Tile Journey is a tile-matching game with match-3 play and a travel theme. The player must remove patterns of layered tiles hanging in front of a location-based backdrop.
The game has no timer. As a result, the player doesn't need to beat a clock to win. Instead, they must make matches of three identical tiles using seven empty spaces below the pattern. If they run out of spaces while attempting to make the matches, they lose the game.
The first levels of the game are based on a tropical beach theme with white tiles that feature related images, such as coconuts, fish, hibiscus flowers, ice cream cones, ice cubes, umbrellas, various fruits and waves. The player can select any unshaded tile. At the end of a level, the game displays an instant photo of the background. After a certain number of levels, the player receives a free present and opens a new location.
Tile Journey also provides the player with tools that help make gameplay easier, including a back button to undo the last move, a magic wand button that auto-selects three matching tiles, and a shuffle button that reorders the tiles to reveal new matches. If the player uses all of these tools during a round, they must wait five minutes before the game restores access to these options. That said, the wand button doesn't refresh until the next level.
