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UnTile — Relaxing Ant Colony Puzzle

by crokocat · Puzzle

A calm puzzle with no timer: you choose the order, the ants do the work. Over 260 pixel-art pictures.

Players
Single player
Plays on
Desktop · Phone · Tablet
Timer
No timer
Progress
Saved on your device: level, lives and coins
Price
Free · no download · no sign-up

UnTile is a relaxing ant colony puzzle in the family of Colony Flow and Jelly Busters: crews of tiny worker ants take a pixel art picture apart tile by tile. You decide which crew marches when — and with only five stands to work from, order is everything.

In 2026 ant colony puzzles like Colony Flow! and Moon Active's Jelly Busters became a familiar sight on phones. The recipe is instantly charming: a pixel art picture built from colored cubes, queues of busy worker ants, and a simple tap that sends a crew off to do its job. UnTile brings that recipe to the browser — free, no download, no sign-up, one click and the colony gets to work.

Every box in the queue holds a crew of ants of one color. Tap the front box of a column and it takes one of five stands; its ants run to the picture, trot around the edge and dive straight in. Here is the puzzle: an ant can only carry off a tile with a clear straight line to the picture's edge, so the picture peels from the outside in, and the order you send the crews decides everything. Send a color that is still buried and the box just stands there waiting, holding a stand hostage — when all five stands are stuck waiting, the colony grinds to a halt and the level is lost. There is no timer and nothing to dodge; the only pressure is the order of your own taps.

Behind the ants there is a lot to uncover: over 260 hand-picked pixel art pictures — animals, food, characters, little scenes and kaleidoscope patterns — each level carrying its own palette. Later levels add linked boxes that only march as a pair, and hidden colors that stay invisible until you clear the tiles around them. Lives refill on their own — one every half hour — and coins earned from wins can buy an instant retry, so a lost level never costs more than a short break.

How to play UnTile

Send the right ants at the right time:

Desktop: Click a box to send its crew to a stand.
Mobile: Tap to send — the board scales to your phone.

Tips for UnTile

Who made UnTile?

UnTile was built by crokocat game studio in 2026 — a from-scratch browser take on the ant colony puzzle, with marching ant crews, ray-rule tile picking and over 260 hand-picked pixel art levels, tuned for mouse and touch.

About this game

Controls
Tap the front box of a queue to send its ant crew to a free stand. The ants march to the picture and carry off tiles of their color — but only tiles with a clear straight path to the edge. There are five stands, so pick your order with care.
Supported devices
desktop, phone, tablet
Developer
crokocat
Genre
Puzzle
Release date
July 2026
Latest update
July 2026

Related categories

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Frequently asked questions

Is UnTile free to play?

Yes. UnTile is free on crokocat with no download and no sign-up — it runs entirely in your browser, on desktop, phone or tablet.

Which tiles can the ants take?

Only tiles with a clear straight line to the picture's edge — if anything stands between a tile and open air, the ants can't reach it yet. Clear the outer tiles first and the inner ones open up.

Why is my box just sitting on its stand?

Its color is still buried, so the crew waits until you uncover it. Waiting boxes hold their stands — if all five stands fill up with waiting crews, the level is lost, so watch what you send.

How do lives and coins work?

You have five lives and a lost level costs one; lives refill on their own, one every half hour. Wins pay out coins, and coins can buy an instant retry of a lost level — everything is saved on your device.

Is UnTile like Jelly Busters and Colony Flow?

Same family, different crew. Like Jelly Busters, you take a pixel art picture apart from the edges in, in the order you choose; like Colony Flow, the carrying is done by ant crews you send from a queue. And UnTile plays free in your browser — no app store, no download.

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