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Star Battle

Medium (8×8, 1★)

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Try this Medium Star Battle puzzle on ThePuzzleLabs.

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How to Play Star Battle

Rules

  • Place exactly 1 star in each row, column, and region.
  • Stars cannot touch each other — not even diagonally.
  • The thick borders show the region boundaries.
  • Each region is tinted with a subtle color for visibility.

Strategies

  • Look for small regions — fewer cells means fewer possible star placements.
  • Mark cells with × where stars definitely cannot go.
  • Use the adjacency rule to eliminate cells around placed stars.
  • Count remaining candidates per row, column, or region.

Controls

  • Click a cell to place/remove a star (or mark in mark mode).
  • Right-click to quickly toggle a mark.
  • Use arrow keys to navigate.
  • Press S for star, X for mark, M to toggle mark mode.
  • Press H for a hint.

Solve This Puzzle?

This will fill in the complete solution. The puzzle will be marked as “solved with reveal” rather than self-solved.

About medium Star Battle (8×8, 1★)

Medium Star Battle uses an 8×8 grid with 8 irregular regions and 1 star per row, column, and region. The larger grid means regions are more varied in shape, with some spanning multiple rows and columns. Small-region shortcuts still work, but you will also need row and column counting to make progress.

When a region's valid cells all fall in a single row, that row is “claimed” by that region. No other region can place its star in that row within the overlap zone. This confinement technique is the key to medium-level solving. Practice spotting it and the 8×8 grid opens up.

Marking cells is more important at this size. The 64-cell grid has enough going on that you cannot keep everything in your head. Mark eliminated cells faithfully and re-scan after every star placement. Ready for more? Try hard (10×10).