Luxor: 5th Passage (2011)

Developer: MumboJumbo
Publisher: Accelerate Games
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual
Rating: 3.4 of 5, 124 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 4.3 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A fast and addictive match-3 shooter where you fire colored spheres into an advancing chain, racing against time to clear levels and score big.

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What players say

Players are split on this Luxor entry. Many fans enjoy the familiar match-3 marble shooting, but a significant number call it the weakest in the series, citing reused assets from earlier games, a forced 800x600 resolution even by 2011 standards, bugs that break saves, and difficulty spikes on higher settings that feel unfair.

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