Hexa Bloom

The pitch

Hexa Bloom is a relaxing, oddly satisfying hexagon stack-sorting puzzle. Drop colorful tile stacks onto a honeycomb board and watch matching colors flip across in glossy, chiming cascades. Gather ten of a color and the stack bursts into a bloom of petals! Travel through 160 handcrafted levels across eight dreamy gardens, from Cherry Blossom and Ocean Lagoon to Autumn Grove, Frost Peak and Starlit Night, each adding new boards and twists like stones, locked cells and single-color goals, with tougher move limits the further you go. Plan chain reactions, earn up to three stars per level, unlock helpful boosters (Hammer, Shuffle, Undo), collect beautiful tile styles, claim daily gifts, keep your Daily Bloom streak alive and chase high scores in Endless mode.

Controls & how it runs

Drag a stack from the tray at the bottom onto any empty hexagon (or tap a stack, then tap a cell). When the top colors of neighbouring stacks match, the tiles slide together automatically, which can trigger whole chain reactions. Collect 10 tiles of one color on a stack to make them bloom and clear. Reach the level goal shown at the top before the board fills up. Use boosters when stuck: Hammer smashes a stack, Shuffle gives new tray stacks, Undo takes back your last move. Works with mouse and touch.

Getting a run going takes exactly one press: Press start, up top, and the game boots inside this page — nothing downloads in the background and no form wants your details before the first jump. The cabinet is drawn for a flexible screen and listens to mouse, keyboard or touch, whichever the game prefers. It reshapes itself for tall and wide screens alike, so phone, tablet and desktop all get the full picture. Given a fullscreen button, use it — scores look better at full size, that's just science.

Pro tips for puzzle cabinets

• Count what's missing, not what's there. In matching and logic boards the empty spaces and absent pieces usually draw the shape of the solution for you.
• Solve the corner first. Constrained edges and locked pieces have the fewest options, which makes them the honest starting point of almost every board here.
• If you're stuck, change the order, not the plan. Many boards on this row are the same moves played in a different sequence — the lock was the order all along.

Hexa Bloom — quick-fire questions

Does Hexa Bloom cost anything to play?

Not a token. The cabinet is free from the first run to the five-hundredth — no wallet, no sign-up, no toll booth hiding three levels in. The adverts around the page are what keep the floor's lights on.

What sort of game is Hexa Bloom?

It stands on our Puzzle row — that's the family it plays most like. The pitch above is the publisher's own rundown of what it throws at you and what it hands back.

Can I play Hexa Bloom on my phone?

Happily, yes. It runs inside the browser on phones and tablets the same way it does on a computer. It reshapes itself for tall and wide screens alike, so phone, tablet and desktop all get the full picture.

Do I need to install anything first?

Nothing whatsoever. Hexa Bloom is an HTML5 game: hit the start button and it boots on this page, and shutting the tab sweeps the cabinet clean behind you.

Before you wander off

Personal best banked, or still chasing it? Either way the full Puzzle row is powered on and waiting — Boards, bubbles and blocked exits: 139 puzzle cabinets for players who like their pressure quiet and their solutions sudden. Think first, tap second, gloat third.