Puzzle Arrows: The Original

Puzzle Arrows: The Original is a single-player puzzle game about clearing crowded boards by launching arrows one at a time. Click anywhere on an arrow to send it toward its head: if its route is clear, it leaves the board; if another arrow blocks it, you lose a life and it returns. Work out which arrows block one another and choose a sequence that clears the level.

Levels and difficulty

The campaign has 500 fixed, solvable levels across six difficulty tiers: Easy, Medium, Hard, Very Hard, Extreme and Nightmare. Boards include square, rectangular and shaped layouts, ranging from compact puzzles to large ones with up to 200 interlocking arrows. The opening levels teach the rules through play, then introduce denser boards and longer chains of decisions. Removing an arrow changes which others can escape next, so you need to plan ahead.

Tools and retries

You can pan and zoom across larger boards, use one of five free hints per attempt, or restart a level to reconsider your approach. You have three lives, and tokens earned by completing new levels let you continue after mistakes without losing your progress on the current board. An optional Free Life Refill setting offers a more relaxed experience.

Playing at your pace

The full campaign can be played offline. The game has no ads, microtransactions, energy timers, daily chores, random rewards or waiting. Progress syncs through Steam Cloud, and Steam achievements can be unlocked along the way.