Games like LinkedIn Tango

Tango is LinkedIn's daily sun-and-moon logic puzzle: fill a 6×6 grid so every row and column has as many suns as moons, never three alike in a row. When today's board is done, the closest match is Solsticio — same symbols and rules. For the classic binary puzzle, try 0h h1, Unruly, BinaryPuzzle.com or Binox. All free.

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Why Tango feels familiar

Tango is a new face on an older puzzle. The binary puzzle — known as Takuzu, or Binairo, the version Belgian authors Peter De Schepper and Frank Coussement created in 2009 — shares Tango's two core rules: balance every line and never put three identical symbols side by side. LinkedIn launched Tango in October 2024 with suns and moons instead of 0s and 1s, plus = and × signs between cells. So any Takuzu-family game feels like home. More on its names and history: what is Takuzu.

Tango and its alternatives at a glance

Game	Symbols	Board sizes	Daily puzzle	= and × clues	Cost and account	Where to play
LinkedIn Tango	Suns and moons	6×6	Yes, one a day; past ones expire	Yes	Free; guest play without an account, streaks need one	LinkedIn website and app
Solsticio	Suns and moons (told apart by shape)	6×6 daily; 8×8 in the app; a 14×14 on this site	Yes, same board for everyone, with an archive	On the app's later levels	Free, no account (the app has ads and optional purchases)	This website and the free Android app
0h h1	Red and blue tiles	4×4 to 12×12	Yes (“Today's puzzles”)	No	Free, no ads; sign-in optional	Browser, iOS and Android apps
Unruly	Black and white squares	Any even size	No — a new random puzzle on demand	No	Free and open source (MIT)	Browser, Windows, Unix; third-party phone ports
BinaryPuzzle.com	0 and 1	6×6 to 14×14	Yes, with an archive	No	Free, no sign-up	Browser; printable
KrazyDad Binox	X and O	6×6 to 14×14	—	No	Free	Printable PDFs; interactive version

Checked against each game's own pages in September 2026. “—” means we could not confirm it.

The alternatives, one by one

SolsticioWe make this one, so weigh it accordingly. The closest look-alike: suns and moons, the same rules and a 6×6 daily that is the same for everyone. The web daily has no = or ×; the free Android app adds them on later levels, with 8×8 boards, hundreds of levels and a Zen mode that deals fresh boards. Every past daily is in the archive.
0h h1A free, ad-free logic game by the studio Q42, created by Martin Kool. Red and blue tiles, five sizes from 4×4 to 12×12, and daily puzzles. It keeps the classic rule that no two rows or columns may be identical.
UnrulyPart of Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection, free and open source. Black and white squares on any even-sized grid, and a new random puzzle whenever you ask — the nearest thing to an unlimited Tango. The no-identical-rows rule is optional.
BinaryPuzzle.comThousands of 0-and-1 puzzles from 6×6 to 14×14, a puzzle of the day with an archive, and printable versions. Classic rules, unique rows included.
KrazyDad BinoxHundreds of free printable X-and-O puzzles from 6×6 to 14×14 by Jim Bumgardner, in several difficulty levels, plus an interactive version. The pick for solving on paper.

Rules compared: Tango, Solsticio and classic Takuzu

The same in all threeTwo symbols; each row and column holds as many of one as of the other; never three identical symbols in a line.
= and × signsIn Tango, = means two cells match and × means they differ. Solsticio uses them on the app's later levels, not in the web daily. Classic Takuzu has none.
No identical rowsClassic Takuzu and Binairo — and 0h h1, BinaryPuzzle.com and Binox — forbid two identical rows or columns. LinkedIn's Tango rules don't include it, Solsticio doesn't use it, and in Unruly it's optional. So the “compare two nearly full rows” trick from Binairo guides doesn't apply to Tango or Solsticio.

Questions

Is there a Tango unlimited? LinkedIn's Tango is one puzzle a day: a new one is released at midnight Pacific Time, and LinkedIn's help centre says previous puzzles expire. For more boards with the same rules, Unruly generates a new puzzle on demand, 0h h1 has free play at five sizes, and the Solsticio app has hundreds of levels plus a Zen mode with fresh boards.

Is Solsticio the same as Tango? Same puzzle family, same core rules — suns and moons, balanced lines, no three in a row, = and × on the app's later levels — but an independent game, not affiliated with LinkedIn. Its daily is a free 6×6 without = or ×, playable in the browser or on Android with no account.

Can I play Tango without LinkedIn? Tango lives on LinkedIn, but LinkedIn says you can play its games in guest mode, without an account; your score is kept for 30 minutes and you can't keep a streak. To skip LinkedIn altogether, the other games here use the same logic under different names.

How do I get better at Tango-style puzzles? Look for pairs: two identical symbols side by side force the opposite at both ends, and a one-cell gap between two identical symbols holds the opposite. Then count: once a line has its quota of one symbol, the rest are the other. Treat = and × as links that carry a known symbol along. Read the step-by-step guide.

Which alternative is closest to Tango? For the same look and the = and × clues, Solsticio. For classic rules with the no-identical-rows twist, 0h h1 or BinaryPuzzle.com. For endless random boards, Unruly. For paper, KrazyDad's Binox.

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Want one on your phone every day? The free Android app has hundreds of levels, streaks and reminders.

Tango is a game by LinkedIn. Solsticio is independent and not affiliated with LinkedIn or any other game named here.