The Grid. (2026)

Four original puzzle games. One grid. Pick a square.

The Grid is a minimalist arcade collection built around words, logic, and numbers. Each game plays differently. All four share the same clean aesthetic and the same obsessive replayability.

DESCENT
Letters fall one by one from above. Spot words forming in the chaos, slam them down, and keep the board clear. Three-letter words score. Longer words score more. The tiles never stop coming.
Standard mode accepts any word three letters or longer. Challenge mode raises the floor to four — no short cuts, higher stakes, bigger scores.
Twist mode changes everything. Every time you score a word, the board rotates. Gravity shifts. Letters that were resting on the bottom are suddenly falling sideways. Learn to read a board that never stays still.

COLLAPSE
Pairs of numbered tiles fall from above. Match four or more of the same number and they clear — but they leave a reduced tile behind. A 4 matched becomes a 3. That 3 can be matched again.
Chains are everything. String matches together and your score multiplies. Let the chain meter run dry and the threat climbs. Let the threat climb too high and your board pays the price.
Challenge mode runs tiles from 1 to 6 instead of 1 to 4. More variety, harder to chain, faster to lose control.

GLEAN
A grid full of letters, constantly shifting under gravity. Drag to trace words in any direction — horizontal, vertical, diagonal. Every valid word buys you more time.
Standard mode accepts any word you can find. Challenge mode gives you a target. One specific word is hidden somewhere in the grid. Find it to score and move to the next. The target could be anywhere, running in any direction, with decoys placed to mislead you.

ECHO
A 5×5 grid of empty cells. Around the edges, row and column clues — each one a sequence of suits that must appear on the board. The first suit in each sequence belongs in its row or column. The rest extend outward from there.
Your job is to place suits until every clue is satisfied simultaneously. You don't need to fill the board. You need to satisfy every sequence at once.
Standard mode starts you with three cells already placed. Challenge mode gives you one.

Features

Four complete puzzle games in one package
Standard and Challenge difficulty for every game — plus Twist mode for Descent
Local high scores with initials entry
Steam leaderboards — global and friends
26 Steam achievements
Full gamepad support
Steam Deck compatible
Clean, minimal design — no ads, no timers you didn't ask for, no filler