To eliminate the balls, the player must match three or more balls of the same color.

Its gameplay is centered on eliminating the row of balls that are slowly rolling across the screen in a predetermined path, with the player being tasked to throw the balls and eliminated the oncoming ball group by matching the colors. Since its release, the addictive and fun gameplay mechanic of this game made it one of the most popular arcade experiences of the 1st decade of the 21st century. Zuma Deluxe is an award-winning tile-matching puzzle video game, originally released in a web form in 2003, but popularized greatly when released as a packaged product for PC and Mac in 2004, and later console forms.