Soda bottles, fishy candies, honey jars, and a physics layer the original Candy Crush never had. The mod hands back your moves and lives, so the puzzle gets to do the talking.
What is Candy Crush Soda Saga
Candy Crush Soda Saga is King's second match-three game, and the soda twist is what sets it apart from the first one. The original asks you to line up matching candies on a flat board. Soda Saga adds rising soda on top of that. Every match near a bottle releases liquid that floats candies upward, opens new paths, and reshapes your next swap. You end up reading the whole board, not just the candies in front of you.
The game is built around episodes, with hundreds of levels sorted into themed worlds. Each level has its own goal. Free gummi bears stuck in ice, push the soda above a target line, collect honey-coated candies, or pop floating bubbles before they hit the top. That constant rotation is why people keep coming back years after they first installed it. The Play Store version is free, with optional in-app purchases for extra moves, boosters, and lives.
Key features
App info
- Publisher
- King (modded build)
- Package ID
com.king.candycrushsodasaga- Version
- 1.318.3
- Updated
- May 2026
- Size
- ~138 MB
- Installs
- 500,000,000+ (Play Store)
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (8.8 million ratings)
- Android floor
- Android 6.0 and above
- Category
- Casual, Puzzle, Match-3
What this mod offers
This modified build of Candy Crush Soda Saga 1.318.3 strips out the energy and economy gate the official release uses to slow you down. The level logic is untouched, the soda physics still behave the way King built them, and you still climb world by world. What goes away is the move-counter ceiling and the lives system that paywalls a longer session.
- Unlimited moves.
Every level comes with effectively unlimited swaps, so a stuck board no longer ends in a forced wait or a booster you have to buy.
- Unlimited lives.
No 30-minute lives timer and no begging friends for lives. Failed a level? Jump straight back in.
- All boosters available.
Striped-and-wrapped combos, lollipop hammers, fish, and the other pre-level boosters are all there from level one.
- Episodes unlocked.
Story chapters that normally want a friend request or a per-episode wait are open from the start.
- No purchase prompts.
The booster-store overlay and the end-of-level upsell screens are switched off in the modded build.
- Progress carry-over.
Your episode and level progress saves locally and sticks around between launches.
How to install
Candy Crush Soda Saga is a mid-size install. The APK runs about 138 MB. Keep at least 138 MB free on internal storage so the unpack step and the first-launch asset check have room to work.
- Free up storage
Leave at least 138 MB of free internal storage. The unpack step needs a little headroom past the APK size itself.
- Download the APK file
Tap the download button at the top of this page. The file drops into your Downloads folder.
- Allow installs from this source
Open Settings, search for
Install unknown apps, and turn the permission on for your file manager. - Open the downloaded APK
Tap the file in Downloads. Android's package installer opens and shows you the permissions it wants.
- Tap Install and wait
On most modern phones the install takes under a minute. Don't lock the screen until it's done.
- First launch
Open the app. The intro animation plays, then the world map loads with the modded settings already on.
What's new in version 1.318.3
- New episode added to the main story, with fresh level layouts and a new soda-fueled boss board.
- Visual refresh on the world-map screens for the early episodes.
- Touch-input latency reduced on lower-end devices during fast chain reactions.
- Audio rebalance: candy-crunch effects mixed lower, soda-rising effect mixed higher.
- Stability fixes for booster-activation crashes reported on Android 14.
Mod vs Play Store
The modded build keeps the same level logic and the same soda physics as the official King release. The change is in the pacing layer. The official version uses lives and a move counter to throttle play and push booster purchases. The mod drops both. You still need real puzzle skill, smart special-candy combos, and a read on which way the soda is rising. It does not auto-solve anything for you.
FAQ
- Is Candy Crush Soda Saga free on Google Play?
- Yes, the official Play Store listing is free to install, with optional in-app purchases for extra moves, boosters, and additional lives. The official listing is the appropriate place to play the game without modification.
- How is Soda Saga different from the original Candy Crush Saga?
- Soda Saga layers a rising-soda mechanic on top of the standard match-three board. Matches near bottles release soda that floats candies upward, reshapes the playable space, and opens win conditions the flat-board original cannot offer. Soda Saga also ships a different cast (Kimmy and Tiffi), a different episode rotation, and its own booster set.
- Do I need a King account or Facebook login to play?
- No, the game can be played in guest mode without a login. A King account is optional and is mainly used to sync progress across devices. The modded build runs without a network connection after install, so a login is not required for play.
- What Android version and device do I need?
- The game requires Android 6.0 or above. Any phone or tablet from the last six years should run it smoothly. The soda-physics calculations are light on the GPU; mid-tier hardware is more than enough.
- How big is the download?
- The Candy Crush Soda Saga APK is approximately 138 MB. The first launch downloads a small set of episode assets, after which the game is mostly self-contained.
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