Star Battle is a logic puzzle, also known as Two Not Touch, where you place stars on a grid so that each row, column, and region has exactly two stars and no two stars touch, even diagonally.

How many stars go in each row?

In the standard puzzle, exactly two stars go in every row, every column, and every outlined region.

Can Star Battle stars touch diagonally?

No. Stars can never be adjacent to one another in any direction, including diagonally.

Is Star Battle solvable without guessing?

Yes. Every TryHard Puzzles puzzle has a unique solution reachable through pure logic — no guessing required.

Is Star Battle free to play?

Yes. TryHard Puzzles offers three new Star Battle puzzles every day, free to play online.

The basics

How to play

Learn to solve star puzzles step by step.

The Rules

Two Stars Per Row

Every row must contain exactly 2 stars.

Two Stars Per Column

Every column must contain exactly 2 stars.

Two Stars Per Region

Every outlined region must contain exactly 2 stars.

Stars Cannot Touch

Stars cannot be adjacent, not even diagonally.

Controls & Tips

Placing Stars

Click once to place a star
Click again to mark as "no star" (X)
Click a third time to clear

Tips

✓ Use X marks to eliminate impossible cells
✓ Look for rows/columns/regions with few options
✓ Auto-mark helps eliminate adjacent cells

Step by step

Watch a Solve

Follow along as we solve a puzzle step by step.

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Starting position - an empty puzzle grid.

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