Puzzle

Little Waterways

Guide the water, grow a garden

  • Status Released
  • Genre Puzzle
  • Platforms iOS, Android
Straight from the game

Every island changes the puzzle

Where it starts: straight channels and bends.

About

Little Waterways is a cosy puzzle game set on islands floating in the sky. Each level is a small garden with a spring at one end, thirsty crop plots at the other and a jumble of chunky clay channel blocks in between. Tap a block to turn it, line the channels up, and the water runs through to the plots. When it reaches all of them, the garden grows.

There is no clock to beat. Each level gives you a number of turns to do it in, and there are hints and undos if you get stuck.

Over 300 levels

It starts on Meadow Isle with straight channels and bends, and each island after that brings something new. On Orchard Isle the water splits in two. On Windmill Isle some blocks turn together. On Frost Isle frozen blocks thaw when the water arrives. Further on there are waterwheels, sluice gates, sliding blocks, rainbow bridges and hot-spring baths to fill.

Every island has its own look, its own music and its own crops to grow.

A new garden every day

The Daily Garden is one new puzzle a day, the same for everyone, with a streak to keep going. Finish an island and Golden Harvest opens: harder versions of its levels, where the aim is to water every plot in as few turns as you can.

My Island

An island of your own

What you harvest goes towards an island that is yours to lay out. Cottages, ponds, beehives, swings, greenhouses: there are more than 100 things to put on it.

Plants keep growing, animals drop by, and the day turns to night.

Gallery

Screenshots

The level map of Meadow Isle
An Orchard Isle level where the water splits
A decorated island with a cottage and garden
A Frost Isle level with frozen blocks
A Cascade Isle level with waterwheels
The Daily Garden puzzle
An Autumn Hollow level
A Hot Springs level
A Glasshouse Gardens level
The level map of Mushroom Wood
Good to know

Questions

What is Little Waterways?

A cosy puzzle game set on islands floating in the sky. You turn clay channel blocks so the water from a spring reaches every thirsty crop plot, and then the garden grows.

Is there a timer?

No. Each level gives you a number of turns instead, and there are hints and undos if you get stuck.

How many levels are there?

Over 300, across islands that each bring something new: split streams, frozen blocks, waterwheels, sluice gates and more.

Is there a daily puzzle?

Yes. The Daily Garden is one new puzzle a day, the same for everyone, with a streak to keep going.

Where can I play it?

It is out now on iPhone and iPad, on the App Store, and on Android, on Google Play.

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This page was last updated on 13 October 2026.

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