How to Play Star Battle

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How to play Star Battle

Start Star Battle in your browser at 850305. Place one star in each row, column and region, with no touching stars even diagonally. The page pairs the game with learn from a completed round, an example and answers about this edition.

Ten unique one-star 6×6 puzzles, not the two-star larger-board variant.

Learn from a completed round

Finish a round where possible, then identify one decision you would change. Revisit the example or mistake section for a focused second attempt.

Your goal

Place one star in each row, column and region, with no touching stars even diagonally.

Step by step

1. Tap to place a star, mark a cell or clear it.
2. Respect fixed starter stars.
3. Check rows, columns and coloured regions.
4. Check puzzle verifies the final arrangement.

Controls

Click or tap squares or graph edges. Number boards include a digit pad. Undo reverses the previous change; Check puzzle validates the solution.

A useful example

A placed star rules out all eight neighbouring squares.

Watch out for this

Different rows do not make diagonal neighbours legal.

Common questions