Star Battle blog

Strategy, comparisons, and guides for Star Battle fans. New here? Start with how to solve Star Battle puzzles, then explore the rest. Prefer to just play? Jump in below.

• How to Solve Star Battle Puzzles: Strategies and Techniques

  How to solve Star Battle puzzles: the core techniques — no-touch elimination, line and region counting, and confinement — that crack any grid with pure logic, no guessing.

• Star Battle vs Queens: How LinkedIn's Hit Puzzle Compares to the Original

  Star Battle vs Queens: LinkedIn's Queens game is essentially a 1-star Star Battle. Here's how the two star-placement puzzles compare, and why Star Battle is the deeper original.

• Star Battle, Two Not Touch & Stars: A Puzzle With Many Names

  Star Battle, Two Not Touch, Stars — they're all the same puzzle. Here's why this star-placement logic puzzle has so many names, which name is used where, and how to recognise it.

• How to Solve 2-Star Star Battle Puzzles: Advanced Techniques

  How to solve 2-star Star Battle puzzles: advanced techniques for two stars per row, column, and region — pair enumeration, spacing logic, and multi-line counting on the hardest grids.

• The Counting Trick That Cracks Star Battle Puzzles

  The most powerful Star Battle technique is counting: region and line confinement. Learn how to claim a row for a region and solve hard Star Battle puzzles that elimination alone can't.

• How to Get Better at Star Battle: Tips to Solve Faster

  Want to get better at Star Battle and solve faster? These habits — diligent marking, the right scan order, and knowing when to count — turn slow solvers into quick ones.

• What Makes a Star Battle Puzzle Hard?

  What makes a Star Battle puzzle hard? Grid size, star count, region shapes, and deduction depth all play a part. Here's what separates an easy 1-star grid from a brutal 2-star one.

• The History of Star Battle: From Puzzle Championships to LinkedIn

  The history of Star Battle: a modern logic puzzle that grew up on the world puzzle championship circuit, spread through puzzle publishers, and recently went mainstream via LinkedIn.