Flow Free: Shapes is the newest twist on Big Duck Games’ Flow series

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Cut some shapes

Flow Free: Shapes is the newest entry in Big Duck Games’ puzzle series
It sees you directing the pipe puzzles, or flows, around shapes this time around
You’ll ensure they all reach the end with no overlap

If there’s anything you can say about developer Big Duck Games, it’s that they seem to know when they find a niche that works for them. Case in point, the release of Flow Free: Shapes, the latest game in their Flow series.

How does it work? Simple, it’s a pipe puzzle. Well okay, it’s slightly more complicated. But essentially it boils down to connecting different lines of distinct colours to accomplish one of the titular flows. You complete levels by ensuring all the flows are connected without any overlap.

Flow Free: Shapes is part of an ongoing series, which includes subtitles such as Bridges, Hexes and Warps. And as you might expect, the core conceit of this entry is that you’re directing your flows around differing shapes. Boasting over 4000 free puzzles, you can also test your wits against Time Trial mode, or try out newly-added Daily Puzzles.

On a pipe

There’s very little to say about Flow Free: Shapes but in a good way. This is exactly what you would expect by the name; the Flow Free format but now using grids designed around shapes. However, this does bring me to my only gripe, that being that it feels a bit asinine to split up a series like this into different entries depending on the format.

But at the same time, that doesn’t say anything about the quality of Flow Free: Shapes. So if you’re hungry for more Flow Free, you’ll find this on iOS and Android right now.

In the meantime, if you’re willing to branch out a bit, there’s plenty to experience on mobile to satisfy that puzzle desire. Why not check out our list of the top 25 best puzzle games on iOS and Android to find out what our top picks are?

Iwan Morris

Iwan is a Cardiff-based freelance writer, who joined the Pocket Gamer Biz site fresh-faced from University before moving to the Pocketgamer.com editorial team in November of 2023.

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