Games like Queens: daily crown and star puzzles to play next
Queens asks you to place one crown in every row, column and colour region without any two touching. Many daily games use that same rule with other pieces, often with more boards a day, and it comes from Star Battle; after them come two-star grids, LinkedIn's other dailies and region puzzles that use the same kind of deduction.
The games
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Queens Game (playqueensgame.com)The Queens rule on three boards a day, 8x8, 9x9 and 10x10, with a leaderboard and an archive of past days
Logic
Browser
2 to 10 minutes
5 AM US Eastern Time
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Queens Game (playthequeensgame.com)Three Queens boards a day from 8x8 to 10x10, plus a daily Beat the Clock sprint with the same puzzles for everyone
Logic
Browser
5 to 20 minutes
Midnight UTC
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Queens (TryHard Puzzles)Three dated Queens boards a day, Easy, Medium and Hard, with every past board in the archive
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Browser
2 to 10 minutes
Once a day
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Queens UltimateQueens in two daily sets: Daily Mini, three quick levels that grow from 5x5 or 6x6, and Daily Max, ten levels of rising…
Logic
Browser
3 to 10 minutes
Midnight local
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The Starstruck GameSix one-star boards a day, one in every size from 5x5 to 10x10, for when one Queens board ends too soon
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Browser
1 to 15 minutes
Midnight UTC
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Royals (Puzzleship)Six numbered boards a day under the Queens rules, from very easy to ultra hard, with an archive
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Browser
2 to 15 minutes
13:00 UTC
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Crowns (Puzzle Round)One crown per row, column and colour region, none touching, on one shared board a day with a time leaderboard
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Browser
2 to 5 minutes
Midnight UTC
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Queens Puzzle GameOne shared, numbered Queens board a day in the browser, with every past daily kept in the archive
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Browser
2 to 8 minutes
Midnight local
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Daily Queens Game (PEMDAS Speed Stars)One Queens grid a day at midnight Eastern, played on PEMDAS Games as Speed Stars and ranked on a global leaderboardNo ads
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Browser, iPhone, Android
1 to 5 minutes
Midnight US Eastern Time
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GridSpark (Zalize)Crowns under the Queens rules on a board that grows from 7x7 early in the week to 9x9 or 10x10 at weekends
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Browser
2 to 8 minutes
Midnight UTC
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Capybas (DailyJig)One capybara per colour, row and column, none touching, on one shared grid a day, with three lives instead of free…No ads
Logic
Browser
2 to 5 minutes
Every day at 8:01 PM Eastern Time
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Star Battle (CleverGoat)CleverGoat's daily one-star grids, Normal and Hard: the Queens rule with stars
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Browser
3 to 10 minutes
Midnight US Eastern Time
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Starstruck (Netflix Puzzled)Netflix Puzzled's one-star board, on Netflix Tudum and in the Puzzled appNo ads
Logic
Browser, iPhone, Android
3 to 10 minutes
Midnight local
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Daily Star Battle (Solitaire.org)A daily one-star Star Battle where you choose 6x6, 8x8 or 10x10, with a date picker for other daysNo ads
Logic
Browser
3 to 15 minutes
Midnight by the device's own date
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StarBattle.ggA numbered 6x6 one-star board a day, a short warm-up next to Queens
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Browser
2 to 5 minutes
Midnight local
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PinplotA one-star grid a day that grows from 5x5 on Monday to 8x8 at the weekend, with a par time to beat
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Browser
1 to 5 minutes
Midnight
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Jesters (Mind Loft)One jester per row, column and court, none touching, on a board that grows from 8x8 on Monday to 11x11 on SundayNo ads
Logic
Browser
3 to 15 minutes
Midnight US Eastern Time
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MeowdokuThe Queens rule with cats, one dated board a day that rotates between normal, hard and ultraNo ads
Logic
Browser
2 to 10 minutes
Midnight Eastern Time
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Dumpling GalaxyOne dumpling in each row, column and coloured zone on a numbered daily board, also in an Android app
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Browser, Android
1 to 6 minutes
