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Game guides & how-to-play tips
Friendly, no-jargon guides to the games we love - the rules, the techniques, and the little habits that turn a hard puzzle into an easy one. Every guide is written by the Anime Mochi studio and pairs with a free game you can open and practise on right away, no download and no sign-up.
Logic & numbers12 guides
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Logic puzzle
How to Solve Untangle (Planar Graph) Puzzles
Straighten a tangled web of nodes so no strings cross - start from the outer ring, spread each crossed cluster apart, and pull the knots out one at a time.
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Strategy game
Connect Four Strategy: How to Force Four in a Row
Take the centre, build a double threat your rival can't block twice, watch every diagonal, and use odd-even threats to force four in a row.
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Logic puzzle
Four-Colour Map Puzzles: Colour Every Region Without a Clash
Colour a whole map with four shades and no two neighbours matching - start from the most boxed-in region and backtrack the moment two borders clash.
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Number puzzle
How to Solve Sudoku: A Beginner's Guide
The one rule, scanning, naked and hidden singles, pencil marks and pairs - everything you need to solve your first grid.
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Picture puzzle
How to Play Nonograms (Picross)
Learn to read the number clues, mark the gaps, and reveal the hidden picture one logical step at a time.
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Logic puzzle
Minesweeper Strategy: Win Without Guessing
How the number clues work, the patterns that flag mines on sight, and how to open up a board safely.
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Logic puzzle
How to Win at Sokoban (Box-Pushing Puzzles)
Master box-pushing Sokoban: the one push rule, why crates die in corners and against walls, planning backwards from the pads, and using undo.
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Logic puzzle
Tower of Hanoi: The Pattern to Solve Any Stack
Solve the Tower of Hanoi every time with the two rules, the recursive idea, the move-the-smallest-disk trick, and the 2^n-1 move count.
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Logic puzzle
How to Solve Bridges (Hashi) Puzzles
Learn to solve Bridges (Hashi): start with corners and edges whose numbers force every bridge, never isolate a cluster, then chain the certain moves outward.
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Logic puzzle
How to Solve Shikaku (Rectangles) Puzzles
Cut the grid into rectangles, each holding one number equal to its area - factor the clues, place forced boxes first, and never strand a cell.
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Logic puzzle
Lights Out: How to Turn Every Light Off
Learn why tap order never matters and double-taps cancel, then master the chase-the-lights sweep and read the bottom row to clear every board.
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Logic puzzle
Rush Hour & Unblock: Sliding-Block Strategy
Trace the chain of blockers between the target block and the exit, work backwards to free each one, and stop shuffling pieces that are not in your way.
Tiles, colours & paths12 guides
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Path puzzle
How to Solve One-Stroke (Trace-Every-Line) Puzzles
Light up every line in one unbroken stroke - count the odd junctions, start on one of them, and never save a branch you can't get back to.
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Path puzzle
How to Solve Zip Number-Path Puzzles
Draw one line that hits the numbers in order and fills every cell - start from the fixed numbers, hug the walls, and never strand a corner.
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Path puzzle
How to Solve Ice-Sliding Puzzles
On ice, a piece slides until a wall stops it - plan the stopping squares, use bumpers as brakes, and work backwards from the goal.
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Tile puzzle
2048 Strategy: How to Reach the 2048 Tile
The corner method, keeping a clean row, and the merging discipline that gets you past 1024 and beyond.
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Tile puzzle
How to Solve a Sliding Puzzle
The row-by-row, column-by-column method that solves any 15-puzzle - including the tricky last two tiles.
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Tile puzzle
Mahjong Solitaire Strategy: Clear the Layout
Learn to clear any Mahjong solitaire layout - spot free tiles, make the matches that open the board, and never strand a pair.
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Match puzzle
Match-3 Tips: Trigger Bigger Cascades
Where to look for moves, how to build special pieces, and why working from the bottom wins.
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Colour puzzle
Flood-It Strategy: Clear the Board in Fewer Moves
Clear a Flood-It board in fewer moves: when to grab the biggest patch, when to look ahead to a new region, and why the colour count sets a floor.
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Colour puzzle
Water Sort Puzzle Strategy
Pour your way to a clean board: keep a spare tube free, merge matching colours, never bury a colour you need, and undo to test any line.
