Connect the Dots: Pathtide

Pathtide is a calm, offline connect the dots puzzle game built on one promise: every puzzle has exactly one true solution. Join each pair of dots of the same colour, keep the lines from crossing and fill every cell of the grid. A second mode brings pipe puzzles, so one app holds a dot connect game and a pipe game.

The rule is simple: join every pair and fill every cell. And in Pipes mode you connect the pipes so the water reaches every tile, a relaxing pipe puzzle and water pipe game in the same app.

Every level was checked by a solver before it shipped, so exactly one path through the grid exists. A hint never contradicts a line you have already drawn correctly, and there is never a second, better answer hiding behind the one you found.

How to play connect the dots
1. Drag from one dot (a buoy) to its matching partner to draw a stream of water between them. Every pair also carries its own symbol, so you are never reading colour alone.
2. Streams cannot cross or branch. Plan the route so every colour reaches its partner without boxing another pair out.
3. The board is solved only when every pair is joined and every single cell on the grid is filled.
4. Free undo pulls a stream back at any time, so trying another route never costs you the puzzle.

A second mode: Pipes
Switch to Pipes for a different pipe puzzle. Tap a pipe tile to rotate it, and keep tapping around the board until every pipe locks into one network fed by the spring, with no open ends. Water fills the pipes as the network comes together.

What is inside this connect the dots game
Everything a dot connect fan could want, in one calm app:
• Dots Journey: 300 levels with up to three stars each: one for solving, one for using no hint, one for drawing every stream in one unbroken drag
• Pipes: a 150-level pipe game track with its own three stars: one for solving, one for using no hint, one for finishing within par
• Daily Tide: one board a day, the same for everyone, with a calendar for days you missed, a streak and a trophy for a full month
• Quick play in five tiers, easy to extreme, from a compact 5x5 up to dense 12x12 boards, with a bar showing how much of each tier you have solved
• Time Trial: an optional race against the clock, 1, 2 or 3 minutes, with a best for each
• Round the Bend: 60 boards whose left and right edges meet
• Touch and sight settings: line thickness, larger buoys, symbol size, drag assist and a high-contrast pool
• Diwali Lights, 1-10 November: ten festival boards, one lamp each
• A symbol on every pair of dots, so colour is never the only clue
• A small download that plays fully offline, interface in 13 languages, in portrait or landscape

Fair hints
A hint reveals one whole correct stream, never a vague nudge, though on a level it costs that board one star. The first hint on every board is free, and there is one more free hint every day. After that, a hint costs a few coins, and the game always asks first. Undo never costs anything, on any board.

Track your progress
Sign in with Google Play Games for achievements across everything you play, leaderboards for the Dots Journey and Daily Tide, plus cloud save that carries your stars, streaks and best times to a new phone.

Connect the dots for every day
New to dot puzzles? Start on a small 5x5 board, where every pair is easy to see, and move up when you are ready. Want a pipe puzzle instead? Switch to Pipes and rotate the pipes until the whole network is joined. Pathtide plays offline, on the bus, at home or anywhere without a signal.

Pathtide is free to play, with optional coin packs.

Looking for a relaxing connect the dots game, an offline pipe puzzle for the commute, or a line puzzle where every board has exactly one solution? Install Pathtide and connect today's dots.

Recent changes:
In Dots, the Journey grows from 300 to 1,000 levels, with a new 13x13 board size. Pipes now has five tiers, from Easy to Extreme, with 500 new boards. New: Daily Pipes, a fresh board every day with its own streak. Ads now come from more ad partners, so videos and banners load more reliably. Plus small fixes.