XColumns is a single-player game in which one attempts to manipulate multicolored tiles in order to form sequences of three boxes of the same color - arranged horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. The playing tiles drop from the top of the screen, and are comprised of 3 boxes arranged in a column - each box has one of 6 possible colors. Tiles drop one at a time, and may be manipulated in one of five different ways.