How to Play Sokoban

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How to play Sokoban

Start Sokoban in your browser at XH0411. Push every crate onto a target. The page pairs the game with review the result, an example and answers about this edition.

Two-crate boards generated reversibly from a solution.

Review the result

When a round finishes, compare what happened with the winning or scoring condition. Use that comparison to choose a better approach next time.

Your goal

Push every crate onto a target.

Step by step

1. Move through empty floor.
2. Push one crate into empty space.
3. Never pull or push two at once.
4. Undo a deadlock and continue.

Controls

Arrow keys or direction buttons.

A useful example

A crate in a non-target corner cannot be recovered by pulling.

Watch out for this

Consider the player’s access behind crates.

Common questions