About Puzzle.now
Puzzle.now exists to make great brain games free for everyone. Open the site and you are playing within seconds, with no download to sit through and no account to create. Our whole aim is simple: keep classic puzzles fast, fair and free, on whatever device you happen to be holding. Nothing here is a trial, and nothing hides behind a paywall.
We are a small team who grew up loving puzzles and got tired of sites buried under pop-ups and sign-up walls. So we built a calm home for seventeen hand-made games across six families - sliding, logic, memory, blocks, colour and word - and added a daily challenge and live head-to-head races on top. Everything on Puzzle.now is free to play, and it always will be.
What you will find here
Under one clean roof, and all playable the instant the page loads:
- Seventeen full puzzles. Sliding-tile games, logic grids, memory, block-packing, colour and word puzzles - from the Slide Puzzle and 2048 to Sokoban, Water Sort, Klotski and Word Scramble - each with its own board sizes.
- A daily challenge. One seeded board a day, the same for everyone, so you can compare your time fairly and build a streak.
- Live multiplayer. Race another player on the exact same board with side-by-side progress bars in our multiplayer rooms.
- Leaderboards. The fastest times and best scores across every game land on the leaderboard.
- Plain-English help. The rules hub, the glossary and printable grids get you started fast.
How the puzzles are built
We care about getting the small things right. Every board is shuffled from a fair, seeded generator, which means it is random but repeatable - that is exactly what lets two players share one multiplayer board or face the same daily challenge. Where a puzzle can be unsolvable by chance, like the Slide Puzzle or Lights Out, we only ever deal you a board that has a real solution, so a loss is always down to the puzzle and never a rigged deal.
Your stats, streaks and settings are saved right in your browser, so you can play as a guest and still keep your progress. Want to sync across devices, join multiplayer and appear on the leaderboards? Create a free account. It is optional, and you never need one just to play.
The promises we keep
We hold ourselves to a few simple standards:
- No forced login. Play anything without an account. Signing in only ever adds features, it never gates the games.
- Works on any device. Everything runs in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to install and no updates to chase.
- Your progress stays yours. Best times and streaks save locally on your device, and an account simply carries them between screens.
- Honest and clean. We tell you plainly how each game is won or scored, and we keep the space between you and the board free of clutter.
- Privacy respected. We keep data collection light and spell out exactly what we store in our privacy policy.
Get in touch
Have a question, a bug to report, or a puzzle you would love us to add? We genuinely want to hear it. Reach out any time through the contact page, or browse the FAQ for quick answers to the questions we hear most. Thanks for playing on Puzzle.now.
Common questions about Puzzle.now
Is Puzzle.now free?
Yes, Puzzle.now is completely free to play. Every puzzle, the daily challenge, the leaderboards and online multiplayer are all included at no cost. There is no trial, no paid tier and nothing hidden behind a paywall.
Do I need to download or install anything?
No downloads or installs are needed. Every puzzle runs right in your web browser on a computer, phone or tablet. Just open the site and start playing, and you always get the latest version automatically.
Is Puzzle.now safe to use?
Yes. You can play any puzzle without creating an account or sharing personal details, and there is nothing to install that could put your device at risk. Signing in is optional and only exists to save your stats and unlock multiplayer.
What makes Puzzle.now different from other puzzle sites?
Two things stand out. Puzzle.now offers real-time, head-to-head multiplayer where you race another player to solve the very same board first. It also runs a daily challenge that gives everyone the same puzzle each day, so you can compare your time fairly against the whole community.
Who made Puzzle.now?
Puzzle.now is built by a small team of puzzle fans who wanted a clean, free home for classic brain games without ads getting in the way. You can learn more about the people and the mission on the about page, and reach out any time through the contact page.