Bolt Out
Bolt Out is a bolt and screw puzzle set on a cozy workshop bench. Painted metal plates are stacked on a steel pegboard, pinned in place by colorful bolts. Tap a bolt to unscrew it and it spins out and flies into the toolbox of its color. Every toolbox holds three bolts; when it is full it closes and a new color slides in. Take every bolt out and the last plate clatters to the floor.
The catch is the stacking. A bolt that sits under another plate is stuck until that plate is gone, and a bolt with no matching toolbox has to wait in one of the few spare holes. Fill every spare hole and you are out of moves. When a plate is down to its last bolt it swings around it, and a hanging plate can block bolts it never touched before, so think a few moves ahead.
Every one of the 200 levels was checked by a solver, so each one can be cleared with the holes you are given, and the difficulty climbs gently from a two-plate warm-up to crowded, layered boards. After level 200 new levels are generated forever, and a fresh daily puzzle with its own time leaderboard waits every day. Extra holes, pull-outs, magnets and undos help when you are stuck, and you earn more by playing. Progress is saved automatically and follows your free TapNPlay account.
How to play
- Tap a bolt whose head is not covered by another plate to unscrew it.
- It flies into the open toolbox of the same color, or waits in a spare hole when there is none.
- A full toolbox of three leaves and the next color arrives, taking matching bolts from the spare holes.
- Clear every plate to win. If all spare holes are full and no free bolt fits a toolbox, the level is lost: use a booster or try again.
Controls
| Mouse / touch | Tap a bolt to unscrew it, tap a booster to use it |
|---|---|
| Arrow keys | Pick a free bolt |
| Enter / Space | Unscrew the picked bolt |
| 1 – 4 | Extra hole, pull out, magnet, undo |
| Z / U | Undo |
| R | Restart the level |
| Esc / P | Pause |
| M | Music on / off |
- Developer
- peakr.io
- Released
- Platforms
- Browser (desktop and mobile)
- Players
- Single player