Fun, easy to play match 3 game. Great for kids or the person who just likes a good match 3 to play endlessly.
I like the update with the graveyard features from prior games.

Recommended if you are looking for an easier version of the other games in this series, or have a young child to play it with or gift it to.

This is a much more basic version of the other games in the series.
No choices on decorations- you buy them, there is only one _thing_.
Again, this is a really good one if you have a young child to play it with or gift it to.
Graphics are much more basic. Still quite colorful and creepy cute.

The usual Accessibility notes-
There is no color-blindness settings options, You'll be dependent on machine system settings,
No UI or Text Scaling options.
Bright flashy lights and explosion effects that may be an issue for kids or adults with epilepsy or other photo-sensitive neurological conditions.
Lots of clicking- can be played with one hand only, but lots of clicking.
Puzzles aren't difficult, but can be a bit confusing at times.

No achievements or trading cards- this is a time killer game with lots and lots of grind.

Still fun to play in short sessions if you don't mind that it is pretty obviously a mobile game ported to PC.
Get it on sale- not sure I could justify full price for this one, even if I had a young child who really wanted to play it.

A very basic Match 3 game that can be replaced by any others unless you're so fond of Halloween decorations that you have to own every game you can find with that theme.

secrets of magic 4 plays exactly like the first , second and third games in the series, so my review will be very similar as well.

not much of a story in this one either but more than in the 3rd game. victoria is still teaching, this time a new student in a spooky forest, the best place for potion ingredients. except they didn't even bring a cauldron and are too lazy to go back to the school for it, so you're playing sugar daddy again, financing all their needs. it includes decorating stuff because that'll surely stand the test of time in the middle of the woods, not to mention how crucial it is from an educational perspective.

there's still very little difference from the previous games . typical match-3 action on 100 levels unlocked one by one, matching 4+ tiles creates various power-ups destroying stuff in different shapes, and there are bottles and keys to bring to the bottom, the latter to unlock more of the level. even though you learned and upgraded everything in the first game, then again in the second, then as a teacher re-learned everything in the third, you start with nothing and have to unlock all the power-ups yet again . understandable from a gameplay perspective, not so much otherwise. and after re-unlocking all 4 early on, there's not much else going on, only a few typical mechanics get added to the mix, no spiders or imps this time either.

relaxed, challenge and timed modes, the middle means a move limit , no star rating this time. there's a second layer of difficulty regarding the amount of obstacles and power-ups: casual has fewer obstacles and more power-ups, expert the other way round .

same lovely and varied tilesets and backgrounds with fitting music (can't remember if it's still the same or not), but the decorating section is in really ugly 3d from 20 years ago . you can click on stuff to zoom in but there's no reason to. separate volume settings, windowed mode, custom cursor, tutorial and match hint toggles and some languages.

since it's pretty much the same as the other games, which are among the better match-3 titles on the market, I can only say the same about this: worthy addition to anyone's collection, unless you don't want more of the same .

Very good Match 3 game. I wish it had achievements though (only thing that is missing). If you got some time to waste and like match 3 games, pick this up.

Recommended if you are looking for an easier version of the other games in this series, or have a young child to play it with or gift it to.

This is a much more basic version of the other games in the series.
No choices on decorations- you buy them, there is only one _thing_.
Again, this is a really good one if you have a young child to play it with or gift it to.
Graphics are much more basic. Still quite colorful and creepy cute.

The usual Accessibility notes-
There is no color-blindness settings options, You'll be dependent on machine system settings,
No UI or Text Scaling options.
Bright flashy lights and explosion effects that may be an issue for kids or adults with epilepsy or other photo-sensitive neurological conditions.
Lots of clicking- can be played with one hand only, but lots of clicking.
Puzzles aren't difficult, but can be a bit confusing at times.

No achievements or trading cards- this is a time killer game with lots and lots of grind.

Still fun to play in short sessions if you don't mind that it is pretty obviously a mobile game ported to PC.
Get it on sale- not sure I could justify full price for this one, even if I had a young child who really wanted to play it.

secrets of magic 4 plays exactly like the first , second and third games in the series, so my review will be very similar as well.

not much of a story in this one either but more than in the 3rd game. victoria is still teaching, this time a new student in a spooky forest, the best place for potion ingredients. except they didn't even bring a cauldron and are too lazy to go back to the school for it, so you're playing sugar daddy again, financing all their needs. it includes decorating stuff because that'll surely stand the test of time in the middle of the woods, not to mention how crucial it is from an educational perspective.

there's still very little difference from the previous games . typical match-3 action on 100 levels unlocked one by one, matching 4+ tiles creates various power-ups destroying stuff in different shapes, and there are bottles and keys to bring to the bottom, the latter to unlock more of the level. even though you learned and upgraded everything in the first game, then again in the second, then as a teacher re-learned everything in the third, you start with nothing and have to unlock all the power-ups yet again . understandable from a gameplay perspective, not so much otherwise. and after re-unlocking all 4 early on, there's not much else going on, only a few typical mechanics get added to the mix, no spiders or imps this time either.

relaxed, challenge and timed modes, the middle means a move limit , no star rating this time. there's a second layer of difficulty regarding the amount of obstacles and power-ups: casual has fewer obstacles and more power-ups, expert the other way round .

same lovely and varied tilesets and backgrounds with fitting music (can't remember if it's still the same or not), but the decorating section is in really ugly 3d from 20 years ago . you can click on stuff to zoom in but there's no reason to. separate volume settings, windowed mode, custom cursor, tutorial and match hint toggles and some languages.

since it's pretty much the same as the other games, which are among the better match-3 titles on the market, I can only say the same about this: worthy addition to anyone's collection, unless you don't want more of the same .

Very good Match 3 game. I wish it had achievements though (only thing that is missing). If you got some time to waste and like match 3 games, pick this up.