City Blocks

Why We Picked City Blocks

There is one decision in City Blocks, repeated: the board and the space left on it, and where that leaves the space you still have. Early boards forgive almost anything; later ones ask you to plan around pieces you have not seen yet. It is closer to a good crossword than to a good action game. At 95 of 172 it is not the headline puzzle here, but it is the one that keeps its promises. On the record: 4.3 out of 5 from 77 ratings.

How to Play

The page documents very little, so these are the things worth knowing before you spend time on it:

• Press Escape to leave fullscreen when the exit button is hidden behind the game frame.
• The board starts solvable and ends solved, and the middle part is your planning.
• Treat the first board as practice and the second as the attempt that counts.

Editor’s Note

If you want a puzzle that congratulates you, this is not it. If you want one that stays quiet, it is. Because the genre runs on rules rather than reflexes, a puzzle stays playable on a trackpad and an old browser.

Written by the UGFJD editorial team for this page. The publisher’s own description follows below, unedited.