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Merge Maestro

Combine 100's of unique emoji based tokens in this roguelike merge-builder! Find ever more creative combinations of Tokens and Powers to fuse unique strategies and beat this ever more challenging twist on rogue-likes, puzzlers and arcadey games!

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June 19, 2025
1 year and 43 days ago
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About the Game

Merge Maestro is a combo-driven puzzle-like rogue-like. Merge Emoji themed Tokens together to create more powerful Tokens to defeat waves of enemies. Craft your set with Hundreds of unique Tokens to create Thousands of powerful and wacky combinations. No two runs are ever the same in this bite sized rogue-like you can take with you anywhere!

Gameplay

  • Place Tokens on on the board and Merge tokens of the same type to make ones of a higher Level. Higher Level Tokens are Stronger!!

  • Choose a new Token to add to your set at the end of every wave. There are 100's of Tokens to discover each with unique effects!

  • Synergize your build to defeat the ever more challenging enemies that come each wave across multiple difficulties and challenges!

  • Gain crazy Powers throughout each run, each with game changing, potentially even game breaking effects.

Features:

  • 350+ Unique Emoji based Tokens to be discovered with their own special effects

  • 90+ Game-changing Powers to experiment with, each completely changing the mechanics of a run

  • 12 themed packs of Tokens that get more complex and wacky

  • 8 Difficulty modes that progressively force you to learn and adapt to ever more cunning enemies

  • 20 Challenges that completely change the way the game is played

Endless Strategies

  • Construct a city to whittle down your enemies turn by turn

  • Become a chef and combine foods, fruit and drinks to turn your tokens super!

  • Destroy your own tokens and create a relentless resurrecting army of the dead

And much, much more!!!

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