Game Is Hard Level 167 Walkthrough: Route the Colors

Level 167 shows a network of grey nodes and four colored circles, with the instruction "collect them in this order: red-green-blue-yellow." Each node can be tapped to change its internal lines — vertical, horizontal, or cross — and your job is to set each node so a signal can travel from the start through the circles in the exact order given.

Level167
DifficultyHard
Focusroute-the-signal
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🎬 Game Is Hard Level 167 Walkthrough Video

Level 167 has you set node directions to route a signal through red, green, blue, and yellow in order. Prefer YouTube? Watch it there →

⚡ Quick Answer

Set the nodes so the signal routes in order. Make MC and BM cross, ML and MR horizontal, and TM vertical. Then the signal travels start → red → green → blue → yellow, collecting all four in the required sequence.

Game Is Hard Level 167 Breakdown

What You See

A grid of grey square nodes connects a starting triangle at the bottom to four colored circles — red, green, blue, and yellow. The prompt says "collect them in this order: red-green-blue-yellow." Each node has internal lines that can be switched between vertical, horizontal, and cross orientations.

The nodes are switches. The signal starts at the triangle and travels along whatever paths the node lines allow, so you're building a circuit that visits the circles in a specific sequence. Getting the order wrong means the signal dead-ends or skips a color.

Why You're Stuck

I tapped nodes randomly, switching them to different orientations, and watched the signal either stop short or loop back on itself. I couldn't figure out why it wouldn't reach yellow last, and I kept re-routing in circles. The order "red-green-blue-yellow" felt like a hint I wasn't using.

The breakthrough was treating each node as a junction with a specific job — some needed to pass the signal straight through, others to turn it, and the central hubs had to connect in all four directions. Once I set each node deliberately, the path emerged.

The Answer

Set each node's orientation to build the route. Bottom-Middle (BM) and Mid-Center (MC) must be crosses; Mid-Left (ML) and Mid-Right (MR) must be horizontal; Top-Middle (TM) must be vertical. This routes the signal from the start through red, then green, then blue, then yellow in the required order, completing the level.

How to Beat It

Configure the junctions, then fire the signal.

  1. Set the hubs to cross. Tap BM and MC until their lines connect all four directions — these are the central switches.
  2. Set ML and MR to horizontal. Tap them so their lines run left-right, carrying the signal sideways to red and green.
  3. Set TM to vertical. Tap it so its lines run up-down, connecting the path to blue.
  4. Verify and run. With BM and MC as crosses, ML and MR horizontal, and TM vertical, the signal collects red, green, blue, and yellow in order.

Troubleshooting

  • The signal stops partway: a node along the path is set wrong. Check that MC and BM are crosses and ML/MR are horizontal.
  • It reaches blue but not yellow: BM must be a cross to pass the signal down to yellow, so make sure it's not set vertical.
  • The order is wrong: the signal can only follow the lines you set — confirm the sequence red → green → blue → yellow matches your node orientations.

Why It Works

The level is a path-construction puzzle disguised as a color-collecting game. Each node's internal lines are a switch, and the whole network is a circuit where orientation determines flow. The "red-green-blue-yellow" order isn't a hint about the circles — it's the exact sequence the signal must follow, so the node settings are the answer. It works because routing puzzles force you to think in terms of flow and junctions rather than individual pieces.

The Rule to Carry Forward

In a network puzzle, each node is a switch — set their orientations to route the flow through the targets in the required order. Think in paths, not pieces.

  • Cross = hub: central nodes need all four directions to let the signal turn.
  • Order matters: the prompt's sequence is the exact route to build.
  • Verify the full path: one wrong junction dead-ends the whole signal.
Pro tip:

Remember the five settings: MC and BM cross, ML and MR horizontal, TM vertical. Set those and the signal routes itself through red, green, blue, then yellow.

Common mistake:

Tapping nodes at random. Each node's orientation is a switch — set MC and BM to cross, ML and MR to horizontal, and TM to vertical to route the signal in order.

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Game Is Hard Level 167 FAQ

How do I solve Game Is Hard Level 167?

Set the node orientations to route the signal: BM and MC to cross, ML and MR to horizontal, and TM to vertical. The signal then collects red, green, blue, and yellow in order.

Why does the signal stop in Game Is Hard Level 167?

A node along the path is set to the wrong orientation. Check that the central hubs are crosses and the side nodes are horizontal.

What order do I collect the colors in Game Is Hard Level 167?

Red, green, blue, then yellow — exactly as the prompt states. Set the nodes so the signal follows that sequence.

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