Candy Crush Saga was released on 2012 April 12th for Facebook, and it uses the Flash platform. It was later released for mobile 7 months later, on 2012 November 14th, and offers synchronized gameplay to your Facebook account. This instantly led Candy Crush Saga become one of the most popular video games. Gameplay on web and mobile versions are subtly different due to platform management. Some players played on both platforms to exploit the differences, to decrease the difficulty, to play Mystery Quests to access further episodes, and to attain higher scores.