Pathtide: Connect the Dots
Connect the dots and fill every cell. One true solution. A Pipes mode too.
Coming soon to Google Play
About Pathtide
Pathtide is a calm connect-the-dots puzzle built on one promise: every puzzle has exactly one true solution. Drag to draw a stream of water between two buoys of the same colour, keep every stream from crossing another, and fill the whole grid — pure logic gets you through, at your own pace, with no clock working against you.
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
Pathtide keeps the rules simple.
- 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.
- Streams cannot cross or branch. Plan the route so every colour reaches its partner without boxing another pair out.
- The board is solved only when every pair is joined and every single cell on the grid is filled.
- 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 kind of logic. 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 connect-the-dots fan could want, in one calm app:
- Dots Journey: 300 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 track with its own three stars — one for solving, one for using no hint, one for finishing within par — built on the same tap-to-rotate mechanic
- 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 three board sizes — small, medium or large — with levels across the game running from a compact 5x5 up to a full 12x12 and taller boards
- Colour-blind friendly throughout: every buoy pair carries a matching symbol, so colour is never the only clue
- A small download that plays fully offline, interface in 13 languages
Fair Hints
A hint reveals one whole correct stream, never a vague nudge, though it costs that board one star. The first hint on every board is free; after that, a hint costs a few coins, and the game always asks first. Undo never costs anything, on any board.
No Pressure
There is no time limit anywhere in Pathtide. Your best time on a board is recorded if you want to chase it, but nothing about finishing a puzzle ever 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 puzzle, an offline pipe puzzle for the commute, or a logic game where every board is guaranteed to have exactly one solution? Install Pathtide and see today's puzzle.