Local midnight
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BirdokuPonder Club's goose version: one goose per row, column and coloured region on a new board each day
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Browser
A few minutes
Daily
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Puppy Hideout - Queens PuzzlePuzzledoku's Queens with puppies in place of crowns, one 8x8 board a day dated by UTC, and three bones to lose on wrong…
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Browser
3 to 10 minutes
Midnight UTC
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Beacons (Technobezz)One beacon in every row, column and zone, none touching, on a numbered board that refreshes at your local midnight
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Browser
2 to 10 minutes
Your local midnight
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CressetOne signal fire per row, column and colour region on one board a day for everyone, comparing time and hints used
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Browser, iPhone, Android
5 to 15 minutes
Once a day
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The Quiet OrderQueens rules with monks in a monastery, several daily puzzles at different difficulties with leaderboardsNo ads
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Browser, PC
3 to 10 minutes
Daily
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QueenkanA Queens board every midnight on iOS, Android and the web, with a streak to keep
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iPhone, Android, Browser
3 to 10 minutes
Midnight
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Royal FamilySix chess pieces, one per coloured zone, none attacking another: Queens with more kinds of piece
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Browser
2 to 5 minutes
Midnight local
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Judges (Mind Loft)Mind Loft's two-star version: two judges in every row, column and court, none touching, 10x10 and 12x12 on SundayNo ads
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Browser
5 to 20 minutes
Midnight Eastern Time
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Star Battle (TryHard Puzzles)Three two-star Star Battles a day plus an expert board, from the site that also runs a daily Queens
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Browser
5 to 25 minutes
Midnight UTC
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Stars UltimateA daily 10x10 two-star grid from the makers of Queens Ultimate, the next step up from one crown per region
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Browser
5 to 20 minutes
Midnight local
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ShroomsTwo mushrooms in every row, column and patch, none touching, on Easy, Medium and Hard grids each day
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Browser
3 to 15 minutes
Midnight US Eastern Time
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Daily Star BattleThe puzzle Queens is built on, as one large grid a day with four stars per row, column and region
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Browser, iPhone, Android
20 minutes to an hour
Midnight UTC
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TangoLinkedIn's daily sun and moon grid, played alongside Queens
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Browser, iPhone, Android
1 to 5 minutes
Midnight Pacific Time
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ZipLinkedIn's one-line path puzzle, a quick second daily after Queens
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Browser, iPhone, Android
1 to 3 minutes
Midnight Pacific Time
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PatchesLinkedIn's shape puzzle: cut the grid into squares and rectangles from clues
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Browser, iPhone, Android
2 to 5 minutes
Midnight Pacific Time
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Mini SudokuLinkedIn's daily 6x6 sudoku, a short logic grid next to Queens
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Browser, iPhone, Android
2 to 3 minutes
Midnight Pacific Time
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Daily NorinoriShade two cells in every region: region logic like Queens on a large daily grid
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Browser, iPhone, Android
20 minutes to an hour
Midnight UTC
Start with the games that keep the Queens rule as it is and give you more of it. Queens Game at playqueensgame.com and the Queens Game at playthequeensgame.com both post three boards a day at 8x8, 9x9 and 10x10, and TryHard Puzzles posts Easy, Medium and Hard. Queens Ultimate has a three-level Daily Mini and a ten-level Daily Max. The Starstruck Game posts six one-star boards a day from 5x5 to 10x10, and Royals on Puzzleship six boards from very easy to ultra hard. If you want a single shared board with a leaderboard, as on LinkedIn, try Crowns from Puzzle Round, Queens Puzzle Game, Daily Queens Game or GridSpark. Capybas on DailyJig has the same rule with hidden capybaras, but three lives, so a wrong tap costs you.
