The Starstruck Game

About The Starstruck Game

Starstruck is Netflix's name for a Star Battle puzzle in its Puzzled games, and The Starstruck Game is an independent free site for players who want more than one board a day. The rules are the one-star kind: a square grid split into coloured regions, with exactly one star in every row, every column and every region, and no two stars in touching cells, diagonals included.

Six fresh boards go live each day at midnight UTC, one each at 5x5, 6x6, 7x7, 8x8, 9x9 and 10x10, so a day runs from a one-minute warm-up to a proper long solve. Each board is dated, the same for everyone, and missed days can be replayed in full from the archive. A leaderboard sits beside the daily.

Tap a cell to cross it out and again to drop a star; with auto-cross on, a star crosses off its row, column, region and eight neighbours for you. A hint reveals one correct star, and the game keeps your time, hints used and streak in your browser, with no sign-in needed. Beyond the dailies there are 1,800 numbered library puzzles, 300 in each size, and an unlimited mode whose boards come with a seed you can share. The site carries ads.

It suits Netflix Starstruck players who want bigger or more boards, and newcomers who can start at 5x5 and work up a size at a time.

How to play The Starstruck Game

1. Open the Daily page and pick a size from 5x5 to 10x10.
2. Tap a cell to mark a cross where no star can go; tap it again to place a star.
3. Put exactly one star in every row, column and coloured region.
4. Keep stars from touching, even diagonally.
5. Place every star legally to solve the board, then share your result or try the next size.

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Tips

• Leave auto-cross on so each star clears its row, column, region and neighbours.
• Look for a region inside a single row or column: that line's star is in it.
• Warm up on the 5x5 before the 10x10 to spot the day's region shapes.

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