Free LinkedIn Games Alternatives: Queens, Tango & Zip Puzzles
2 October 2026 · 3 min read
LinkedIn's daily games made a lot of people puzzle at their desk every morning. They are short, they are clever and they come with a streak to protect. But you may want more than one a day, a version without the work feed around it, or just a place to play that does not need a LinkedIn account. Here is what is out there, and where to play a very similar puzzle for free.
Queens: try Crowns
Queens asks you to place one queen in every row, column and colored region, without any two touching. Crowns on PuzzleDose follows the same idea with crowns: one per row, one per column, one per region, and no two crowns may touch, not even diagonally. It is pure deduction, so there is never a reason to guess.
Tango: try Binario
Tango fills a grid with two symbols. Every row and column needs the same number of each, and no more than two identical symbols may sit side by side. Binario is the same kind of puzzle, with stars and planets instead of suns and moons, and it is a great place to start if logic grids are new to you. Start with the cells where a third symbol would break the rule, then count.
Zip: try Zipline
Zip is about drawing one path that passes through numbered dots in order and covers the whole board. Zipline works the same way: one continuous line, every square visited exactly once, numbered stops in increasing order. Work backwards from the highest number and from the corners, because those squares have the fewest options.
Mini Sudoku, and a word game on top
LinkedIn also has a small sudoku. Mini Sudoku is a six by six version with the same rules as the classic: every row, column and box holds each number once. It fits in a coffee break. If you like the word games, Five Letter Word gives you six guesses to find the word of the day, and Vijf Letters does the same in Dutch.
Why people look for an alternative
- No account needed. Open the page and play. Make an account only if you want to keep your streak and see your results.
- Your pace. Play casually, or climb the ranked leaderboards when you want to compete.
- More variety. There are more than a dozen daily puzzles, from nonograms to sliding-car puzzles.
- A fresh puzzle every day. Everyone gets the same one, so you can compare with friends.
A few habits that make you faster
- Look for the most constrained spot first: a corner, a tiny region, a row that is nearly full.
- Mark what you know cannot be there. Crossing out cells is as useful as filling them.
- If you are stuck for more than a minute, look at the whole board again instead of staring at one spot.
- Play at the same time each day. A fixed moment is the easiest way to keep a streak going.
PuzzleDose is an independent site and is not affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn. The games named above belong to their owners; our puzzles are our own versions of well-known puzzle types.
