How to play Paint Maze
Paint Maze is a free slide-painting puzzle. Swipe to roll the ball; it slides until it hits an edge or gap, painting every tile it crosses. Paint the entire board to clear the level.
How to play
Pick a difficulty and level
Choose Easy, Medium, or Hard. Each track has 100 levels with bigger, twistier boards as you go. The first 10 of each are free.
Roll the ball
Tap or click any tile beside the ball to roll toward it. A tile to the left rolls left, a tile above rolls up. Swiping and arrow keys / WASD work too. The ball slides in a straight line and cannot stop midway.
Paint as you go
Every tile the ball crosses is painted in the level's color. Crossing a painted tile again is allowed. Sometimes it's required.
Use the edges
The ball only stops when it reaches a gap or the edge of the board, so plan each slide around where it will land.
Paint every tile
The level is complete when the whole board is painted. Undo is free; a hint shows a strong next direction.
Tips
- Work out where the ball will STOP before you swipe. The landing spot matters more than the path.
- Corners and dead-ends are natural brakes; use them to line up your next slide.
- Crossing painted tiles is free, so don't be afraid to double back to reach a stray corner.
- Stuck with one tile left? Undo a few moves and approach it from the other side.
About Paint Maze
Paint Maze on 100 Daily Games is a slide-painting puzzle. A glossy ball sits on a floating maze of dark tiles; flick it in any direction and it glides until something stops it, leaving a trail of bright paint behind. The puzzle is geometric: the ball can never stop midway, so every move is really a question about where the walls and gaps will catch it.
All 300 levels are generated deterministically and verified before they reach the board: each level's layout is carved from a sliding walk, and a solver then proves a complete painting sequence exists from the starting position. Easy levels are compact shapes solvable in a handful of flicks, while Hard levels sprawl into tight corridors and crossings that demand real route planning.
Controls are built for both thumbs and keyboards: swipe anywhere on the board on mobile, or use the arrow keys or WASD on desktop. Paint follows the ball in real time with a satisfying pop per tile, undo is free and unlimited, and a star-powered hint suggests a strong next direction when you're cornered.
Like every game on 100 Daily Games, Paint Maze runs free in your browser with no download. The first ten levels of each difficulty are free; the deeper 90 levels of each track are part of 100 Daily Games Plus.
Frequently asked questions
How do I complete a level in Paint Maze?
Paint every tile on the board. The ball paints each tile it crosses, and the level ends the moment the last unpainted tile is covered.
Why can't I stop the ball in the middle?
That's the core rule. The ball slides until a gap or the board edge stops it. Planning around the stopping points is the whole puzzle.
Can a level become unsolvable while playing?
You can roll into a position that can't finish the job, but Undo rewinds any number of moves for free, and Restart resets the level instantly. Every level is verified solvable from the start.
Are the levels the same for everyone?
Yes. Levels are generated from fixed seeds and checked by a solver, so level 23 on Hard is the identical, provably solvable puzzle on every device.
Is Paint Maze free?
Levels 1-10 of each difficulty are free to play in your browser. Levels 11-100 of each difficulty are included with 100 Daily Games Plus.