Paper Atlas

What you do

Swipe. Fill. Earn. Discover.

A fresh crossword over a Moon crater illustration, with the letters A, R, E and P on the wheel below.

A Night theme crossword: FUEL across and ELF down through the shared E, with the note +5 · FLUE for an extra word.

The result screen: Wonderful! +85 research points, from the crossword and one extra word, above a space fact.

Jupiter in the atlas with three numbered points of interest: the Great Red Spot, Europa and Jupiter's Scale.

Step 01 · Swipe

Key features

A quiet word game with a universe attached.

Crosswords without a cap
Rounds are generated as you play: ten gentle openers, then 6–9-word crosswords in a rising and falling difficulty wave.
An atlas to open
21 objects and 63 points of interest across the Milky Way and Andromeda, from Saturn's hexagon to our galaxy's black hole.
A sourced fact every round
Each finished crossword ends with one of 300 space facts, most of them checked against NASA and ESA sources.
Day & Night
A warm paper Day theme, a deep blue Night theme, or Auto to follow your phone.
Fair helpers
The first hint in every crossword is free, shuffling is always free, and a stuck round can become a new crossword at the same level.
Three languages
Play in English, Russian or Spanish. Each language keeps its own level; points and discoveries are shared.

The Atlas

Two galaxies, 21 objects to open.

Every object comes with a scientific illustration, a short fact with its source and three points of interest marked on the picture. The images are illustrations, not photographs.

Milky Way
Our galaxy · the Solar System and beyond
15 objects · 45 points of interest
Andromeda Galaxy
Our neighboring spiral galaxy
6 objects · 18 points of interest