Jewel Rush is a timed, goal-oriented match-3 game. Across 15 levels and unique outdoor environments, the player completes goals using matching jewels to create lines on game boards. They also attempt to earn a high score on each level and rank on various leaderboards.
The player can only match three or more of the same kind of jewel. When they perform this task, the game takes the matched jewels from the board. It then starts to fill small globes labeled with the different jewels with color-matched liquid. The player only wins a level when they fill all the globes. They must complete their work before a horizontal bar above the board runs out of bubbly orange liquid.
The game also features powered jewels that it randomly drops onto a board, or the player creates when they match more than three of the same kind at a time. One type of powered jewel acts like a massive explosive. Another generates energy arrows that take out a row and a column pair. They can even generate a special rainbow jewel that removes all of the same kind from a board with one move.
Jewel Rush sometimes duplicates powered jewel actions. For example, if the player activates a powered jewel on a row or column that has another one, both jewels perform their unique actions, such as two bombs going off at the same time with one move.