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Everything OutBrick, explained.

Illustrated guides to every screen, menu and setting in the released game, written by the team, with a whole shelf on VoiceOver and accessibility. Read them here, then ask the community anything they do not answer.

Checked against OutBrick 5.1.1 · October 8, 2026

Getting started

Your first board and a tour of every menu. 4 guides

  • Welcome to OutBrick: your first board

    What OutBrick is, how the teaching cards work, how to read a board’s goals, and what happens when you clear it.2 min read

  • Your first week in OutBrick

    What a typical first week looks like, day by day: Garden City and its teaching cards, your first stars and village reward, Hard boards, Clover Farm, and the small daily habits that make the Journey smoother.6 min read

  • Common questions, answered honestly

    Short, exact answers to the questions players ask most: timers, lives, ads and purchases, offline play, new phones, accessibility, children, and how to reach a person.9 min read

  • A tour of every menu

    The bottom bar, Home, the Journey map, the Shop, the Brick Pass, Leaders, your Profile, the Collection and Settings: what each one is for and how to reach it.2 min read

Playing a board

Moves, goals, special bricks, blockers and boosters. 4 guides

  • Playing a board

    Every part of the board screen, how sliding and swapping work, what counts as a move, how stars and score work, and what Hard, Super Hard, Boss and Night boards mean.3 min read

  • Special bricks, blockers and board kinds

    How to make every special brick and combo, what each blocker, lid and gate does, face-down bricks, portals, long bricks, and the twelve kinds of board in every village.3 min read

  • Boosters, hints and Pause

    What Hint, Rocket, UFO and Undo do, the free ones you get on every board, how to get more, and everything in the Pause menu.2 min read

  • Lives, running out of moves, and undos

    When a life is used and when it is not, how lives come back, what the out-of-moves screen offers, the helping hand, the free daily try, and optional videos.3 min read

Know every brick

Specials and combos, every blocker and gate, the twelve kinds of board, strategy and a glossary. 5 guides

  • Special bricks and combos: the complete guide

    How to make every special brick, exactly what each one clears, the three ways to set them off, every combination of two specials, and how cascades, score, stars and the leftover-moves finish fit together.15 min read

  • Every blocker, lid and gate, explained

    What every obstacle on a board looks like, what it does and exactly how to clear or open it: crates, ice, locks, moss, statues, face-down bricks, keys, long and shaped bricks, the five lids, every kind of gate and portals.18 min read

  • The twelve kinds of board

    Every village’s twelve boards follow the same pattern of twelve kinds, from Send Them Home to Quiet Puzzle. What each kind brings, how boards where bricks fall differ from boards where nothing falls, and what Hard, Super Hard, Boss and Night boards change.10 min read

  • How to beat a hard board

    An expert’s method for boards that keep beating you: reading goals, counting moves, choosing between slides and matches, working low on falling boards, saving specials for combos, spending boosters and undos well, and when to play on.10 min read

  • OutBrick glossary

    Every word you meet in OutBrick, from gates and line blasters to lids, the helping hand, the Brick Pass and the Wardrobe, explained in a sentence or two with a link to the guide that covers it.11 min read

Journey and rewards

Villages, stars, events, the shop and your friends. 5 guides

  • The Journey and its villages

    How the map of 2,000 levels works: villages and chapters, stars and village rewards, chests and gifts, the atlas of every village, and replaying a board.2 min read

  • Rewards, events and the Brick Pass

    The Daily Brick and day streaks, the Brick Wheel, Missions, the Brick Pass, events and races, and the leaderboard.3 min read

  • The Shop, purchases and restoring

    What is on each shelf of the Shop, what Remove Ads and the Brick Pass do, how to restore purchases on a new device, and how refunds work.2 min read

  • Friends, the Collection and the Wardrobe

    Meet the nine brick friends, see what they do on Home and on the board, and how your Profile, the Collection and the Wardrobe work.2 min read

  • Meet the nine friends

    Bloo, Peach, Sprout, Bricko, Zippy, Vio, Moss, Flurry and Poppy: who each friend is, how they show it, and everywhere you meet them in OutBrick.4 min read

Families and calm play

For parents and carers, playing calmly, and how rewards, lives and ads work. 3 guides

  • A guide for parents and carers

    What OutBrick is and is not, the Apple controls that put you in charge of purchases, time and notifications, how refunds work, what data the game and this website keep, and a checklist to work through.10 min read

  • Playing calmly

    The settings that make OutBrick quieter and gentler, why there is never a clock, how to step away without losing anything, and a few habits for unhurried play.6 min read

  • How rewards, lives and ads work, in plain words

    Every number behind lives, undos, running out of moves and the eight optional videos, what Remove Ads and the Brick Pass change, what coins buy, and what OutBrick never sells.6 min read

Accessibility

VoiceOver, Voice Control, Switch Control, vision, hearing and motion. 4 guides

  • Accessibility in OutBrick: start here

    Every way OutBrick adapts to you, from VoiceOver and Switch Control to colour-blind symbols, a high-contrast board, slower animation and no timers, with a starting point for your needs.5 min read

  • Playing with VoiceOver

    How the board reads, how to slide and swap with actions, the rotors, every gesture, what you hear after a move and how to get a free hint.7 min read

  • Voice Control, Switch Control and keyboards

    Play every board with your voice, with one or more switches, or with the arrow keys, and use Hold to confirm swaps and the Left-handed tray to make it comfortable.2 min read

  • Vision, hearing and motion

    Colour-blind symbols and what each shape means, the high-contrast board, larger text, Reduce Motion, flashing lights, sound, haptics and Row sound.2 min read

Apple features

Widgets, Siri, Spotlight, Game Center, Messages and notifications. 1 guide

  • Widgets, Siri, Shortcuts and other Apple features

    Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Control Center, Live Activities, Siri phrases, Spotlight, Handoff, Messages challenges, notifications and the icon badge, Focus filters and Game Center.4 min read

Getting help

Troubleshooting, the community and reporting a bug well. 3 guides

  • Troubleshooting common problems

    Quick fixes for missing progress, purchases that did not arrive, lives that seem stuck, no sound, missing notifications, widgets, videos that will not load and VoiceOver focus problems.3 min read

  • Using the OutBrick Community

    Signing in, choosing the right category, starting a thread, formatting, marking a solution, following threads and email, translations, voting on ideas, and keeping your details private.3 min read

  • Reporting a bug well

    The fastest way to get a bug fixed: report it from inside the game so your details are filled in, write steps someone else can follow, and add exactly what VoiceOver or another assistive technology did.2 min read

Still stuck?

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