Family Tree — Play Free Online

Family Tree is a logic puzzle about generations. Instead of jumping or shooting, you read clues about who is related to whom and use them to fill in the branches of a family, one relationship at a time. The pace is slow and thoughtful, closer to a crossword than an arcade game, and a session is as long or as short as you want it to be.

The description on Poki frames it as a brain-teaser with a story attached: solving the clues unlocks more of the family's history, and there are word puzzles mixed in with the relationship logic. If you usually come to Doodle Jump for a quick, twitchy run, this is the page for the moments when you want something calmer and more deliberate.

How to play

On a computer you can use the arrow keys or WASD to move and the mouse to aim and select. On a phone or tablet, tap and swipe instead. Most of the game comes down to picking the right person or the right answer, so a mouse or a finger does most of the work.

Each puzzle gives you information about the people involved, such as who is a parent, a sibling or a grandchild of whom. Work out which names belong in which spots, place them, and check that nothing you have placed contradicts another clue. The game is built around deduction, so a wrong guess is usually a sign that one clue was read too loosely.

Tips

• Start with the clue that pins down the most people at once, such as the oldest or youngest person in the family, and build outward from there.
• Treat every placement as a fact that other clues must agree with. If two clues clash, one of your earlier placements is wrong.
• When you are stuck, reread the clues you have already used. A small detail like "older" or "only child" often settles the whole branch.
• Take breaks between puzzles. Progress stays in your browser, so you can return to the same tree later.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

Nothing else on this site plays quite like it, which is the point. Fireboy and Watergirl is the closest cousin in spirit, since it is a puzzle game too, but it asks for spatial thinking and timing rather than reading clues. Bloons Tower Defense 2 is a planning game as well, though you are placing towers rather than names. If you want the fast reflex side of the catalogue, Helix Jump and Bird Jumper are quick, single-button style runs.

It suits players who like to sit with a problem, and it works on a laptop, Chromebook or phone with nothing to install.