What's new
We add new games and guides every week. Updates go live on Mondays at 1:00 AM Los Angeles time (Pacific Time). Here's everything, newest first.
- New gameGlow Grid
Each tap flips a plus shape. Light every tile in as few moves as par.
- New gameGlow Grid
- New gameBlock Fit
Fit three pieces at a time on an 8x8 grid and clear full lines.
- New gameBlock Fit
- New guideHow Hard Is Each Color Pour Level? We Solved the First 100
We ran an exhaustive search on the first 100 Color Pour levels: shortest solutions, dead-end positions, trap openings, and how often random pouring wins.
- New guideDoes the 2048 Corner Strategy Actually Work? We Let Bots Play 61,200 Games
We copied the rules of our Merge 2048 game into a simulator and let four bots play 61,200 games. Here is how far random play, the corner rule and planning ahead get.
- New guideHow Often Does a Classic Mine Board Force You to Guess? We Measured It
We ran 60,000 random mine-sweeping boards through Mine Finder's own solver. Here is how often each difficulty needs a guess, and how far logic gets first.
- UpdatedThe 2048 Corner Method: Why It Works and How to Use It
Learn the corner strategy for 2048: why pinning your biggest tile in one corner works, how to build a merge chain, and the common mistakes that end games early.
- New guideHow Hard Is Each Color Pour Level? We Solved the First 100
- New guideDraw 1 vs Draw 3 in Klondike Solitaire: How the Deck Really Works
Why Draw 3 Klondike feels so much harder than Draw 1, how the stock cycles, and the deck-management tricks that turn hopeless-looking games into wins.
- New guideHow Many Moves Should a Memory Game Take? We Ran 600,000 Games to Find Out
What's a good score in a card matching game? We simulated a player with perfect memory on every Pair Up board size, and the answer is a useful benchmark.
- New guideShelf Sort Strategy: Planning Around Back Rows and the Clock
Deep shelves are what make Shelf Sort hard. Learn to read the back rows, decide which shelf to clear first, and manage the timer and your one shuffle.
- New guideDraw 1 vs Draw 3 in Klondike Solitaire: How the Deck Really Works
- New gameBlock Drop
Guide falling pieces into a narrow well and clear full rows.
- New gameBolt Sort
Unscrew colored nuts and sort them so each bolt holds one color.
- New gameColor Pour
Pour colored liquids between tubes until every tube is one color.
- New gameMerge 2048
Slide, merge and double your way up to the 2048 tile.
- New gameMine Finder
Read the numbers, flag the mines and clear the field without a boom.
- New gamePair Up
Flip cards, remember where things hide, and match every pair.
- New gamePixel Logic
Nonogram puzzles: crack the number clues to reveal hidden pixel art.
- New gameShelf Sort
Match three of a kind on a shelf to pack them before time runs out.
- New gameKlondike Solitaire
The classic patience game with Draw 1 or Draw 3, and every deal winnable.
- New gameSudoku
Classic 9x9 number logic with notes, hints and four difficulty levels.
- New guideThe 2048 Corner Method: Why It Works and How to Use It
Learn the corner strategy for 2048: why pinning your biggest tile in one corner works, how to build a merge chain, and the common mistakes that end games early.
- New guideLiquid Sort Puzzles: Solving Techniques That Actually Work
Practical techniques for liquid sort puzzles: protect empty tubes, avoid burying colors, count layers, and know when undo is worth it. With worked examples.
- New guideFalling-Block Puzzle Strategy: Stack Flat, Keep a Well, Read Ahead
A practical strategy guide for falling-block puzzles: how to stack flat, keep a clean well column, read the next piece and survive the speed-up at higher levels.
- New guideHow to Solve Nonograms: A Step-by-Step Method
Learn how to solve nonogram picture puzzles with overlap, edge and crossing techniques, plus a fully worked 5x5 example you can follow one line at a time.
- New guideHow We Make Sure Every Puzzle Level Is Solvable
A behind-the-scenes look at how Ouleiya's sorting and logic games generate levels, check them with solvers, and tune difficulty without ever serving an impossible puzzle.
- New guideMine Finder Patterns: 1-2-1, 1-2-2-1 and How to Guess Well
Logic patterns for mine-deduction puzzles: the 1-2-1 and 1-2-2-1 rules, wall and corner tricks, number subtraction, and how to pick the safest guess.
- New guideNuts and Bolts Sorting Puzzles: A Beginner-to-Expert Guide
Learn to solve nuts and bolts sorting puzzles, from the basic rules to expert tactics for tight levels with one empty bolt. Clear tips with worked examples.
- New guideWhich Puzzle Game Fits Your Break? A Guide by Time and Mood
Five minutes or thirty? Want to relax or to think hard? A practical guide to picking the right free browser puzzle game on Ouleiya for the time and energy you have.
- New guideSudoku Techniques from Beginner to Expert
Learn the Sudoku techniques that solve almost every puzzle: naked and hidden singles, pairs, pointing pairs and X-Wings, plus when pencil notes pay off.
- New guideWhy Sorting Puzzles Are So Satisfying
Goods sort, liquid sort and screw sort puzzles share one simple loop: turn a mess into order. Here's the design and psychology behind why these puzzles feel so good.
- New gameBlock Drop