Games Like Enclose Horse: Free Daily Wall Puzzles to Try

By Kaboomcano · October 31, 2026 · 5 min read

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If you've been hooked on Enclose Horse, you already know the feeling: a grid, a handful of walls, and one tiny mistake that lets the horse wander off. You finish a puzzle, you want another, and tomorrow's isn't here yet.

This guide is for you. Below are free, in-browser puzzles built around the same idea, placing a limited number of walls to control where something can go, and a quick look at where Kaboomcano, our lava puzzle, fits in. No account is needed for any of the ones we list, and there's nothing to install.

What makes wall-placing puzzles so addictive?

The recipe is simple, which is why it works:

• Few tools. You get a small, fixed number of walls, so every placement matters.
• A clear "oh no" moment. One gap and the whole plan leaks. You see the mistake instantly, so you know exactly what to fix.
• A real "aha". The best layout is usually not the first one you try. The fun is spotting the tidy solution you missed.
• Short sessions. A puzzle takes a minute or two, so it fits between things.

Free wall and fence puzzles to try

Here are a few places to start. We describe each one by what its own page says it does.

Enclose Horse

You tap grass tiles to place walls so the horse can't reach the edge of the grid. The more grass you enclose, the higher your score, and some puzzles add bonus tiles such as cherries and portals. Everyone gets the same daily puzzle, and you get one submission. It's free in the browser, and there's an archive of old puzzles plus a level creator. Third-party estimates suggest its visits roughly doubled from August to September 2026, so you're in good company.

PenThePet

A small open-source daily puzzle with a similar spirit: you place walls to pen in a pet and try to make the enclosed area as big as you can. It has water tiles, a limited wall budget and one submission per puzzle, and it lets you replay earlier days.

Daily Grid

Not a wall puzzle exactly, but a hub of twelve free daily logic puzzles. Some of them, like its line-and-loop style games, scratch the same "draw the boundary just right" itch.

Coffee Break

A free hub of daily grid-logic games such as Queens, Tango, Zip and Patches. If you like the "one tidy answer" feeling of wall puzzles, these are good company for your morning routine.

Kaboomcano

That's us. Same wall-placing brain tickle, with a different goal.

How Kaboomcano is different

In Kaboomcano, you don't fence anything in. You steer lava away.

A grumpy volcano is about to erupt, and a few critters (capybaras, baby penguins, wobbly pink blobs and little huts with faces) are in the way. You get three rock walls. You tap glowing pads to drop them. Then you press Erupt and watch the lava pour down and sideways. It never goes uphill, which is a big clue when you plan.

A few details that make it feel different:

• Flow, not area. Instead of making the biggest pen, you're building a path of walls that bends the lava around your critters.
• A hint that doesn't spoil it. A faint dashed trail shows where the lava heads first, so you can think instead of guess.
• Near misses in slow motion. If the lava gets scarily close to a capybara, the game slows down so you can enjoy the panic.
• Stars, not just pass or fail. Save everyone for three stars. Any star unlocks the next level.
• 150 levels to learn on, so there's plenty to do after today's puzzle.
• A Daily Eruption. One shared island every day, the same for everyone, and your first run is your official score.
• Island Maker. Build your own island, beat it once, then send friends a link to try.

It's free in your browser, and there are no names to type or accounts to make.

Try a taste in about a minute

Our quick challenge page has one puzzle: three walls, six critters. Only one of the 56 possible wall layouts saves all six. How many tries will it take you?

When you've got the hang of it, the Daily Eruption is the closest thing to a daily-puzzle ritual, with one island for the whole world each day.

Which one should you play?

• Want to maximize a score on a shared daily? Start with Enclose Horse.
• Want a puzzle you can replay on any day? PenThePet's archive is a good fit.
• Want a daily set of different logic grids? Try Daily Grid or Coffee Break.
• Want something cute, a bit chaotic, and short, with lava and critters? That's Kaboomcano.

There's no wrong answer. Most puzzle fans end up with a small rotation of favorites.