Puzzle quality comes first

Great Sudoku starts with great puzzles.

Every puzzle is individually verified—not only for difficulty, but for a rich, satisfying path from first move to a final solution.

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A standard Free Sudoku puzzle displayed on a phone
Individually verifiedTechnique by technique

Familiar rules. New ways to think.

One timeless game.
Remarkable variety.

Change the shape of the grid. Add new regions. Keep the clarity and logic you love.

01 — Grid styles

Start classic.
Then bend the grid.

Two distinct ways to read the same elegant rules.

Standard puzzle with classic three by three regions
01

Standard

The classic 3×3 grid: pure, focused and endlessly rewarding.

Squiggly puzzle with nine irregular colored regions
02

Squiggly

Nine irregular regions transform how you read the board while keeping the rules beautifully familiar.

02 — Extra regions

Even more ways
to play.

Extra constraints create surprising interactions across every board.

X Sudoku with both diagonal regions highlighted
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X

Both diagonals become complete 1 to 9 regions.

Hyper Sudoku with four additional square regions
02

Hyper

Four extra regions reshape the relationships across the board.

Percent vatiant with three added regions forming a percent pattern
03

Percent

Three added regions form an unmistakable percent pattern.

Dot variant with nine central positions forming an extra region
04

Dot

Nine central positions connect to form one new region.

Wheel variant with a wheel shaped extra region
05

Wheel

A distinctive wheel pattern adds a fresh layer of logic.

Color variant with cells grouped into colorful extra regions
06

Color

Matching colors become regions in our most visual variation.

03 — A library for years

45,000+

puzzles across five difficulty levels.

From a calm first grid to puzzles that ask for your sharpest techniques. Every variation has room to grow with you.

Difficulty selector showing five levels from Easy to Tough

04 — Handcrafted Classics

Small works
of logic.

Rediscover some of the finest puzzles in history.

Our special collection honors the handcrafted Japanese puzzles of the 1980s—an era when gifted designers shaped every grid with patience, balance and intent.

A Handcrafted Classics puzzle displayed on a phone

05 — Smart Help

A nudge.
Never a giveaway.

Keep thinking—even when you get stuck.

Smart Help analyzes the current puzzle and explains a logical next step. It gets you moving again while helping you become a stronger solver.

Smart Help explaining the Cross Hatching technique during a game

06 — Strategy Tutorial

Learn every move.
Master the next.

A complete, progressive tutorial takes you from essential ideas to advanced solving strategies—one clear technique at a time.

The SuFreeDoku tutorial explaining the X-Wing strategy

07 — Color themes

Make it yours.

Choose the atmosphere that feels best for your eyes and your way of playing.

Standard Free Sudoku color theme

Standard

Red Free Sudoku color theme

Red

Green Free Sudoku color theme

Green

Blue Free Sudoku color theme

Blue

08 — Optional handwriting

Gameplay that can feel like paper.

The keypad is always there. Or turn on handwriting recognition and draw each number directly with your finger or stylus.

Your board. Your preferred way to play.

Handwriting setup recognizing a number drawn on the Sudoku grid

09 — Backup & Restore

Designed for years.
Not days.

Some players have been with us for more than 15 years. We want every new phone to feel like a continuation—not a restart.

Export your progress to a file you control, move it however you choose, and restore it on your next device. This backup flow does not send your progress to our servers.

Your puzzles. Your progress. Your next phone.

Free Sudoku Backup and Restore screen with export and import instructions
Free Sudoku app icon

Free on Android

Exceptional puzzles.
A lifetime of play.

More than 45,000 puzzles in a game built to stay with you.

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