Sort to summon

Pour a potion. Summon an army.

The colour-sort puzzle you already love, turned into a real-time 1v1 battle. Pour drops from bottle to bottle, cork a potion of one colour, throw it on the arena and a creature bursts out. Pop their Alembics before they pop yours.

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How to play

Pour. Cork. Throw.

Your shelf of bottles sits under the arena, and drops of four colours drip in from the funnel. Sort them: every bottle you fill with one colour becomes a potion, and every colour summons the card on its slot of your hand.

  1. Pour

    Tap a bottle, then another: the top colour pours over, onto the same colour or into an empty bottle. White Aether drops turn into any colour.

  2. Cork

    A bottle full of one colour corks itself with a pop. A corked potion is sealed: nothing gets in, not even a hex.

  3. Throw

    Drag the potion onto your half of the arena. The bottle smashes and the card on that colour's slot bursts out: a jelly knight, a swarm of bubbles, a glass dragon.

Try it here against Grumblepot, the Adventure's first boss: tap a bottle, then another to pour. Fill one with a single colour, then tap the corked potion to throw it.

Attack their towers. Or their puzzle.

  • Alembics and a Great Cauldron

    Each side has two glass Alembics (a star each) and a Great Cauldron (three stars and the win). Most stars after 2:30 wins; a tie goes to sudden death.

  • Hex their shelf

    Sludge, Frost, Siphon and Tremor Salts fly to your rival's shelf: grey sludge on their bottles, frozen bottles, stolen drops, a spilled stack. Corked potions are safe, so seal yours in time.

  • The rush

    The funnel drips a drop every 2.4 seconds, twice as fast in the last minute. Let your drip flask fill up and the funnel stalls: every lost drop is a lost creature.

  • Read their shelf

    Your rival's shelf is on screen too, with the card each of their colours would summon. Plan around their sealed potions, and remember they can read yours.

Cards

Forty cards, one idea each

Build a deck of eight and play from a hand of four, each slot bound to a colour. Creatures, buildings, spells, hexes for their shelf and potions for your own. A card costs 2 to 6 drops: a potion holds four, so the big ones need two. Level them up to 10 with copies and coins.

5

Legendary · Air · 5 drops

Prism Dragon

A glass dragon whose prism light splashes air and ground. Needs two potions.

Found in Star Observatory

  • Common
  • Rare
  • Epic
  • Legendary

Labs and Adventure

Twelve labs, from cellar to sun

Win battles to climb the trophy road, from a candle-lit cellar to the Sun Crucible at 8,300 trophies. Every lab has its own arena, colours and decor, brings new cards, and is a chapter of the Adventure with a boss at the end.

  1. Lab 10

    Candle Cellar

    Warm stone, dripping candles: where every pourmancer starts.

    Starter deck

    • Bubblings
    • Dropshots
    • Jellyguard
    • Fizz Bomber
    • Vapor Bats
    • Rollbead
    • Bubble Burst
    • Sludge

    Chapter bossGrumblepotA grumpy cauldron on legs. Every few seconds it sloshes its brew down a whole lane.

  2. Lab 2300

    Herb Attic

    Green tiles and bundles of drying herbs under the roof.

    New cards

    • Flask Golem
    • Crystal Spire
    • Snapvine

    Chapter bossBramblegourdA thorny gourd that spits seed pods at your biggest group.

  3. Lab 3700

    Frostworks

    Icy blue stone and crystal shards in a frozen channel.

    New cards

    • Frost
    • Splash
    • Rime Toad

    Chapter bossHoarfeatherA frost owl. Its stare freezes your fullest open bottle.

  4. Lab 41,200

    Moon Greenhouse

    Violet glass and glowing orbs under the moon.

    New cards

    • Mandrake
    • Tonic Fairy
    • Ward Bubble

    Chapter bossLady LunamothA moth queen who calls her bats, and hides in a bubble of moonlight when she is hurt.

  5. Lab 51,800

    Ember Forge

    Red-brown brick and drifting embers.

