Simon Tatham's Puzzles

Chris Boyle

About this game

This is Simon Tatham's open-source collection of 40 single-player logic puzzle games, ported to Android. It will always be free, with no ads, and playable offline.

See the screenshots for the full list of 40 different games. They're all generated on demand with adjustable size and difficulty, so you'll never run out of puzzles.

Various control options for small screens: on-screen arrow keys (can be enabled in Settings), pinch to zoom, and a button to swap press/long-press.

Beta testers welcome! Join beta tests with the button on this listing.

Ratings and reviews

Absolutely deserves its high rating. Intuitive controls. Great selection of puzzles. Well-coded; I haven't encountered any bugs at all, and the app is extremely accommodating for putting one puzzle down to do a different one, then coming back to pick up right where you left off later. No ads, no "guilt trips" to play more, no nonsense getting in the way of enjoying whichever puzzle you feel like at the moment.

What can I say? It's infinite free puzzles with no ads whatsoever. There's a wide variety of sublime and challenging puzzles with highly configurably difficulty settings. Each puzzle has its mechanics neatly described and its source credited. Downsides? It's not especially pretty. Some puzzles' controls aren't the best. Certain classic puzzles have odd names (presumably for legal reasons). Otherwise it's perfect. I'm recommending this to everyone I can. (Including you, reader!) 😁

The best puzzle app I've ever found. Loads of types of games, completely free, no ads. My only wish is that it also had Nurikabe, Star Battle, and Yin Yang puzzles too, but there are so many other types you can keep playing for hours. The UI is simple and clean, there are size and/or difficulty options for each puzzle. Seriously, give this a try, you're bound to find something for you.

What's new

• New settings in many games
• Loopy: some new grid types
• Untangle: fix display of play area boundary
• Behind the scenes: Java converted to Kotlin; reimplemented soft keyboard in Compose