Best Games Like LinkedIn Zip (2026)
Updated July 2026
LinkedIn's Zip is the newest of its daily puzzles and maybe the most moreish: draw one continuous line that visits every cell of the grid, passing through the numbered dots in order. One puzzle per day, though — so if you finish your Zip with coffee still left in the cup, here are the best games like it, starting with one you can play unlimited.
1. Trail (unlimited Zip-style)
Trail is our free, unlimited take on the same idea: one continuous line through every cell, hitting the numbers 1, 2, 3… in order. Every puzzle is generated with a unique solution that never needs guessing, there's a daily challenge with streaks if you like the ritual, and it works in any browser with no login and no download.
2. Numberlink
The classic pencil-and-paper ancestor. Instead of one line, you connect several numbered pairs so the paths fill the board without crossing. Same "make everything fit" satisfaction, with a planning twist: routes compete for the same space.
3. Flow Free (and other pipe-connecting games)
The mobile-era face of Numberlink: link matching colored dots so the pipes cover every cell. Hundreds of levels and time trials make it the volume option, though most versions lean on ads between levels.
4. Hamiltonian path one-line puzzles
A whole family of "draw one line through every cell/point" games — often published as one-line, one-stroke or 1LINE puzzles. They drop the numbered checkpoints, so the whole challenge is finding a route that doesn't strand a corner. If you enjoy Zip's endgame — those last few cells that must tuck in perfectly — this is that feeling, distilled.
5. Slitherlink
A deeper cousin from the Nikoli stable: draw a single closed loop along grid edges so each numbered cell touches exactly that many loop segments. Slower and more deductive than Zip — closer to Sudoku in rhythm — but the "one continuous line" DNA is unmistakable.
6. More LinkedIn-style dailies
If it's the daily-logic ritual you love rather than the lines specifically, the other LinkedIn puzzles have unlimited counterparts too: CrownGrid for Queens (one crown per row, column and region) and SunMoon for Tango (binary balance rules). Both are free, unlimited and no-login, like Trail.
How the Zip rules work (quick refresher)
- Draw one continuous line — no lifting, no branching, no crossing.
- The line must pass through every cell of the grid.
- Numbered dots must be visited in order: 1 → 2 → 3 → …
- Walls between cells block the path.
The core skill: work backwards from dead ends. Corners and walled pockets can only be entered and left one way, and those forced moves ripple outward until the whole route locks in. Practice the instinct unlimited on Trail.