Find your way.
One clue at a time.
Pathed is a free daily path puzzle. Draw a trail through the grid, read the color clues, and uncover the exact hidden route.
Play today’s trails →How to play Pathed
- Start at camp. With a mouse, click the trail tip and move to draw; click again or press Esc to pause. On touchscreens, drag from the tip or tap the next square; lift to pause. Move up, down, left, or right; no diagonals. Trees and rocks are blocked.
- Follow the numbers. A numbered clue tells you which step belongs on that square. Use exactly the number of steps shown and finish at the flag.
- Read your trail. A full route is checked automatically. A legal route isn’t always the hidden one: use the feedback to refine your next attempt. Move backward along your trail or use Undo to change your drawing.
Green
Right square, right step. Keep it there.
Amber
On the hidden trail, but at a different step.
Gray
Outside the hidden trail. Go another way.
Four daily trails. One summit.
Start wherever you like among Easy, Medium, and Hard. Finish today’s Hard trail to unlock Expert; assisted finishes count too.
Easy
5 × 5 grid
11 steps
Medium
6 × 6 grid
15 steps
Hard
7 × 7 grid
21 steps
Expert
8 × 8 grid
27 steps
Four fresh puzzles arrive at 3 am Central time (America/Chicago). Everyone gets the same trails for that puzzle day.
A few twists along the way
The rule shown above the board tells you what’s special about that trail. Ordinary squares can be visited only once.
Tunnels
Enter either A tunnel to emerge at the other A. Both squares count as steps. Move to the glowing exit to keep drawing. Undo at the exit removes the whole hop.
Bridges · over / under
Cross the bridge twice: once horizontally and once vertically. Go straight through each time; turn after leaving it.
Checkpoints
Visit A, then B, then C before the finish. Letters show the order, not exact step numbers.
Round trips
Head out from camp and return on the final step. Camp is the only ordinary square you may revisit.
One-way trails
Enter and leave an arrow square in the arrow’s direction. You can still backtrack to edit your drawing.
Hints, practice, and progress
Each submitted trail costs one attempt. You can reveal up to three hints per trail; each hint also adds one attempt. There’s no limit on submitted routes.
Past Patheds lets you revisit the last seven days. Archive trails are practice only: they don’t count toward achievements, daily footsteps, streaks, or daily rankings.
No account or download is needed. Daily progress is saved for this browser, and solved daily trails appear in your Trail Journal. Use the ? button in the game for a quick refresher whenever you need one.