    New cards

    • Spark Newt
    • Smoke Sprite
    • Ember Salamander

    Chapter bossBellowmawA furnace with a mouth: it breathes fire down a lane.

  6. Lab 62,500

    Crystal Grotto

    Slate floors and pink crystals growing from the walls.

    New cards

    • Bubbling Cauldron
    • Siphon
    • Dripstill

    Chapter bossQuartzbackA crystal tortoise that pulls its shell shut, then stamps.

  7. Lab 73,300

    Star Observatory

    Night blue and gold, under a dome of stars.

    New cards

    • Prism Dragon
    • Clear Draught

    Chapter bossThe OrreryA brass orrery whose planets drop shooting stars where your creatures gather.

  8. Lab 84,100

    Rain Cistern

    Wet teal stone, dripping pewter pipes and rain.

    New cards

    • Whirlpool
    • Froth Mother
    • Moonmilk

    Chapter bossGulpwhistleA kettle-whale that gulps drops from your open bottles to heal, and sends a wave.

  9. Lab 95,000

    Clockwork Study

    Walnut and brass, a molten-brass channel and turning gears.

    New cards

    • Pill Lobber
    • Fuse Imp
    • Copper Crab

    Chapter bossThe Cog ColossusA clockwork giant that stamps left, right, left, in time.

  10. Lab 106,000

    Glowcap Hollow

    Dark moss and glowing mushrooms, spores rising.

    New cards

    • Drowsy Spores
    • Slurpling
    • Pepper Draught

    Chapter bossMother GlowcapA mother mushroom: sleepy spore clouds on the board, sludge on your shelf.

  11. Lab 117,100

    Ink Library

    Ink blue and crimson, book stacks lit by candles.

    New cards

    • Tremor Salts
    • Ink Snail
    • Balm Fountain

    Chapter bossThe Blotted GrimoireA living spellbook that blots ink on your bottles and shakes one empty.

  12. Lab 128,300

    Sun Crucible

    White-gold stone and little suns on brass stands: the last lab.

    New cards

    • Gilded Scarab
    • Sun Moth
    • Drift Jelly

    Chapter bossSunheartThe great sun crucible itself: slams, falling sparks, frost, its own creatures and a golden bubble.

The Adventure: 60 levels, 12 bosses

A campaign through all twelve labs, on a map drawn room by room. Every level teaches one new idea in one sentence, and every chapter ends with a boss that warns you before each move.

  • 13brew puzzles A preset shelf and a recipe: brew these potions in as few pours as you can.
  • 35battles with a twist Break one Alembic, hold out, sort with only three bottles, beat a slow funnel.
  • 12bosses From Grumblepot, a grumpy cauldron on legs, to Sunheart, the crucible itself.
  • 180stars Three per level, each goal in plain words. Chests with known contents and a cork style per chapter.

No energy, no lives, no timers. Replays are always free.

  1. Grumblepot
  2. Bramblegourd
  3. Hoarfeather
  4. Lady Lunamoth
  5. Bellowmaw
  6. Quartzback
  7. The Orrery
  8. Gulpwhistle
  9. The Cog Colossus
  10. Mother Glowcap
  11. The Blotted Grimoire
  12. Sunheart
One boss at the end of every chapter. Each one warns you before it moves.

Online

Live duels, real rivals

Online, every card plays at level 6: your skill decides, not your collection. The server runs every match, so it stays fair.

  • Quick match

    A real player near your online rating, found in seconds. Nobody around? The game says so honestly and offers a match against the computer, clearly marked AI.

  • Play a friend

    Make a four-letter room code and share it, or type theirs. Friendly matches: no rating and no trophies at stake.

  • Rating and leaderboards

    Win to climb your online rating. Boards for the rating and today's challenge: worldwide, in your country and among friends. Real players only.

  • No chat, no personal details

    A guest account with a name from fixed word lists, like Lucky Newt. Six emotes with a mute button, no free text, no email address.

