Every arrow wants off the board. Tap one and it flies the way it points, if its way is clear. A calm, clever logic puzzle with 3,000+ boards to untangle, one satisfying release at a time.
5 arrowsTap an arrow
How it plays
You will learn this arrow puzzle in five seconds. Getting good takes a little longer.
It flies the way it points, straight off the board.
An arrow can't fly through another. Tap a blocked one and it bumps, and that costs a heart.
Find the order that frees them all. Never bump, and the board is yours with three stars.
100+ worlds
Thirty levels, then the rules change. The first ten worlds teach the classics. The other ninety each bring a rule of their own, and those stay secret until you get there.
World 4Levels 91–120
Rings are linked. What enters one leaves the other.
The first ten worlds are open here. The other ninety keep their rules secret.
Recorded straight from the game.
300+ Knots
A cat. A rocket. A skull. Knots are big boards with a shape, and each one you undo becomes a print in your Atlas. Try one.
31 arrowsTap an arrow
These are small versions. In the game, Knots grow to 16 by 24 cells, and from World 2 on they carry their world's twist.
Every Knot you undo becomes a print: its shape, its world, the day you cracked it. There are 300 to find, and we are only showing you six. The rest you will have to undo yourself.
6 of 300 Knots are shown here. The other 294 stay secret until you undo them in the game.
Four ways to play
3,000+ levels on one winding map. Each world climbs through four steps, easy to extra hard, with a Knot at every tenth level and up to three stars to earn on each board.
A fresh puzzle every day, the same for everyone. Keep your streak alive. A shield covers one missed day, and you earn one every 7 days.
Endless boards. No hearts, no hurry. Small, medium or large, and soft, slow notes to go with them.
90 seconds. Clear as many boards as you can. Each board adds 8 seconds. Each blocked tap costs 3.
Stars unlock themes
Paper by day, Ink by night, and four more looks to earn with stars. Try them on: this whole page changes with you.
The small things
Free arrows in a quick run and the notes climb a scale. Solve it cleanly and the board plays you a little melody.
Stuck? A hint shows an arrow that can leave right now. You start with three, and a free one is a short video away every hour.
Hold an arrow to see its path before you commit. On big Knots, pinch to zoom, drag to pan, and follow the minimap.
Levels, stars, prints and hints sync through iCloud between your iPhone and iPad.
Three leaderboards and 24 achievements, from your first release to the whole Journey.
VoiceOver reads every arrow. Reduce Motion and Increase Contrast are respected, pairs are told apart by shape as well as color, and there is a left-handed layout.
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Fast, flawless, patient, or back from the brink: the win screen has a word for how you played.
Questions
Outloop is an arrow escape puzzle game for iPhone and iPad. Every board is a tangle of arrows: tap one and it flies the way it points, if nothing is in its way, and find the order that clears the board. It is a calm logic puzzle and brain teaser with 3,000+ levels, from five-arrow warm-ups to giant picture Knots, and every world adds a new rule.
Yes. Outloop is free to download, and you can play every level without paying. The game shows ads between some levels, never during your first ten. Two things are for sale if you want them: hint packs, and Remove Ads, which takes away the ads between levels and when you open the game. Videos you choose to watch for a free heart or hint stay available.
iPhone and iPad with iOS 17 or iPadOS 17 and later.
You start each board with three hearts, and a blocked tap costs one. With none left you can watch a short video for one more heart (once an hour on each board), or simply try the board again. Zen has no hearts at all.
A hint points at an arrow that can leave right now. You begin with three. More come from a free video once an hour, or from hint packs in the shop. Your hints belong to your iCloud account, so they follow you from device to device.
Every tenth level is a Knot: a large board in the shape of a picture. There are three in every world and 300 in all. Each one you undo becomes a print in your Atlas, which you can share.
Zen and Rush always work offline. In the Journey and the Daily Puzzle you can finish 15 levels in a row without a connection; after that the game asks you to reconnect. Remove Ads lifts that limit.
Yes. Levels, stars, prints and hints sync through iCloud between devices signed in to the same Apple Account.
Write to support@playoutloop.com, or see the support page. Tell us your device and what happened, and we will help.
3,000+ boards are waiting. The first one takes five taps.
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Free. For iPhone and iPad. Contains ads and optional in-app purchases.