Hype Fleet
Find the hidden fleet. The numbers tell you how many ship cells are in each row and column. Ships are straight and never touch — not even at a corner. Pure logic, free hints, play-money only.
Hype Fleet pays play-money Neons on your best solve of each board — wrong marks, erasing or starting over never take Neons away. Every board is logic-solvable with no guessing, and the Hint is always correct.
Battleships Puzzle: how to play, rules & tips
Play the Battleships puzzle free online, the solo logic version of the classic ship-hunting game. Use the row and column numbers to find every hidden ship. No opponent, no guessing, no sign-up.
How to play the Battleships Puzzle
A fleet of straight ships is hidden in the grid. The fleet is shown above the board, so you know how many ships there are and how long each one is.
The number beside each row and above each column tells you how many squares in that line are ship. Ships never touch each other, not even at a corner. A few squares may be revealed as ship or water to start.
Tap a square to mark it as ship, tap again for water, and tap once more to clear it. Hint reveals a correct square, and Clear wipes your marks.
Grid sizes and difficulty
There are 10 boards: 4 easy at 5×5 with 4 ships, 3 medium at 6×6 with 5 ships, and 3 hard at 7×7 with 6 ships. These are smaller than the classic 10×10 newspaper grid, so they suit a phone screen.
Each board was checked by a solver to have exactly one solution, so you never need to guess.
Battleships Puzzle tips
- Mark every row and column with a 0 as water first. It clears a lot of the board.
- Every square around a ship, including diagonals, is water. Fill those in as soon as you place a ship segment.
- Place the longest ship early. There are usually very few rows or columns with enough room for it.
- If a line's number equals the count of squares still unknown in it, all of them are ship.
- Once a line already has as many ship squares as its number, the rest of that line is water.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Battleships Puzzle free?
Yes. HypeGameRoom is free: no sign-up, no download and nothing to buy to play. Arcade games reward Neons, a play-only currency that can never be cashed out.
Can ships touch diagonally?
No. Ships cannot touch in any direction, including corner to corner.
Is this the two-player Battleships game?
No. This is the solo logic puzzle, sometimes called Bimaru. All the information you need is in the clues, so there is no guessing.
How do I win?
Mark every ship square so all the row and column numbers match and the whole fleet is placed.