Balance
Hang brass weights on a wooden beam until it sits perfectly level. Thirty torque puzzles, bolted iron weights, stacking, undo, hints and three-star move targets.
Balance is a warm, tactile physics puzzle set on a sunlit workshop table. A wooden beam rests on a brass pivot, and your job is to hang every brass weight on its numbered pegs so the beam settles perfectly level. The rule is the real lever law: each weight pushes with its value times its distance from the middle, so a 2 on the far peg can outweigh a 3 close in. Live torque counters for each side and a swinging, creaking beam show exactly how close you are.
Thirty handmade levels grow from two-weight warm-ups on short beams to six-peg workshop puzzles packed with bolted-down iron weights you cannot move. Weights stack on the same peg, every tray must be emptied, and later stages have only one or two exact answers. Finish within the move target for three stars, or a few moves over for two. Undo is free, while the hint button places one weight correctly but caps that level at two stars. Stars unlock new levels and raise your rank from Apprentice to Grand Balancer.
This lever and torque puzzle suits anyone who likes calm number logic or wants a gentle maths workout. Tip: balance the big iron first by loading heavy brass on the far pegs, then fine-tune with the small weights near the pivot.
How to play
Drag each brass weight from the tray onto a peg on the beam. Each side's torque is weight times peg distance, added up; the level is solved when every brass weight is on the beam and left torque equals right torque. Grey iron weights are fixed. Solve within the move target for three stars. Undo is free, a hint places one weight but limits that level to two stars. Your score is your total stars across all levels.
Controls
- Mouse drag / touch drag: Move a brass weight onto a peg or back to the tray
- Up / Down or W / S: Select a weight
- Left / Right or A / D: Move the selected weight along the pegs
- X / Backspace: Return the selected weight to the tray
- Z: Undo
- H: Hint
- R: Restart the level
- L: Level select
- Space / Enter: Play, next level
- P / Esc: Pause
- M: Mute
Category: Puzzle games
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