--- title: "Skill games: drop, memory, puzzle and more" description: "Set up a skill game, decide what score or time wins a prize, and combine it with a leaderboard." url: https://scratcher.io/help/games/skill-games language: en --- 1. [Help center](https://scratcher.io/help) 2. [Games and formats](https://scratcher.io/help/games) 3. Skill games: drop, memory, puzzle and more # Skill games: drop, memory, puzzle and more Set up a skill game, decide what score or time wins a prize, and combine it with a leaderboard. In a skill game, players score points or race against the clock. You decide what result wins. ## The skill games Each game's settings are described in [Catch objects (drop) and hit the target](https://scratcher.io/help/games/catch-drop-and-hit-the-target) and [Smash it, tap it, memory, puzzle, match matrix and bubble shooter](https://scratcher.io/help/games/more-skill-games). - **Catch Objects (Drop)**: catch falling items in a basket. Set the **Items** and their **Points**, the **Basket** and the **Game difficulty**. - **Hit the Target**: click or slice items moving across the screen. - **Puzzle**: slide tiles to complete an image. Choose the image and how many tiles. - **Memory Match**: find matching pairs of cards. Set the **Amount of pairs** and the card back. - **Tap It**: tap as fast as possible. - **Smash It**: smash items as they pop up. - **Match Matrix** and **Bubble Shooter**: match items or bubbles for points. Most skill games have a **Countdown** before the start and a **Timer**. ## Decide who wins Open the game settings and find **Finish conditions**: "Award specific prizes or show specific pages based on the points or time reached during the game." 1. Choose what to **Base conditions on**: **Points** or **Time**. 2. Set the **Points goal** or **Time limit**. 3. Choose what happens: **Win prize**, **No prize** or **Set as winner**, and the **Page to show**. You can add several conditions, for example a big prize for 500 points and a small one for 200. If you only want to reward the best players, skip the instant prizes. Turn off **Enable prizes** in the game's prize settings, add a [leaderboard](https://scratcher.io/help/games/leaderboards-and-predictions) and [draw the winners](https://scratcher.io/help/prizes/draw-winners) among the top scores when the campaign ends. ## Tips - Test the difficulty on a phone. What feels easy with a mouse can be hard with a thumb. - Use the [participation limit](https://scratcher.io/help/forms/limit-participation) to decide how often people can play. More tries keep a competition going. 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