Lantern Chain app icon: a glowing brass lantern at the end of a curve of falling dominoes

Lantern Chain

Push once. Light up the city.

Place the missing dominoes, turn them the right way, then push once and watch your chain race through a sleeping city, lighting every lantern on its way.

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  • Free on Android
  • No in-app purchases
  • No timers, no lives
  • 10 languages

The city has gone dark

For fifty years, Grandpa Idris lit every lantern in the city by sending domino chains through its streets each night. Now he is too old, and his firefly friend Nour asks you to take over.

  1. 1

    Place the pieces

    Drag the missing dominoes from the tray into the dashed spots.

  2. 2

    Turn them right

    Tap a piece to turn it, so the chain can pass from one domino to the next.

  3. 3

    Push once

    Tap the glowing domino and watch the chain run. Every domino that falls plays a note.

  4. 4

    Light every lantern

    All lit with one push is three stars. A miss? Reset the chain: your pieces stay where you put them.

The chain follows exact grid rules, never luck, so every puzzle is fair and every miss shows you something.

Screenshots

Real screens from the game.

  • Push once: the chain lights five of six lanterns on Silver Market
  • Plan your chain: Carpet Rooftops with its pieces waiting in the tray
  • Wake the city: the Old Market dark, then fully lit
  • A new chain every day: the daily chain with a five day streak
  • New looks: the night-market shop with domino styles and Nour behind the counter
  • Grandpa Idris's story: his rooftop terrace under the stars

A city to wake

Each level you solve relights a street. Lanterns glow, windows wake and the people of the Old Market come back out.

  • The Old Market

    40 levels through spice stalls, rug shops and tea houses, from a single domino to tricky boards with walls and decoy spots.

  • Starlight levels

    Five extra-hard puzzles for experts, opened with stars.

  • Grandpa Idris's terrace

    The stars you earn decorate his rooftop, and you can replay the story there.

  • Story comics

    Short comics, with a line under each picture in your language, tell how the city went dark and wakes again.

  • Nour

    Grandpa Idris's firefly friend shows you the way and cheers every win.

  • More districts on the way

    New parts of the city, with new pieces to master, come in future updates.

Lots to light up

Cozy and never stressful: think it through, then enjoy the show.

A chain that sings

Every falling domino plays the next note of a gentle tune, so each chain is its own little melody. In the shop, new instruments change how every level sounds.

A chain every day

A new daily chain arrives every day, with a streak to keep and a daily gift of coins. A streak freeze covers a day you miss.

New looks

  • Dominoes, lanterns, chain trails, boards and instruments, plus accessories for Nour and furniture for the terrace.
  • Try a look on a demo chain before you buy it, with coins you earn by playing.
  • Some looks, like the Moonstone dominoes, can only be earned.

Help when you want it

  • Three kinds of hint: trace the path, show a lantern, or place one piece.
  • Undo and Restart while you plan, and skip tickets for a level you're stuck on.
  • Cloud save with Google Play Games keeps your city safe.

See it in action

Short clips of real play, recorded straight from the game. Tap one to play it with sound.

  • Push once

    One tap, and the chain lights every lantern.

  • Plan, then push

    Place and turn every piece, then watch it run.

  • Wake the city

    Street by street, the Old Market glows again.

  • A chain every day

    A new puzzle daily, and a streak to keep.

  • New looks

    Try a look on the counter before you buy it.

Watch the trailer on YouTube

Ready to light the city?

Free on Android, with no in-app purchases. Lantern Chain contains ads: rewarded ads you choose to watch for coins or a hint, and full-screen ads between some levels.

Coming soon to Google Play

Languages: English, Arabic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Turkish, Indonesian and Russian. Plays offline (the daily chain needs a quick internet check). Android 7.1 or newer.

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