Survivor Puzzles

Six free puzzle recreations, from a 3D tilt maze to the Survivor 48 number puzzle, plus the full Castaway Gauntlet. Every one runs in your browser with touch or mouse, most have a daily board everyone shares, and after a solve you can send a challenge link that pins your exact board and time for a friend to beat.

Six puzzles. A new shared board for every one of them each day.

Castaway Gauntlet Four quick questions, then all six puzzles back to back against the clock. Finish with a shareable castaway rating. Run the gauntlet

Tilt Maze Guide three balls through a hand-built 3D labyrinth, threading past the traps to reach the center. Tilt the board Season 48 Number Puzzle Take tiles from the right and feed them back in from the left until the three rows read 1 to 15. Sort to 15 Slide Puzzle Drag the red blocks around the South Pacific frame until the large square slips through the bottom notch. Free the block Tower of Hanoi Move the whole tower one disc at a time without ever placing a larger disc on a smaller one. Stack the discs Word Scramble Reassemble scrambled letter planks into a Survivor catchphrase, with one shared phrase each day. Unscramble it Standing Tree Puzzle Drag all 18 scattered branches back onto the trunk to rebuild the standing tree. Rebuild the tree

Puzzles on Survivor

Puzzles are the great equalizer of Survivor challenges. Strength decides the carry and the swim, but immunity usually comes down to the table at the end: slide puzzles, word phrases, ball mazes, stacking and sorting problems, all solved by exhausted people while Jeff Probst narrates every mistake. A challenge lead means nothing if the puzzle solver behind you is faster, which is why so many memorable wins and collapses happen at the puzzle table.

The recreations here follow those formats so you can find out how you would do with no jury watching. If a puzzle sends you down a rabbit hole, the season pages cover every cast and placement, and the rest of the Survivor games put the site's castaway data to work.

Frequently asked questions

Are these the real Survivor challenge puzzles?

They are faithful fan recreations, not official CBS games. Where a puzzle comes from a specific challenge, like the Survivor 48 number puzzle or the South Pacific slide puzzle, the mechanics match what the castaways faced on screen; the rest follow classic challenge formats such as ball mazes, word phrases, and stacking puzzles.

Do the puzzles work on phones?

Yes. Every puzzle is built touch-first and plays in the browser with no install. The tilt maze goes one further on mobile: you can steer the ball by physically tilting your phone.

What are daily boards?

Most puzzles open on one shared board per day, identical for every player, so solve times can be compared directly.

Can I share my results?

Yes. After a solve you can copy a challenge link that pins your exact board and your time for a friend to beat, and the daily boards give everyone the same starting point to compare against.