About Arrow Puzzle
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Arrow Puzzle is a small, independent browser game: a board full of arrows, one rule, and a surprising amount of thinking. This page explains who is behind it, how it is made and how it stays free.
Why this game exists
Arrow-escape puzzles are one of the cleanest ideas in casual gaming. Every arrow can move in exactly one direction, and the only question is order. We loved the format but kept running into versions that needed an app install, asked for an account, were buried under full-screen video ads or ran out of hand-made levels after a few days. Arrow Puzzle was built to be the opposite: open a web page and play, on any device, for as long as you like.
Who makes it
arrow-puzzle.online is designed, programmed and maintained by an independent web game developer who builds small, fast, single-page browser games. There is no studio, publisher or investor behind it. All the code that generates and runs the levels – the board generator, the solver that checks every level, the animation and the timer – was written specifically for this site.
The game and its guides are written in English first and then translated into 17 more languages so that players around the world can read the rules in their own language.
What makes it different
- Endless, verified levels. Levels are generated from a fixed seed for each mode and level number, then checked by a solver before you see them, so every board has at least one full solution. You can read exactly how this works in How Arrow Puzzle levels are generated.
- Three genuinely different modes. Easy, Medium and Hard differ not only in board size but in arrow length, the number of hearts and hints, the time budget, and how “deep” the dependency chains are tuned to be.
- No account, no download. Your progress is stored in your own browser. Nothing to install, nothing to sign up for.
- Lightweight. The whole game is a single page that loads in well under a second on a normal connection and runs smoothly on older phones.
- Accessible design choices. Keyboard shortcuts, high-contrast colours, an automatic dark mode and support for the “reduce motion” setting.
Guides we have written
Besides the game itself, the site hosts original guides based on how the game actually works:
- Arrow Puzzle strategy guide – a step-by-step method for reading any board.
- Hard mode guide – how to survive with two hearts and a single hint.
- How the levels are generated – the algorithm behind endless solvable boards.
How the site is funded
Arrow Puzzle is free to play. Hosting and development are paid for by advertising shown through Google AdSense. We keep ads away from the game board itself so they never cover arrows or controls, and we never ask players to click on ads. Details about advertising cookies and your choices are in our Privacy Policy.
Feedback and contact
Found a level that feels impossible, a translation that reads oddly or a bug on your device? We read every message. Use the contact page – feedback from players has already shaped the timer rules and the hint system.