Every day

Something new every day, never a chore

One button, Today, holds it all. Every daily thing is quick, optional and shows its reward up front. Miss a day and you keep what you have.

  • Brewing calendar

    Seven growing days with a gold flask on day 7. Missed one? The free streak saver keeps your week going.

  • Daily challenge

    One special level a day, the same for everyone: a battle with a twist or a brew puzzle, every card at level 6. Beat your best and climb today's board.

  • Quests and a weekly goal

    Three quick quests a day, new at 4:00, and a weekly goal: claim twelve for a gold flask.

  • 56 achievements

    Badges for battles, brewing, bosses and fun feats like winning with only 2-drop cards, and 17 titles to wear under your name.

A weekly event, a twist for both sides

  • Frost RushEvery funnel drips faster
  • Bat SwarmFlyers cost a drop less
  • Messy ShelvesBoth shelves start jumbled
  • The Sixth BottleEveryone sorts with six
  • Glass TowersEvery tower is brittle
  • Hex FairHexes cost a drop less
  • Giant WeekTwo-potion cards are cheaper
  • Quick Draw1:30 battles, double drip

Eight events take turns, Monday to Monday. Fill an event's track for its own bottle or cork style. Each comes back every eight weeks, so nothing is lost for good.

Rewards

Win a battle, win a flask

  • Copper
  • Silver
  • Gold
  • Prism

Every win brings a reward flask with coins and cards. Open it at a tap: no timers, nothing to pay, and the odds are right there under "What is inside?".

  • Recipe Road

    A reward every 50 trophies, all the way to 8,600: coins, flasks, a new lab's cards and cosmetics.

  • Card levels 1 to 10

    Copies and coins level a card up. A card you find late joins close to your best ones, so it is playable at once.

  • Brew Pass

    Twenty tiers of flasks, coins and two bottle styles, with a free track for everyone.

  • Bottle and cork styles

    Tinted glass, sparkle trails and fancy stoppers on every potion you throw. Your rival sees them, and every style can be earned without paying.

Free to play and fair by design: reward flasks are never sold and nothing random is for sale. Prices are in euros, there is an age question before the first purchase and you can set your own monthly limit.

Questions

Good to know

Is Pourmancer free?

Yes. Every card, lab and level can be earned by playing. Reward flasks are never sold and nothing random is for sale. The apps show optional reward videos and now and then an ad between two battles (never during one), and sell cosmetics, coin bags and the Brew Pass.

How long is a battle?

Two and a half minutes, plus up to a minute of sudden death on a tie. Topple their Great Cauldron and it is over at once.

Do I have to be fast at sorting?

It helps, but it is not everything. Which colour you finish first, when you throw, where your creature lands and when you hex their shelf matter just as much. A guided first battle teaches it all in about a minute and a half, and the first rivals go easy on you.

Which devices can I play on?

Any modern browser on a phone, tablet or computer: tap Play now. The Android and iPhone apps are on their way; see the store buttons at the top of this page.

Can I play against real people?

Yes. Online opens after your first eight wins: Quick match finds a real player near your rating, and Play a friend uses a room code. Computer opponents always carry an AI tag; real players carry a LIVE tag.

Do I need an account?

No. Your progress stays on your device. The first time you play online, the game makes a guest account: no email, no password, and a name picked from fixed word lists.

Can I play offline?

Yes. Battles against the computer, the Adventure, the brew puzzles and the daily things all work without a connection. Online duels and the leaderboards need one.

Is it gentle enough for younger players?

The look is: knocked-out creatures pop into bubbles and nothing gets hurt. The game is meant for players aged 13 and up; players under 16 cannot make purchases and only see ads that are not personalised.

How do I delete my data?

In the game, Settings > Online account > Delete my online account removes your account from the server at once. Uninstalling the app or clearing the site's data removes everything on your device. The privacy policy explains what is stored.

Your shelf is waiting

Five bottles, four colours and a rival across the bench.

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