Six new Arcade games
At a glance
- New:
Gem Chase: Collect every glimmer in a crystal maze while four shades hunt you; prisms turn the tables.
- New:
Space Blaster: Dodge and shoot rocks and raiders, grab power-ups, and survive ever tougher waves. One hit ends the run.
- New:
Zip, Patches, Tango and Queens: Generated logic puzzles with live rule feedback, undo, a practice mode and a shared daily puzzle.
- New:
Records and coins: All six keep personal bests, count toward Arcade streaks, appear on the leaderboards and pay coins like the other games.
New features
Gem Chase
Guide the Gem through a maze with the arrow keys, WASD or swipes. Glimmers score 10 and prisms 50; a prism makes the four shades flee for a few seconds, and catching them scores 200, 400, 800 and 1,600. Clear a maze for a bonus and move to the next board, where the shades get faster. You have three lives and earn an extra one at 10,000 points.
Space Blaster
Your ship fires on its own; move it with the arrow keys, WASD or by dragging. Big rocks split into smaller ones, and raiders weave across the screen and later shoot back. Power-ups give rapid fire, a spread shot or thrusters for 10 seconds. A new wave arrives every 30 seconds, and one hit ends the run.
Zip
Draw one path from 1 through every number in order, filling every cell without crossing walls. Wrong moves flash, and you can undo or reset.
Patches
Split the grid into rectangles by dragging. Each rectangle holds exactly one clue, which gives its size and shape (square, wide, tall or any). Patches that don't fit are striped.
Tango
Fill the grid with suns and moons: each row and column holds equal numbers of both, no three alike sit in a line, = joins matching cells and × joins opposite ones. Broken rules are highlighted.
Queens
Place one crown in every row, column and colored region, with no two crowns touching, not even diagonally. Tap to mark × or place a crown, or drag to mark several cells; conflicting crowns are highlighted.
Daily puzzles, records and coins
Zip, Patches, Tango and Queens each have a Practice mode with endless new puzzles and a Daily puzzle that is the same for everyone. The clock starts on your first move and a faster solve scores more. All six games save personal bests, count toward Arcade streaks, rank on the leaderboards and pay coins within the usual daily limit.