💧 The water sort puzzle we started with

Water Sort Puzzle: Liquid Sort is the first sorting game we made, released in 2021, and it is still the simplest version of the idea. A row of bottles, each holding stacked layers of coloured water, all mixed up. Pour from one bottle to another until every bottle holds a single colour. That is the whole game, and it is enough to fill an evening.

🎮 How to Play

Tap a bottle, then tap another. The top colour pours from the first into the second.
Colours only land on their own colour. You can pour only when the top colour of both bottles is the same, or into an empty bottle.
The target needs room. A pour only happens if there is enough space in the bottle you are pouring into.
Restart whenever you like. If a level has tied itself in knots, start it fresh.

✨ What's in the game

Unlimited levels
No time limits, so you can plan each pour
No Wi-Fi needed: it plays fully offline
Restart any level at any time
Completely free

💡 How to stop getting stuck

Most water sort levels are lost on one pour: the one that fills the last empty bottle with a colour you had nowhere better to put. Empty bottles are your only working room. Before you use one, know which move it opens up.

A few habits that help:

Merge matching tops first. Two bottles with the same colour on top can usually combine without costing you anything.
Finish bottles that are nearly done. A bottle one layer away from a single colour is the cheapest progress on the board.
Look at the whole board before the first pour. The opening layout tells you which colours are buried deepest. Those are the ones to dig out early.

New to the genre? Start with our beginner's guide to water sort, then read the 12 tips to avoid restarting.

🧭 Which water sort game should you pick?

We make three water sort games. They share the pouring rules and differ in the details:

Water Sort Puzzle: Liquid Sort (this one) is the original and the plainest: no timer, no clutter, unlimited levels.
Liquid Sort Puzzle: Water Sort is calmer in look, with smooth pouring animations, four layers to a bottle and runs of one colour that pour together.
Water Sort Puzzle: Color Game adds a help button that gives you an extra empty tube when you are stuck, and is also on iPhone.

If you like the idea but want a different theme, Dog Sort: Puppy Puzzle sorts puppies onto branches by breed. Every sorting game we make is on the sort puzzle games page.

Download Water Sort Puzzle: Liquid Sort and pour your first bottle.