Pick a grid size and difficulty above, then hit Start new puzzle. You'll land on a fresh 6 × 6, 8 × 8, or 10 × 10 Patches Game board with its own shareable URL — send the link and the person on the other end gets the exact same board.
How Patches Game Unlimited Mode works
Every board is produced by a deterministic slicing-tree algorithm. We start with the full grid as one rectangle, then repeatedly pick a random region and split it along an axis until the board holds the right number of patches. The longer axis is usually split first so sub-regions stay interesting — but a random 30% of splits go the other way to keep Wide and Tall shapes in the mix.
Each split is seeded from your chosen size and difficulty plus a short random tail. That tail becomes the URL of your puzzle, so anyone you share the link with gets the exact same board — same clue placements, same solution.
Difficulty knobs
Grid size controls how many cells you're working with. 6 × 6 is the classic LinkedIn size — quick, roughly four to seven patches per board. 8 × 8 doubles the cell count and rewards deeper deduction chains, usually seven to ten patches. 10 × 10 is the expert format: more room, more clues, and longer solve paths.
Difficulty controls what each clue reveals. Easy boards show both shape and size on almost every clue. Medium mixes in shape-only and size-only clues so you have to infer one from the geometry. Hard hides one or both on most clues — the grid becomes a logic puzzle more than a matching exercise.
Every board is verified
A built-in solver checks every Unlimited Mode puzzle for a unique solution before it ships. If a board can't be solved by pure deduction, it gets discarded and rebuilt. You'll never get an ambiguous puzzle from Unlimited Mode.
New to Patches?
Start with the curated catalog. It's 600 hand-picked boards across 6 × 6, 8 × 8, and 10 × 10 — titled and sorted by difficulty so you can warm up before opening Unlimited Mode. You can also play today's daily when you want the shared challenge.