work, or something to play with your family in the room when you can't afford to devote intense concentration to gameplay. Looking forward to trying the others in the series.

Absolutely outdated. I don't even know how could somebody made a game in 2016 to max. 1024x768 resolution. (if not 800x600) If you play in higher resolution the "quality" will hurt your eyes... You can play in windowed mode, but I think it is very small in windowed mode.

Sound: 7 Graphics: 6 Story: 6 Gameplay: 8 Commands: 9 Fun: 7 Time to load / lag: 10 Bugs / Problems: 9 Final score: 7

If your in for a great match 3 with superb storylines or more holiday season themed and not too complicated to play and finish 100 % , this is the game for you

I played this in June and now I'm ready for Christmas. Great way to beat the summer heat! The artwork is different from some of the devs later games but lovely none the less. Solid Match 3 gameplay. I wish there were achievements but the opportunity to earn new artwork I can use as my desktop is lovely. Definitely a must for Match 3 fans!

Decent, basic Match 3 game with lots of levels. It's an older game, so the graphics are just okay.

In this winter game we swap all sorts of Holiday items to play a relaxing Match-3 game. While you play, the music and sound effects will accompany you quiet nicely to ensure that you have a pleasant game play. There are also beautiful backgrounds you can stare at and enjoy. Overall, there are 55 Regular and 55 Golden Levels, so you can complete the Christmas Tree. You also unlock background gallery as well! So this game is based on luck. As in you don't make Match-4+ or Match-5+ for power ups. They just randomly come up. There are also mysterious "?" bags with a random power up upon a mouse click. How is it? Relaxing! I mean this isn't a game where you play to pump yourself up. I mean you can... but why? Match-3 with a Holiday theme -> you like Match-3? Well then, think about whether ya want to play it or not... If you do, do enjoy! Thank you for the fun aka relaxing Match-3 game!!! :) :> =)

6/10 I really love Spooky Bonus - a newer match-3 game by GreyAlien. I had hoped this game (Holiday Bonus) was as good, but sadly it is lacking a story and other elements that the other match-3 games provide (from this developer). I can tell this is an earlier game, because the newer games are much more refined. But it is still a great time waster when I am bored, especially since I already beat the other games from this developer. That said, I still love the game engine that was used to develop this game (and others from GreyAlien): You can continue making matches as tiles are still falling (which helps keep the flow when you are on a roll), you can either swipe or select the tiles to match, and the game mechanics are solid. I have almost every game from this developer and will continue to support future games. I only wish I had been developing my own games when the game engine was for sale (the engine was purchased by Big Fish and is no longer available to indie developers like myself). I would still recommend this game to folks who love match-3 games, as another addition to the librabry. But if you don't collect these games like I do, then there are better ones out there. Keep making games GreyAlien!

I only play this once a year! This is a great match 3 (or more game) with a good level of challenge and is well presented. If you like Match 3, and you like Christmas - then you'll like this :) 7/10 - would explode me pudding again.