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GROW Games Explained
GROW walkthroughs, similar puzzle games, and notes on how this one was built. The order solver lists the three perfect Island Evolution orders.
GROW walkthroughs
The series in order, and a page for each game we have written up.
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GROW Valley Order: Full Solution, 2 Endings
Normal ending: compass, pickaxe, microchip, cog, magnifying glass, vial, heart. Jay Is Games and Mostly Muppet also agree on a second order for the underground ending.
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Eyezmaze Games: The List We Checked
A checked list of Eyezmaze games. Every non-GROW title we opened, from Vanilla in 2004 to Black Box in 2012, plus the GROW guides. The front page had 24 non-GROW links. We did not open all 24.
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GROW ver.1: What Is It, and Can You Still Play It?
GROW ver.1 asks you to pick one of two panels, over and over, and grows a world from a red ball. We played it again in 2026 to see what it is and what still works.
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GROW nano: Which Mini GROW Games Can You Still Play?
Five small GROW games came out under the nano name between 2006 and 2011, and three of them now go by other titles. We opened every one to sort out which is which.
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GROW Kingdom EP1: Eyezmaze's YouTube Game, How to Play
GROW Kingdom EP1 is played through the description links of 43 YouTube clips. We followed every one of them so you know what you are getting into.
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GROW Race: A 2021 Video, Not a Game
GROW Race is a 2 minute 33 second video from May 13, 2021, not a game. Nine Twitter polls built the scene it finishes. The vote tally is on this page.
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Guide
GROW Tower Order: Full Solution, In Order
Click the red-button box, the yellow pot, the bricks, the ground, the red pot, then the monster that appears. Jay Is Games and Mostly Muppet list that order.
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GROW RPG Order: Full Solution + Why It Works
The good-ending order is house, tree, castle, water, tower, rock, chest, stairs. Two walkthroughs list that sequence. Hints are here if you would rather find it yourself.
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GROW Planet Order: Why the First GROW Is Called ver.3
GROW Planet is the 2009 rename of GROW ver.3 — the game that started everything, in February 2002. What it is, and why the numbering makes no sense.
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GROW Park Is the Last One. What Do You Play Now?
The main series ended in 2015 on its friendliest entry. What GROW Park traded away, and what an order puzzle looks like when it keeps its teeth.
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GROW Island Order: Full Solution (8 Panels)
Normal ending: mechanical, civil, architecture, aeronautics, environmental, electrical, computer, chemical. Jay Is Games and Mostly Muppet list that order, and a second one for the alien ending.
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The GROW Flash Games After Flash: What Survived
Flash ended on December 31, 2020, and most browser games of that era went with it. The GROW games mostly did not. Here is what survived and how.
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GROW Cube Order: Full 10-Item Solution
The ten clicks are man, water, forest, pot, pipe, fire, dish, bone, spring, ball. Jay Is Games and Midnight Synergy list that order. The level readout is how you can check a run.
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GROW Game Series: Every Game in Order
Twelve main GROW games, February 2002 to July 2015, in release order, each linked to a guide where we have one. Side titles, from the nano games to GROW Kingdom, are in the second table.
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How to Play Order Puzzles Without Guessing
Eight items have 40,320 possible orders, so trial and error will not get you there. Four ways to read a puzzle like this one, no solutions given away.
Similar games
Puzzle games that sit next to GROW in search, including ones that only borrow the name.
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Google Puzzle Games Free in Search: How to Open Each
Google keeps five free puzzle games inside Search, a Rubik's Cube you can still twist, and a jigsaw table anyone can join. Where each one lives, and what Google does not make.
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GROW City Game: Who Made It, and Is It Eyezmaze's?
Eyezmaze never made a GROW City. The only game with that name is Hooda Grow City, four panels on Hooda Math. How it plays and which real GROW titles come closest.
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Puzzle Games on PC: What to Play and Where to Get It
Nine PC puzzle games to start with, from first-person campaigns to a free collection of one-screen puzzles, where to get them on Windows, and how to pick one for the time you have.
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Browser Puzzle Games: How to Pick One Worth Playing
A browser puzzle game costs you one click to try, which is exactly why so many are padded. A one-minute test for finding the ones worth your time, and what happens to your progress when you close the tab.
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Art Puzzle Game Free Download: What You Actually Get
Art Puzzle is free to download and built around hand-drawn pictures you rebuild piece by piece. What the download includes, where the money is, and what to play next.
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Eat and Grow Games: Which Ones Should You Play?
You start as the smallest thing on the screen and eat your way up. Where that loop came from, why it is so hard to put down, and what to play when you want growth that asks you to think.
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Free Puzzle Games for Adults With No Download
Plenty of puzzle games call themselves free and still want an install, an account or your attention every morning. What to look for instead, and which kinds live happily in a browser tab.
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Pixel Puzzle Games You Can Play in a Browser
The art style is one thing and the puzzle underneath is another. What the main kinds of pixel puzzle game are, and which of them you can start without installing anything.
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ABCya Let Me Grow: What It Is, What to Play Next
Water has to reach every flower, and the gnomes have to stay dry. Why that pairing makes a good puzzle, and where the thinking goes when the levels run out.
Dev notes
How Island Evolution was built, and what the rule table actually does.
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Devlog
Making Island Evolution: 40,320 Orders, 3 Perfect
Building a GROW-style game in Godot 4: a rules engine you can brute force, a pixel art pipeline, and the browser bug that silenced the title music.
40,320 orders · 35 survive · 3 are perfect
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