Planned Release Date: 2026

About This Demo

What's in the Demo

• All four game modes: Clear, Continue, Classic and Construct
  
• The campaigns "Around the World in 80 Days" and "Animals of the World" – the first two of ten stations each
  
• Up to 20 levels per save (Clear, Construct, campaign) or 10 minutes of play time (Classic, Continue)
  
• Spoken tutorial, Steam leaderboards, multiple save slots

Full version only: all ten stations of each campaign, the "Art Collection" campaign, Coop and Duel for two players, all Steam achievements – and no limits.



Passage 5 is the new entry in a series that has accompanied many of our players for over twenty years. The principle has always been the same – and that's exactly the point: place your tiles so that either color or symbol matches the neighbors. Complete rows and columns – the passages – disappear from the board.

Sounds simple. It is. And that's what makes it so good: a puzzle you understand in thirty seconds and that won't let go of you three hours later. Plan ahead and you'll clear several passages at once – play by feel and you'll have to get creative.

Four Game Modes

• Clear – Play away the marked tiles. Over 300 handcrafted levels.
  
• Continue – Keep placing endlessly, as long as the board allows.
  
• Classic – 72 tiles, each only once. Classic high-score chasing.
  
• Construct (new) – The counterpart to Clear: fill the marked fields instead of clearing them.

Three Campaigns

Travel around the world in 80 days, discover the animals of the world, or wander through art history from Botticelli to Warhol. Each campaign leads through ten stations with their own backgrounds and tile sets – and every station you complete unlocks its background for free play.

For the First Time Two Players

• Coop – Two players on one screen, two cursors, one shared score.
  
• Duel – Split board, each player gets their own half. Who clears first? Across several levels, best-of, or as Last Man Playing.
  
• Devices are assigned FIFA-style: whoever confirms on their device is in. Keyboard, mouse, multiple gamepads – all in parallel.

Special Tiles and Streaks

• Bomb, row and column bomb, joker and blocker keep the board moving.
  
• Streak system: how many passages can you complete in a row without missing a playable tile?
  
• Four difficulty levels – new addition: Hardcore, for anyone who finds Hard too easy.
  
• Optional move timer on the higher levels – skip it if you don't want the pressure.

Your Game, Your Look

• 17 tile sets and dozens of backgrounds, freely combinable – or shuffled at random with every level.
  
• Your own backgrounds and tile sets: just drop images into the game folder.
  
• Your own music: pick a folder, done – the game plays your collection.
  
• Spoken tutorial in 12 languages – no long reading required.

High Scores and Achievements

• 55 Steam achievements and Steam leaderboards – new to the series.
  
• Online leaderboards in addition to local high scores, separate tabs per mode and difficulty.
  
• Multiple save slots with individual player names, switchable any time.
  
• Full control via mouse, keyboard, or gamepad.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

AI is used to assist with programming, graphics creation and translations, as well as for the tutorial voice-over.