How to play

Goal: place exactly 1 ♛ in each row, column, and color region.

Placing: tap once for an ✕, tap again for a ♛. Drag to mark several ✕ at once.

Rule: ♛ can never touch each other, not even diagonally.

Full rules & solving strategies

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What is Star Battle (Queens)?

Queens Star Battle, also called simply Star Battle or Two Not Touch and popularized by the LinkedIn Queens game, is a logic puzzle played on a square grid divided into colored regions. Your goal: place one crown (one star) in every row, every column, and every color region, with one hard restriction: no two crowns may ever touch, not even diagonally. Every puzzle here has exactly one solution and can be finished with pure deduction. No guessing, ever.

Is this the LinkedIn Queens game?

It plays by the same rules as the LinkedIn Queens game: one crown per row, column, and color region, with no two crowns touching. The difference is unlimited puzzles here, five grid sizes from 7×7 up to 10×10 and 11×11, a fresh daily board, and hints that teach real logic-solving techniques instead of just revealing squares. Every board has exactly one solution.

How is Pixel Queens different?

Play a fresh daily puzzle or unlimited games in five board sizes from 7×7 to 11×11. Smart hints teach you real solving techniques instead of just revealing squares. Auto-X marking, undo, dark mode, a colorblind-friendly letter mode, and streak tracking. Free, no account, works on your phone.

Prefer pencil and paper?

Pixel Wizard Press publishes Star Battle puzzle books with the same computer-verified, single-solution guarantee. Browse the books.