How to play Hidden Fleet
- Your fleet of five ships is hidden on your grid; the computer’s fleet is hidden in enemy waters.
- Take turns: tap a square of enemy waters to search it. A dot means nothing there; orange means a ship is hit; red means it is fully found.
- Find every square of all five enemy ships before the computer finds yours.
- Before your first shot, you can shuffle your fleet as often as you like.
Tips
- Search in a checkerboard pattern: the smallest ship is two squares long, so you can skip every other square.
- After a hit, search the four squares around it to find the direction.
- Once you know the direction, follow the line until the ship is found.
- Ships never overlap: use found ships to rule out squares.
About Hidden Fleet
Hidden Fleet is a guessing and deduction game played on two 8 x 8 grids, inspired by the classic paper-and-pencil naval search games.
On Easy the computer searches at random, on Medium it follows up on every hit, and on Hard it builds a probability map of where your remaining ships can still be.
Points and badges
Finishing a game of Hidden Fleet earns points for your level. Four badges are waiting in this game, from bronze to diamond: each one says what to do and adds bonus points.
Questions
Which ships are in a fleet?
Five ships: one of 4 squares, two of 3 and two of 2.
Do I get another turn after a hit?
No. Players always alternate, hit or miss.
Can I place my ships myself?
Your fleet is placed at random; tap Shuffle my fleet until you like it, before your first shot.