A little trail. A little data.

You can play Pathed without an account, name, or email address.

Your progress

A random browser cookie lets us save your daily trails and include real finishes in the daily comparison. Personal statistics, achievements, and streaks are calculated from saved daily play. Your browser stores unfinished drawings, cosmetic selections, achievement notifications, and preferences. Past Patheds practice is stored separately and never counts toward daily progress.

Optional device linking

You can link browsers with a temporary code and approval on the original device. Linked browsers share daily progress, stats, achievements, and journal entries. Each device can be disconnected separately. A private recovery key can restore access; keep it safe and do not share it. Pairing codes and recovery keys are stored as hashes. We keep device labels, link dates, and temporary security counters. Short-lived hashed network identifiers help limit code-guessing attempts; raw IP addresses are not stored in these counters. We retain a backup of game records combined during linking to help resolve merge problems.

Making the game better

We use that same random identifier to count visits, starts, finishes, return visits, and successful copy/share actions. We also record when new players see, choose, or dismiss the practice invitation, open and finish guided practice, open Easy afterward, and solve it. Practice analytics never count toward achievements or daily progress. We record the difficulty and furthest step reached, plus a broad source such as Reddit or direct. Our analytics do not store your IP address, full referring URL, name, or email. There are no third-party analytics scripts.

Your feedback

If you send feedback, the creator can read your ratings and optional note. Please don’t include personal information. Feedback is not published. You can update it by sending the form again on the same puzzle day in the same browser.

Browser data

Clearing this site’s cookies and storage disconnects that browser and removes local preferences and drawings. You can restore saved trails by linking from another connected device or using your recovery key. Without either, we cannot reconnect you to the old profile. It does not erase previously stored game records or feedback, which are associated with the old random identifier. The hosting platform may keep separate operational logs to run and protect the service.