Desert Springs - Free PC Download

A cozy puzzle builder: one spring, a hand of shape cards and a floating island of sand. Every card moves the ground; the water does the rest.

SHAPE THE LAND

Raise a wall, cut a channel, flatten a ledge. Hover a card and the game shows you the water's new path, every cell that will turn green and the points it adds, before you place it. Turn it, try it, take it back.

GREEN THE DESERT

A stream runs straight and turns where it meets a wall. A fall of two or more splashes three ways, hollows fill into lakes and spill, and water that runs off the edge is gone. Sand beside the water turns green; a step above it, half green.

PLANT AND BUILD

Plant trees on the green and lotus in the shallows, let fish into deep lakes and boats onto the water. House cards dress themselves into towns with towers, stairs and bridges, and every house harvests the plants around it. A house is ground to the water too: build across a stream and you have a dam, let a lake rise over a roof and you have a ruin.

EARN CARD PACKS

Pass a mark on the score bar and pick one of three card packs; its cards go straight into your hand. Packs are earned in play, never bought. Bronze passes the level, silver and gold add stars, and stars open the next land.

FEATURES

• 70 levels and a tutorial across seven lands: Dunes, Mesas, Oasis, Canyons, Orchards, Aurora and Xeno

• Islands in the salt sea, a snowy mountain under the northern lights, an alien colony under a ringed planet

• 31 card packs, rare and alien ones among them, with jokers, brushes and reshape cards — all earned by score, none sold

• A preview of every move, unlimited undo and a deck that lists every card still to come

• No timer: take as long as you like over a card

• Sandbox: any open map with an endless hand of any card

• Photo mode and a gallery for your best islands

• Three save slots, eleven interface languages, UI scale and reduced motion