About Color Water Puzzle
Color Water Puzzle is a water sorting game. You start with a row of glasses, each filled with layers of different colored water stacked on top of each other. The level is solved when every glass contains just one color, or is empty.
The rule that turns this into a puzzle is simple: you can only pour onto water of the same color, and only if the receiving glass has room. Getting to a color buried at the bottom of a glass therefore takes some planning. Free space in each glass is your working room, so it pays to use it carefully and not fill it up without a reason.
If you paint yourself into a corner, you can restart the level at any time. If a level proves too tight, the game also offers a prop that adds an extra glass to give yourself breathing room. The pouring animation is smooth and oddly calming, which is a large part of why this style of puzzle is so easy to keep playing.
How to play Color Water Puzzle
- Tap the glass you want to pour from.
- Then tap another glass to pour the water into it.
- You can pour only if the water links up with the same color in the target glass and there is enough space for it.
- Keep sorting until each glass holds one color.
- Restart the level if you get stuck, or use the prop to add an extra glass when a level is especially hard.
Tips and tricks
- Treat free space as precious. Do not fill it with the first color you can move - use it to free a color that unlocks several other moves.
- Look at the bottom layers first. A color sitting at the bottom of two different glasses will have to be consolidated somewhere, so plan where.
- Try finishing a color when you can, so that glass is out of the way while you work on the rest.
- If you are going in circles, try restarting the level and taking a different approach from the first pour.
Game details
- Category
- Puzzle
- Developer
- Big Wave
- Plays on
- Desktop, tablet and phone
- Released
- January 6, 2026
- Price
- Free
Frequently asked questions
Why can't I pour water into a glass?
A pour is only allowed when the water links up with the same color in the target glass and that glass has enough room for it. If either condition fails, the pour will not happen.
What does adding a glass do?
It gives you one more empty glass to work with, which makes a difficult level much easier to untangle.
Can I restart a level in Color Water Puzzle?
Yes. You can restart the level at any time, which is handy when your pours have left the glasses in a tangle.