KnightEscapeLead a lone chess knight through a storybook castle garden and reach the gate in as few moves as you can. No opponent, no clock, no ads.
The Hedge MazeLost in the royal gardens.
TreasureGems glint in the grove.
Old BridgesBridges older than the kingdom.
Castle GuardsDark pieces guard the court.
ShapeshifterStones that bend the rules.
Daily boardMatch par
StarsPerfect!These are the first boards of the five chapters, straight from the game. Each one adds a new rule.
The knight moves two squares one way, then one to the side. Tap a glowing square to jump.
Each chapter adds one new idea to the knight’s jump, and its 100 boards climb from gentle to fiendish.
Lost in the royal gardens.
The knight wakes among the palace hedges. Somewhere ahead, the old gate still stands open.
A knight moves in an L: two squares one way, one square to the side. It jumps over hedges, but can only land on open grass. Reach the gate in as few moves as you can.
Gems glint in the grove.
Past the hedges lies a grove of fallen gems. The gate won't open for an empty-handed knight.
The gate stays shut until you pick up every gem. Plan a route that sweeps them all.
Bridges older than the kingdom.
The road to the castle crosses ancient bridges. Each cracked stone holds for one step only.
Cracked stones crumble the moment you leave them. You cannot land on the same cracked stone twice.
Dark pieces guard the court.
The courtyard is watched by black pieces. Slip past their lines, or catch them unguarded.
Black pieces guard the castle. Never land on a square they attack. Land on a guard to capture it, unless another guard protects it.
Stones that bend the rules.
Deep in the castle, enchanted stones change how you move. Step on one to slide like a rook or bishop.
Land on a rook stone and your next move is a rook move: any distance in a straight line. A bishop stone gives one diagonal slide. Walls and water stop a slide.
From the first hop to the last star.
Two squares one way, one to the side. The knight jumps hedges and water, but it can only land on open stone.
The game is a storybook. Swipe through five illustrated chapters, each with a short passage and a winding path of boards to the gate.
New rules arrive one chapter at a time: gems to sweep up, cracked stones that hold once, guards whose lines you must avoid, and stones that turn your next move into a rook or bishop slide.
A computer solved every board, so par is always the true shortest route. Match it for three stars and a “Perfect!” ribbon.
A fresh board every day for 3 years. It changes at local midnight, and a streak counts the days in a row.
Stuck? Hint marks the next square on a shortest route. You get 3 hints a day for free, and unlimited hints with the Full game.
Nothing to rush you, nothing to sell you every five minutes.
Daily boardParA new board appears at local midnight. There are 1,095 of them, enough for 3 years.
Every one of the 500 boards was solved by a computer, so three stars are always within reach.
No banners, no videos, no energy bars and no clock. Think as long as you like.
Every board works without a connection, on a plane or deep in a tunnel.
Switch the game’s language any time in Settings, story and chapters included.
Progress follows you through iCloud. On iPad, the chapters spread out on a shelf.
Earn them in Game Center, from your first escape to every star on every board.
First Escape
Grand Tour
Hedge Runner
Treasure Hunter
Bridge Walker
Guard Breaker
Shapeshifter
Rising Star
Constellation
Star Keeper
Every Star
Taken!
Castle Sweeper
Daily Ritual
Week of Wits
Month of Moves
No Second ThoughtsTake back any move. A hint shows the next square on a shortest route.
The first 20 boards of every chapter are free. One purchase opens the rest, for good.
Download and playOne-time purchaseThe whole castleAll 500 boards, unlimited hints and best routes.
No subscription, no ads, no coins. The App Store shows the price in your currency.
Yes, it is free to download. Boards 1 to 20 of every chapter (100 boards) and the Daily board are free to play. One purchase, the Full game, opens all 500 boards. There is no subscription.
No. You only need the knight’s move, and the first board teaches it: two squares one way, one to the side. There is no opponent and nothing else to learn.
No. It is a single-player maze puzzle: one knight, one board, one gate. Guards in later chapters never move; they only watch their lines.
Par is the fewest moves that can solve a board, found by a computer. Reach the gate in par moves for three stars, within two moves of it for two, and any escape earns one.
No. There are no ads of any kind, and no timers or energy to wait for.
Yes. Every board plays without a connection. Purchases and iCloud sync catch up the next time you are online.
iPhone and iPad with iOS 18 or later. Your progress syncs between them through iCloud.
Not at the moment. Knight Escape is made for iPhone and iPad.
English, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Traditional Chinese, Polish and Dutch.
Almost nothing. There is no account, no ads, no tracking and no analytics tools. Purchases are recorded under a random anonymous ID, so they can be restored. Read the privacy policy.
Start free with 100 boards and a new Daily board every day.
Coming soon to the App StoreFree on iPhone and iPad
