Cat Block Puzzle

Cat Block Puzzle swaps the usual square tiles for cats. Each piece is a sleepy cat curled or stretched into its own posture, and that posture is the shape you have to find room for. The developer, who also calls the game Cozy Cat, describes it as tangram-style: the job on every level is to fill the whole grid with the cats you are given, so that the finished board forms a complete picture.

According to the developer, the opening boards are simple, and later grids grow larger while the cat shapes become trickier, so finding a spot for every cat calls for more planning as you go. You can play with a mouse on a desktop computer or with a finger on a phone or tablet, and the drag-and-drop works the same way on both.

On a computer, left-click a cat and keep the button held, drag it over the grid, then let go of the button to set it down. On a phone or tablet, press and hold the cat with your finger, slide it onto the board and lift off to drop it in place. A level is done when the board is completely filled.

Every cat has its own posture, so study the outline of the empty space before you pick anything up and look for the cat whose shape matches the most awkward gap. On the bigger grids, placing the oddest shapes first can leave simpler holes for the rest.

An exact-fit shape puzzle with cat-shaped pieces, in the tangram tradition. It runs in a landscape frame. The developer gives instructions for a mouse on desktop and for touch on mobile and tablet, so either input should work.

Block Master: Polygonal Puzzle also asks you to cover a whole board, using polygons instead of cats, and Hexa Puzzle Master does the same with hexagonal pieces that keep their set orientation.