Puzzle

Shape Sorter

Drop the shapes in and pop the rainbow!

Ages 4 and up

Shape Sorter

Shape Sorter

Puzzle

How to play

  • Drag a shape toward the hole with the same outline. A magnet pulls it in and it drops with a plunk.
  • The wrong hole just bounces it back, so try another.
  • Fill every hole to make the box hop and burst into a rainbow.
  • Stuck? The hint button shows the way. Nothing can go wrong.

Controls

  • Phone, tablet or mouse: Drag a shape from the tray to the hole that fits.
  • Keyboard: Arrow keys or W A S D pick a shape, Space or Enter lifts it and drops it. Z puts it back, H shows a hint, R restarts. Esc or P pauses.
  • Gamepad: D-pad picks a shape, A lifts it and drops it, B puts it back, Y shows a hint, X restarts. Start pauses.

Tips

  • Only a hole that fits your shape glows and pulls it in, so look for the glow as you drag.
  • Each wooden door shows a little picture of the hole that opens it, so fill that hole first.
  • You can make up to two wrong drops and still earn three stars, and Restart clears the count.
  • Not sure where a shape goes? Let go over empty space and it glides back without costing a star.

About this game

Drop the shapes in and pop the rainbow! A wooden toy box sits in a soft pastel room, its painted lid full of holes: a circle, a heart, a star, a diamond. In the felt tray below wait chunky, glossy shapes with a painted pattern. Drag a shape toward the hole with its outline: a magnet pulls it in, it turns to fit, and it drops with a plunk, a bell and a burst of stars. Put it in the wrong hole and it just bounces back with a friendly boing.

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When the last shape drops in, the whole box squashes, jumps and bursts into a rainbow with a shower of confetti.

There are 90 boxes in nine worlds. It starts with two shapes and simple outlines. Then come twins, holes that are turned so the shape has to spin to fit, and look-alikes like circles, ovals and octagons. Later, color pairs are told apart by color and pattern, wooden doors open when another hole is filled, and holes swap places. Every fifth box is a golden boss box with a double rainbow hop. Earn up to three stars on every box and see how many you collect this week.

Color is never the only clue: every color has its own pattern, stripes, dots, zigzags and more, so everybody can play. There is nothing to read, no timers, no lives and no game over. A ghost hand shows the way when you pause, and a hint button is always there.

Shape Sorter plays in your browser on phones, tablets and computers. No download, no sign-up.

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