Candy Crush Cheats

Cheats & Tips for Every Level of Candy Crush Saga, Soda, and Jelly

  • Home
  • Candy Crush Saga
  • Candy Crush Soda
  • Candy Crush Jelly
  • Friends Saga
    • Friends Saga Tips, Cheats, and Strategies
    • Friends Saga Characters
  • Free Lives
  • Tips
You are here: Home / Candy Crush / Candy Crush Addiction Explained By Science

Candy Crush Addiction Explained By Science

by Candy Crush Cheats

The Real Reason We Can’t Stop Playing

It doesn’t matter whether you’ve been playing Candy Crush Saga for just one day or for the past year–after completing the very first level, you’ve had a taste of the obsession we all feel for these little chunks of digital sugar. There’s something about King’s brightly-colored grids of candy that makes Candy Crush addiction more potent than, well, actual candy. But what is it about this particular game that’s got our heads buzzing all the time? Science has the answer, as Anthony Carboni explains in a segment for Discovery News:


If you can’t access the video or were too busy making a color bomb in another window to pay attention to what Anthony was talking about, we’ll explain. The most basic way that Candy Crush addiction begins is by giving us a rush of dopamine, the chemical that our brains process in order to feel pleasure. When a lot of happy music plays and the level goes into Sugar Crush, we feel happy and accomplished. We want to replicate that feeling again–so we play another level. And another, and another, until it’s two thirty in the morning. Anthony notes in the video that by ramping up the difficulty, Candy Crush makes losing “hurt” us, but the truth is a little more complicated than that. In fact, since easy levels are placed in between particularly difficult ones, King adjusts the difficulty up and down to remind us how good winning feels right after we feel discouraged.

candy-crush-addiction-discovery
Anthony Carboni, seen here just after jubilantly beating level 65.

But that’s not really unique to Candy Crush–lots of games have some sort of risk/reward system. Basically any game that tells us we’ve done a good job after completing a level, mission, or whatever, operates on this same cycle of seeking dopamine. So Candy Crush’s “freemium” model steps in to seal the deal. King makes us want to play more to get the dopamine rush, but if we’re out of lives, we can’t play more. So we pay more than we would for a better game in order to get our “fix.” Not sweet!

How has Candy Crush addiction affected your life? Will you be making a change in your habit now that you know you’re addicted? Let us know in the comments!

Filed Under: Candy Crush

Candy Crush Saga Levels

  • Candy Crush Level 1-50
  • Candy Crush Level 51-100
  • Candy Crush Level 101-150
  • Candy Crush Level 151-200
  • Candy Crush Level 201-250
  • Candy Crush Level 251-300
  • Candy Crush Level 301-350
  • Candy Crush Level 351-400
  • Candy Crush Level 401-450
  • Candy Crush Level 451-500
  • Candy Crush Level 501-550
  • Candy Crush Level 551-600
  • Candy Crush Level 601-650
  • Candy Crush Level 651-700
  • Candy Crush Level 701-750
  • Candy Crush Level 751-800
  • Candy Crush Level 801-850
  • Candy Crush Level 851-900
  • Candy Crush Level 901-950
  • Candy Crush Level 951-1000
  • Candy Crush Level 1001-1050
  • Candy Crush Level 1051-1100
  • Candy Crush Level 1101-1150
  • Candy Crush Level 1151-1200
  • Candy Crush Level 1201-1250
  • Candy Crush Level 1251-1300
  • Candy Crush Level 1301-1350
  • Candy Crush Level 1351-1400
  • Candy Crush Level 1401-1450
  • Candy Crush Level 1451-1500
  • Candy Crush Level 1501-1550
  • Candy Crush Level 1551-1600
  • Candy Crush Level 1601-1650
  • Candy Crush Level 1651-1700
  • Candy Crush Level 1701-1750
  • Candy Crush Level 1751-1800
  • Candy Crush Level 1801-1850
  • Candy Crush Level 1851-1900
  • Candy Crush Level 1901-1950
  • Candy Crush Level 1951-2000
  • Candy Crush Level 2001-2050
  • Candy Crush Level 2051-2100
  • Candy Crush Level 2101-2150
  • Candy Crush Level 2151-2200
  • Candy Crush Level 2201-2250
  • Candy Crush Level 2251-2300
  • Candy Crush Level 2301-2350
  • Candy Crush Level 2351-2400
  • Candy Crush Level 2401-2450
  • Candy Crush Level 2451-2500
  • Candy Crush Level 2501-2550
  • Candy Crush Level 2551-2600
  • Candy Crush Level 2601-2650
  • Candy Crush Level 2651-2700
  • Candy Crush Level 2701-2750
  • Candy Crush Level 2751-2800
  • Candy Crush Level 2801-2850
  • Candy Crush Level 2851-2900
  • Candy Crush Level 2901-2950
  • Candy Crush Level 2951-3000
  • Candy Crush Level 3001-3050
  • Candy Crush Level 3051-3100
  • Candy Crush Level 3101-3150
  • Candy Crush Level 3151-3200
  • Candy Crush Level 3201-3250
  • Candy Crush Level 3251-3300
  • Candy Crush Level 3301-3350
  • Candy Crush Level 3351-3400
  • Candy Crush Level 3401-3450
  • Candy Crush Level 3451-3500
  • Candy Crush Level 3501-3550
  • Candy Crush Level 3551-3600
  • Candy Crush Level 3601-3650
  • Candy Crush Level 3651-3700
  • Candy Crush Level 3701-3750
  • Candy Crush Level 3751-3800
  • Candy Crush Level 3801-3850
  • Candy Crush Level 3851-3900
  • Candy Crush Level 3901-3950
  • Candy Crush Level 3951-4000
  • Candy Crush Level 4001-4050
  • Candy Crush Level 4051-4100
  • Candy Crush Level 4101-4150
  • Candy Crush Level 4151-4200
  • Candy Crush Level 4201-4250
  • Candy Crush Level 4251-4300
  • Candy Crush Level 4301-4350
  • Candy Crush Level 4351-4400
  • Candy Crush Level 4401-4450
  • Candy Crush Level 4451-4500
  • Candy Crush Level 4501-4550
  • Candy Crush Level 4551-4600
  • Candy Crush Level 4601-4650
  • Candy Crush Level 4651-4700
  • Candy Crush Level 4701-4750
  • Candy Crush Level 4751-4800
  • Candy Crush Level 4801-4850
  • Candy Crush Level 4851-4900

Candy Crush Guide

  1. Special Candies and Matches
  2. Special Candy Combos
  3. Boosters and Charms
  4. Blockers and Obstacles
  5. Level Types
  6. Hardest Levels
  7. Play Candy Crush
All intellectual property rights in and to Candy Crush Saga are owned by King.com Limited, including copyrighted images and trademarks from Candy Crush Saga. Omada Digital is not affiliated with King.com Limited in any way.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service

Copyright © 2019 Omada Digital. All Rights Reserved.