Queens is a one-star version of Star Battle, so the one-star Star Battles play the same way with stars instead of crowns: CleverGoat's Normal and Hard grids, Starstruck in Netflix Puzzled, Solitaire.org's board in three sizes, StarBattle.gg's quick 6x6 and Pinplot, which grows through the week. Jesters from Mind Loft also grows, from 8x8 on Monday to an 11x11 Sunday Edition. Several games keep the rules and change the theme: Meowdoku places cats, Beacons and Cresset lights, and The Quiet Order monks. Dumpling Galaxy asks for one dumpling per row, column and zone, never two side by side, and Birdoku from Ponder Club one goose per row, column and region. Puppy Hideout on Puzzledoku hides eight puppies on one 8x8 board, and Purr Grid hides cats on a smaller one. Sonar looks like a naval game, yet its enemy ships follow the same rule over three daily boards from 6x6 to 9x9. On a phone, Queenkan, Bullpen and Queens Master have their own daily board, Lanterns Daily on iPhone puts one lantern in every row, column and region with a daily leaderboard, and Stelline, a paid app, has a daily one-queen and two-star board.
Royal Family adds a second rule. It keeps the coloured zones but asks for six chess pieces, one per zone, with none attacking another.
When one crown per region feels easy, move to two. Judges from Mind Loft asks for two per row, column and court, and Stars Ultimate, Shrooms and TryHard Puzzles' Star Battle are daily two-star grids. The Special Daily Star Battle on puzzle-star-battle.com is one large grid with four stars per row, column and region, a much longer solve. Star Battle Puzzles, Stars from Inkwell Games and Starspuzzle also post a two-star grid a day. PuzzleMadness posts a dated Star Battle for each of Easy, Medium, Hard and Mixed, with one star per line on the smaller grids and two on the bigger ones. On a phone, the Hoshi app has a daily Star Battle ranked on a world leaderboard plus a weekly grid with three or more stars per row, and Astrella, on Android, has one shared daily one-star board next to ranked races and tournaments.
If you play Queens on LinkedIn, its other dailies sit next to it and share the comparison with your connections. Tango is the closest in feel: a small grid of suns and moons where every row and column must balance. Zip is one line through every cell, touching the numbers in order, Patches cuts the grid into squares and rectangles from clues, and Mini Sudoku is a 6x6 sudoku. For region reasoning on a bigger scale, Norinori asks for two shaded cells in each region on one large daily grid.
Every daily game whose own puzzle is a Queens or Star Battle grid is on the daily Queens and Star Battle puzzles page (/daily-queens-games), line and loop puzzles like Zip are on the daily path and loop puzzles page (/daily-path-puzzles), and every daily logic puzzle we list is on the daily logic puzzles page (/daily-logic-puzzles).
Questions
What puzzle is Queens based on?
Star Battle. Queens uses its rules with one star, shown as a crown, in each row, column and region, and no two touching even diagonally.
Is there a Queens game with more than one board a day?
Yes. Queens Game at playqueensgame.com and the one at playthequeensgame.com have three boards a day, TryHard Puzzles has three from Easy to Hard, Royals on Puzzleship and The Starstruck Game have six, and Queens Ultimate has a ten-level Daily Max.
Is there a harder version of Queens?
Yes. Royals goes up to ultra hard boards each day, Judges from Mind Loft and the daily two-star Star Battles ask for two per row, column and region, and the daily Star Battle on puzzle-star-battle.com is a large grid with four stars in each row, column and region.
What other daily games does LinkedIn have?
Tango, Zip, Patches, Mini Sudoku, Crossclimb, Pinpoint and Wend, each with one puzzle a day.
Can I play a Queens-style daily on my phone?
Yes. Queenkan is on iOS, Android and the web, Bullpen and Lanterns Daily are on iPhone, Queens Master is on iOS and Android with ads, Starstruck is in the Netflix Puzzled app, and Stelline is a paid app for iOS and Android with no ads.
Do these puzzles need guessing?
They are logic puzzles meant to be solved by deduction. Many of these sites say each board has one solution that can be reached without guessing, and Royal Family places the pawn in advance so each board has a single solution.
More daily games by kind
- Daily logic puzzles
- Daily Queens and Star Battle puzzles
- LinkedIn games
- Mind Loft games
- Daily path and loop puzzles
- Daily sudoku
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