About Balance Beam
Balance Beam is a block-placement puzzle on an 8×8 board that rests on a pivot. You drag pieces from a tray of three onto the grid, and full rows and columns clear. The twist is balance: every filled square pushes the board toward its own side, and a move that would tip it past 16 is refused. In the 40 Journey levels you free charms sealed inside the grid; Classic and Daily modes are score chases that end when no piece can be placed.
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Game details, tips & FAQarrow_forwardHow to play
Pick a piece from the tray of three and place it on the 8×8 grid. Pieces keep their shape and cannot be rotated. Fill a whole row or column to clear it. In Journey levels, clearing a line frees any charm sealed in it, and freeing every charm wins the level. Watch the tilt. Every filled square pushes the board toward its side, and more the farther it sits from the middle: the outer columns count 3.5 each, the two centre columns 0.5. A placement that would leave the tilt beyond 16 in either direction is refused. Tilt is measured after any lines clear. When you have used all three pieces, three new ones are dealt. In Journey levels the pieces always come in the same order, so you can plan ahead. The game ends when none of the three pieces can be placed, because there is no room or because every spot would tip the board.
Drag a piece from the tray onto the boardPlace it where you release (on touch the piece floats above your finger)Click or tap a piece, then a cellPlace the piece centred on that cell1, 2, 3Pick a piece from the trayArrow keysMove the picked piece over the boardEnter or SpacePlace the picked pieceEscPut the piece backRRestartLOpen levels and modes
