Printable Star Battle
A quick-to-learn logic puzzle that has become a daily habit for many. Place stars so each row, column and outlined region has its share, without any two stars touching. Every grid has exactly one solution.
Print puzzles 1–10 from this page
Answers come in their own PDF so you can keep them out of sight, or choose the combined booklet with the answers at the back.
- Star Battle #0001
- Star Battle #0002
- Star Battle #0003
- Star Battle #0004
- Star Battle #0005
- Star Battle #0006
- Star Battle #0007
- Star Battle #0008
- Star Battle #0009
- Star Battle #0010
How to play Star Battle
Place stars in the grid so that every row, every column and every region outlined in bold contains the same number of stars: one on our easy and medium grids, two on the hard 10×10 grids. Stars can never touch, not even at the corners.
Begin with the smallest regions: a region only two cells wide gives you a short list of places for its star. Each star you place rules out all eight squares around it. Mark those with a dot.
Look for regions trapped in a single row or column. If a region lies entirely within one row, its star is that row's star, so every other square in the row is empty.
Sizes and difficulty
Easy grids are 6×6 with one star per row, column and region; medium grids are 8×8. Hard grids are 10×10 with two stars in every row, column and region, which takes more careful counting.
Printing tips
Every PDF is laid out for both A4 and US Letter. Choose “Actual size” or “100%” in your printer dialogue rather than “Fit to page” so grids stay square.
The puzzles are black on white with thin rules, so they print cleanly in greyscale and use very little ink. Answers come in a separate PDF, so you can print the puzzles now and keep the solutions for later.