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Seat the Guests: a free online seating-logic puzzle about a wedding hall with opinions
Seat the Guests hands you one waiting guest at a time and a room full of tables that already have rules of their own. Every guest carries a number from one to six and a colour, and a table breaks the moment two identical numbers or two touching seats of the same colour end up next to each other. Early rounds are just arithmetic and colour-matching, but later levels add couples who insist on sitting together, rivals who refuse to share a table, and chairs too broken to use.
Quick facts
- Genre: puzzle · logic · seating
- Mode: single-player, one wedding hall at a time
- Platform: works on desktop or mobile, browser only
- Price: no cost, no signup screen
- Rules grow: couples, rivals, and broken chairs appear in later levels
How to play Seat the Guests
Seat the Guests plays like a constraint puzzle disguised as a seating chart: one guest waits at the door, and it is up to you to find them a chair that doesn't break a table's rules. Later levels stack extra constraints on top of the basic number-and-colour check.
- 1
Read the waiting guest
Check the number and colour of the guest standing at the door before you commit them to a table.
- 2
Find a legal chair
Look for a seat where the number isn't already at that table and the colour doesn't match either neighbour.
- 3
Seat or rearrange
Click an empty chair to seat the guest, or move an already-seated guest first to open up a better spot.
- 4
Watch the later rules
In higher levels, keep couples together, keep rivals apart, and skip any chair marked broken.
Controls
Desktop
- Click an empty chair to seat the waiting guest
- Click a seated guest, then an empty chair, to move them elsewhere
- Arrow keys step between chairs to pick one without a mouse
Phone & tablet
- Tap an empty chair to seat the waiting guest
- Tap a seated guest, then an empty chair, to move them
- Tap the selected guest again to cancel the move
Why players like Seat the Guests
A puzzle that stacks its own rules
Number-and-colour logic is just the opening rule; later tables add couples, rivals, and broken chairs on top of it.
Undo-friendly seating
Already-seated guests can be picked up and moved again, so one early mistake doesn't have to sink the whole table.
Tap-first controls
Every action maps to a tap on mobile, with arrow-key stepping available for players on a keyboard.
A running move limit
Each hall gives a set number of moves, turning the seating chart into a planning problem instead of trial and error.
Tips for Seat the Guests
- Check both neighbours before you seat anyone. A colour clash on either side breaks the rule, not just the one you're looking at.
- Don't fill the easy chairs first. An obvious spot now can block the only legal seat for a trickier guest later.
- Track your remaining moves. Rearranging a seated guest costs moves too, so save them for guests that truly need it.
- Handle couples and rivals early. Locking in a pair or splitting up rivals gets harder once nearby chairs fill up.
- Treat broken chairs as walls. Plan the table layout around them instead of hoping a workaround appears.
Who is Seat the Guests for?
Logic puzzle fans
Enjoy constraint puzzles like sudoku and want one wrapped in a lighter, story-driven setting.
Players who like escalating rules
Prefer a puzzle that keeps adding twists over one that repeats the same challenge at a faster pace.
Short-session players
Want a level that resolves in a few minutes without needing to remember a long ruleset between sessions.
Scoring & winning
Seat the Guests measures success by whether the hall fills without breaking a rule, using the moves you're given for that level. Rearranging an already-seated guest still counts against your move total, so a clean plan with fewer corrections beats a messy one. Run out of moves while the guest at the door has no legal chair, and the level ends before the hall is full.
Frequently asked questions
What is Seat the Guests?+
Seat the Guests is a free online logic puzzle: seat wedding guests so no table repeats a number or places two matching colours side by side, with couples, rivals, and broken chairs joining the rules in later levels.
What does it cost to play?+
Nothing. Seat the Guests runs free in your browser with no account, no install, and no paywall hiding any of its wedding halls, from the very first table to the last.
How do I lose a level?+
You lose when the guest currently at the door has no legal chair anywhere in the hall and you have no moves left to rearrange a seated guest to free one up.
Is there a time limit?+
No. Seat the Guests doesn't run on a clock — the real constraint is your move count, not how fast you seat each guest, so you can take time reading each table before acting.
Do the rules change as I progress?+
Yes. Early levels only check numbers and colours, while later ones add guests who must sit together, rivals who can't share a table, and chairs that are broken and unusable.
Privacy
Seat the Guests streams from GamePix's game catalogue inside the frame on this page, and GamePix — not What Games Play — controls whatever ads appear during a level. No login or personal information is ever requested.
One more hall to seat?
A fresh wedding party is waiting at the door — see how many guests you can seat before the moves run out.
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