Connect the dots and fill every cell. One true solution. A Pipes mode too.
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Pathtide is a calm connect the dots puzzle built on one promise: every puzzle has exactly one true solution. Connect the dots of the same colour with a stream of water, keep the lines from crossing, and fill every cell of the grid. Pure logic gets you through, at your own pace, with no clock working against you unless you pick Time Trial.
Every level was checked by a solver before it shipped, so exactly one path through the grid exists. A hint never contradicts a stream you have already drawn correctly, and there is never a second, better answer hiding behind the one you found.
How to play connect the dots
1. Drag from one buoy to its matching partner to draw a stream of water between them. Every pair also carries its own symbol, so you are never reading colour alone.
2. Streams cannot cross or branch. Plan the route so every colour reaches its partner without boxing another pair out.
3. The board is solved only when every pair is joined and every single cell on the grid is filled.
4. Free undo pulls a stream back at any time, so trying another route never costs you the puzzle.
A second mode: Pipes
Switch to Pipes for a different pipe puzzle. Tap a pipe tile to rotate it, and keep tapping around the board until every pipe locks into one network fed by the spring, with no open ends. Water fills the pipes as the network comes together.
What is inside
Everything a dot connect fan could want, in one calm app:
• Dots Journey: 300 connect the dots levels with up to three stars each: one for solving, one for using no hint, one for drawing every stream in one unbroken drag
• Pipes: a 150-level pipe game track with its own three stars: one for solving, one for using no hint, one for finishing within par
• Daily Tide: one board a day, the same for everyone, with a calendar for days you missed, a streak and a trophy for a full month
• Quick play in five tiers, easy to extreme, from a compact 5x5 up to dense 12x12 boards, with a bar showing how much of each tier you have solved
• Time Trial: an optional race against the clock, 1, 2 or 3 minutes, with a best for each
• Round the Bend: 60 boards whose left and right edges meet
• Touch and sight settings: line thickness, larger buoys, symbol size, drag assist and a high-contrast pool
• Diwali Lights, 1-10 November: ten festival boards, one lamp each
• Colour-blind friendly throughout: every buoy pair carries a matching symbol, so colour is never the only clue, plus a high-contrast pool
• A small download that plays fully offline, interface in 13 languages, in portrait or landscape
Fair hints
A hint reveals one whole correct stream, never a vague nudge, though on a level it costs that board one star. The first hint on every board is free, and there is one more free hint every day. After that, a hint costs a few coins, and the game always asks first. Undo never costs anything, on any board.
No pressure, unless you want it
Nothing in Pathtide puts a clock against you unless you choose Time Trial, an optional race of 1, 2 or 3 minutes with no hints. Your best times are recorded if you want to chase them, but finishing a puzzle never depends on a clock.
Track your progress
Sign in with Google Play Games for achievements across everything you play, leaderboards for the Dots Journey and Daily Tide, plus cloud save that carries your stars, streaks and best times to a new phone.
Pathtide is free to play, with optional coin packs.
Looking for a relaxing connect the dots game, an offline pipe puzzle for the commute, or a line puzzle where every board has exactly one solution? Install Pathtide and connect today's dots.