Arcade Whale
Arcade Whale OriginalMade in-house, free to play
Pour & Reveal
- Developer
- Arcade Whale
- Genre
- Sort & Merge
- Released
- Updated
- Platforms
- Browser (desktop, mobile, tablet)
- Orientation
- Portrait or landscape
- Players
- Single player
How to play
Desktop Click a tube, then another to pour · U undo · H hint · R restart · G gallery
Touch Tap a tube, then tap where it goes
About Pour & Reveal
Pour & Reveal is a water sort puzzle, the genre where colored liquid sits in stacked layers across a row of tubes and your job is to separate it back out: one color per tube, no mixing.
The rule that creates the puzzle is that you can only pour onto the same color or into an empty tube. A red layer will not sit on blue. That means the tube you need to empty is usually blocked by a color with nowhere to go, and the actual work is finding the sequence that unblocks it.
Empty tubes are the resource everything depends on. They are the only place an awkward color can go, and spending one carelessly is how most levels are lost. The habit worth building is to treat an empty tube as something you are borrowing rather than using: pour into it only when you can see how it gets emptied again.
It also helps to think a move ahead about what a pour exposes. Emptying the top layer of a tube reveals whatever is underneath, and a pour that solves your immediate problem while uncovering a color with no home has made the board worse, not better. If a run of pours leaves a board that can no longer be finished, the game tells you right away and says how many pours to undo, so you never keep playing a lost position.
Every level hides its own picture, and every completed tube colors in part of it, which gives the sorting a second reward beyond the puzzle itself. There is no timer, so this sits firmly in the relaxing category. Each color also carries its own texture, stripes, dots, waves or checks, so tubes stay easy to tell apart even when two shades look alike. If you want the same puzzle with pressure attached, Fuse Sort adds a countdown.
There are 40 levels, and each one is a fixed puzzle: level 12 is the same for everyone, and every level has been checked to have a solution. The first two use three colors in six tubes; by the end you are sorting eight colors across ten tubes, laid out in two rows on a phone. Tubes hold four layers up to level 20 and five from level 21. A pour moves the whole run of one color from the top of a tube, as much as the other tube has room for.
Every level has a known shortest route, and the finished picture gets a frame to match how close you came: gold for the shortest route, silver within a quarter more pours, bronze for any other finish. The win card shows your pours next to the shortest count, and your gallery keeps every revealed picture in the frame you earned. Tap the level name or press G to open it and replay any picture you have reached. You get two free undos and one free hint per level.
Frequently asked questions
What are the pouring rules?
You can only pour a color onto the same color, or into a completely empty tube. That restriction is what makes it a puzzle rather than simple rearranging.
Is there a time limit?
No. Pour & Reveal has no timer, so you can plan each pour for as long as you like. It is designed as a relaxing puzzle rather than a race.
Why do I keep getting stuck?
Usually because empty tubes were spent too early. An empty tube is the only place an awkward color can go, so pour into one only when you can see how it will be emptied again. When a board can no longer be finished, a note above the tubes tells you how many pours to undo.
What do the gold, silver and bronze frames mean?
Every level has a shortest possible route. Finish in that many pours for a gold frame, within about a quarter more for silver, and any other finish earns bronze. The win card tells you how many pours the next frame takes, and your best result per level is saved.
How many levels does Pour & Reveal have?
40, each with its own picture. Colors rise from three to eight and tubes from six to ten as you go, and from level 21 each tube holds five layers instead of four. The gallery shows every picture you have revealed and lets you replay any of them; finishing level 40 opens the gallery instead of starting over.
Is there an undo and a hint in Pour & Reveal?
Yes. Each level gives two free undos and one free hint. The hint lights up the next pour of a real solution from the board in front of you, so following it always finishes the level. Restart is always free. On a keyboard, U undoes, H hints, R restarts and G opens the gallery.
Is every level solvable?
Yes. Every level is a fixed layout that has been checked to have a solution, and you always start with at least two empty tubes. Some pours can still lead into a dead end; the game spots that at once and tells you how many pours to undo.
Is Pour & Reveal like Water Sort Puzzle?
Yes. It is a water sort puzzle with the same rule: pour only onto the same color or into an empty tube until every tube holds one color. It is our own game, not any of the Water Sort Puzzle apps. Here every level hides its own picture, each finished tube colors in part of it, and the shortest route earns a gold frame for your gallery. It runs free in the browser with nothing to install.