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Path puzzle
How to Solve Pipe & Net Rotation Puzzles
Rotate-the-pipe net puzzles made simple: read the forced angles on edges and corners, aim dead ends inward, build out from the source, and dodge stranding loops.
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Path puzzle
Flow & Connect Puzzles: Link Every Pair
Learn to link every colour pair in Flow puzzles - start with corners and edges, use the cover-every-cell rule to deduce forced paths, and stop wasting space.
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Path puzzle
How to Solve a Maze (Every Time)
Solve any maze without guessing: the hand-on-wall rule, dead-end filling, reading junctions, and what to do when the goal sits on a detached island.
Arcade & action8 guides
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Arcade strategy
Helix Jump Tips: Drop Through Every Ring
Line the ball up with each gap, tap in small turns, chain safe drops for a speed streak, and read the tower two levels ahead of the spikes.
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Arcade strategy
Stack Tower Tips: Land Every Block Clean
Tap a hair early, aim for centred overlaps to widen the slab, hold a steady rhythm, and rebuild calmly when the tower goes thin.
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Arcade strategy
Snake Game Strategy: Get a High Score
The edge-hugging pattern that keeps a long snake alive, plus the boost timing that wins .io snake arenas.
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Arcade strategy
Bubble Shooter Tips: Aim, Bank Shots & Combos
Read the aim line, bank shots off the walls, cut the anchors to drop whole clusters for free, and save your special bubbles for real jams.
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Arcade strategy
Brick Breaker Tips: Clear Every Level
Treat the paddle like a steering wheel: aim each rebound, tunnel up one side, grab safe power-ups, and clear every brick-breaker level.
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Arcade strategy
Falling Blocks Tips: Stacking & Line Clears
Stack falling blocks like a pro: build low and flat, never bury holes, keep one well open for big multi-line clears, and read the next piece.
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Arcade strategy
Flappy-Style Tap Games: How to Get a High Score
Score higher in flappy-style tap games with small steady taps, centred gaps, a calm rhythm, looking ahead, a relaxed hand, and short practice runs.
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Arcade strategy
Mini-Golf Tips: Reading Slopes & Banking Putts
Sink mini-golf holes in fewer strokes by reading slopes, aiming above the break, banking off obstacles, and tapping gently near the cup.
Know the genre8 guides
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Genre guide
Merge Games Explained: The Doubling Loop
Why fusing two matching pieces into a bigger one powers 2048, suika drops and merge boards - plus the space habits that keep you alive.
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Genre guide
Endless Runner & Auto-Runner Games Explained
Your character runs on its own, so it's all timing - reading the track ahead, tapping to jump or switch lanes, and the rhythm that keeps a run alive.
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Genre guide
Physics Puzzle Games Explained
Gravity, momentum and ropes do the work - you solve by timing a cut, a swing or a slice, and reading how everything will fall before you act.
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Genre guide
A Beginner's Guide to .io Games
What ".io" means, how the snake, tank and territory arenas work, and how to survive your first few minutes.
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Genre guide
Idle & Incremental Games Explained
Producers, prestige, and offline progress - why idle games are so moreish, and how to play them well.
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Genre guide
Cozy Farming Sim: A Beginner’s Guide
A warm, low-pressure walkthrough of cozy farming sims: first-day plans, watching energy and the clock, seasonal crops, selling vs cooking, villagers, fishing and mining.
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Genre guide
Idle RPG Skilling: A Beginner’s Guide
Train one skill at a time in an idle RPG: gather-then-process loops, gold on gear, auto-eat combat, offline progress, and the patience that compounds.
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Genre guide
Survivors-Like Games: A Beginner’s Guide
Vampire-Survivors-style auto-attackers explained - your weapons fire on their own, so master kiting the swarm, scooping XP gems, and synergy builds that snowball.
Roundups & getting started4 guides
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Roundup
Best Free Puzzle Games (No Download)
A hand-picked tour of the best free browser puzzle games for every mood - logic grids, colour sorts, path puzzles and merge boards, all instant-play.
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Roundup
Best Free Browser Games (No Download)
A hand-picked tour of instant-play browser games for every mood - quick arcade, cozy sims, and deep puzzles.
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Roundup
Best Free Online Games for Kids
Gentle, icon-led games with no accounts, no chat and no tracking - safe picks a six-year-old can play alone.
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Getting started
What Is a Progressive Web App?
How to install Anime Mochi to your home screen and play offline - the simple idea behind a PWA.