Turnline: Relaxing Puzzle

The pitch

Turnline: Relaxing Puzzle is a calm minimalist puzzle about connecting lines. Tap the tiles to rotate them and find the correct position for every part of the network. Once all required paths are connected, the puzzle is complete. The first levels are simple and introduce the rules naturally. Later puzzles become larger and more challenging, with branches, multiple paths and increasingly intricate layouts. There is no timer, so you can think and solve each puzzle at your own pace. • Thousands of levels • Gradually increasing difficulty • Clean and relaxing visuals • Hints for difficult puzzles • Progress saving • Great for both quick and longer sessions

Controls & how it runs

Tap a tile to rotate it. Your goal is to connect the lines and complete the entire network. Tap a tile to rotate it. Check how its lines connect to nearby tiles. Keep rotating the pieces until the paths match. Connect every required section to complete the level. Correctly connected paths are highlighted as you progress. If you get stuck, you can use a hint. Use the mouse on desktop or simply tap the tiles on a phone or tablet.

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 portrait (upright) screen and listens to mouse, keyboard or touch, whichever the game prefers. This cabinet stands tall: it was built for portrait screens, so a phone held upright gives it the frame it wants — though it will squeeze politely into any window. Given a fullscreen button, use it — scores look better at full size, that's just science.

Pro tips for arcade cabinets

• Treat your first run as a scouting mission. Arcade cabinets hide their cruelty in the second minute, not the first — learn where the difficulty spikes before you start chasing numbers.
• Small scores compound. Grab the easy pickups on every pass instead of gambling the whole run on one heroic line; heroes respawn, banked points don't evaporate.
• Watch the edges of the screen. In classic arcade design the next problem almost always enters from somewhere you weren't looking — build the habit of scanning the borders.

Turnline: Relaxing Puzzle — quick-fire questions

Does Turnline: Relaxing Puzzle 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 Turnline: Relaxing Puzzle?

It stands on our Arcade 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 Turnline: Relaxing Puzzle on my phone?

Happily, yes. It runs inside the browser on phones and tablets the same way it does on a computer. This cabinet stands tall: it was built for portrait screens, so a phone held upright gives it the frame it wants — though it will squeeze politely into any window.

Do I need to install anything first?

Nothing whatsoever. Turnline: Relaxing Puzzle 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 Arcade row is powered on and waiting — The main floor: 415 cabinets of pure arcade stock — the quick, the loud and the gloriously unfair. If it beeps, flashes and dares you to beat a number, it lives on this row.