Softly Placed: How to Solve All 40 Puzzles

Softly Placed is a game containing 40 different puzzles designed to be challenging but also relaxing. These puzzles range in difficulty, some more obvious to solve than others. For those who become stuck on any of the puzzles, this guide aims to walk you through all 40 puzzles in Softly Placed so you can unlock them all and replay them to get all the stars.

Softly Placed is available now on Nintendo Switch for $7.99.

Puzzle Star Rewards in Softly Placed

Upon completing a puzzle in Softly Placed, you earn a star. Most puzzles only have one star available, but others may offer more than one. These may be gained by providing alternative solutions to the puzzle.

There’s no reward for getting all the stars except if you’re a completionist, so if you are unable to earn all the stars, don’t stress over it. You just need to complete each puzzle in order to unlock them all, then you can figure out different ways to solve them afterwards.

Stars.

1. Drawer Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

For the first puzzle in Softly Placed, you must locate 3 specific items in a drawer. To find these items, you need to move aside the contents of the drawer to reach them, then drag them over to the correct slot to the side.

The 3 items are:

• ID card (with image of bicycle)
• Car keys (complete with key chains)
• Charger (plug and cable)

Move the items aside to locate the 3 items hinted in the silhouettes on the right side.

2. Backpack Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The second puzzle of Softly Placed gets you packing a backpack with different items. However, these items must be paired together before they can be added to the backpack in the correct slots. The correct pairings are:

• Two t-shirts
• Cash note and coin = brown wallet
• Toothbrush and toothpaste = yellow pouch
• Earbuds = blue container
• Glasses = glasses case
• Two yellow socks

The backpack puzzle completed.

3. Acorn Man Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The third puzzle of Softly Placed is the first of one type of puzzle that frequently crops up. This is a step-by-step crafting/assembly exercise. For this puzzle, you must put together an acorn man and package him in a box. The steps to take are as follows:

1. Add tub of sticks to brown circular body to make arms, legs, and neck.
2. Add the acorn head to the neck.
3. Use the scissors on the blue paper to make a bow tie. Attach the tie to the upper torso of the acorn man.
4. Use the hammer on the small acorn to create a pair of shoes. Attach each shoe to each of the legs.
5. Apply the marker pen to the acorn head to draw a face.
6. The acorn man now finished, move it into the box.
7. Add the lid on top of the box.
8. Use the blue paper on the box to wrap it up.
9. Apply the red ribbon to the box to make a bow.

Making the acorn man takes several steps and can feel a bit confusing at first as to what goes where.

4. City Maps Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The fourth puzzle of Softly Placed requires you to put together two separate pictures by putting the pieces together. The pieces of the two pictures are mixed up, so you’ll have to make sure you place the correct pieces in the right area.

The bigger city map picture goes on the left side, while the smaller subway map picture is located on the right.

You just need to piece together the pictures. Make sure the pieces go in the right area!

5. Bike Path Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

In Softly Placed‘s fifth puzzle, you need to adjust the hills to form a path for the cyclist to reach the house on the other side of the screen. You can move each hill up and down. Make sure the paths are linked up.

Bike path puzzle solution.

6. Plate of Food Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The sixth puzzle in Softly Placed requires you to place all the food on the plate in the correct position. You can rotate the food by clicking on them. You start with one piece of food already on the plate to help you out.

Plate of food puzzle solution. The food can be rotated to fit around the plate.

7. Pictures on Wall Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The seventh puzzle of Softly Placed gets you to hang a series of framed pictures on a wall in a room in the correct slots. First though, you need to locate all the pictures. They are found as follows:

1. Purple framed portrait = by the fireplace
2. Tall plant picture = on the top shelf of the bookcase
3. Small chicken picture = the fire in the fireplace
4. Small family portrait = in the basket on the bookcase
5. Orange farm picture = in the cabinet
6. Blue flower frame = the cushion on the rocking chair

Locate the pictures around the room and then hang them in the right place.

8. Chickens and Eggs Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

In the eighth puzzle of Softly Placed, you must rearrange the chickens so they are situated about the corresponding egg according to their color and pattern.

Match the chickens with their eggs.

9. Display Shelf Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The ninth Softly Placed puzzle gets you to sort a series of items on a display shelf. You must place the items so they fit in the spaces. They must be placed as such:

• Top left = purple, pink, and blue bowls
• Middle top = green jug
• Top right = pink and green plates (in that order to make the duck picture)
• Middle left = Orange boat
• Small slot under top right section = 3 cups (stacked)
• Larger slot under top right section = teddy bear 
• Bottom left = pink/purple, blue/green, red/blue tins with chickens (in that order)
• Bottom middle = Vase of flowers
• Bottom right = pink flowery container

Put all the items in the right place on the shelf. Here is the solution.

10. Vegetables Puzzle

Stars Available: 2

The tenth puzzle of Softly Placed is the first to offer more than one star upon completion. This puzzle includes a variety of vegetables. The solution is to arrange the vegetables in order according to how many leaves they have (1 – 12).

This is one solution to the vegetables puzzle, with the leaves going from 1 to 12 left to right from the top.

11. Cutlery Puzzle

Stars Available: 2

The eleventh Softly Placed puzzle is about rearranging. You must reorganize the cutlery into the right slots. They go as:

• Far left = small spoons
• Middle left = big spoons
• Middle right = forks
• Far right = knives

The cutlery puzzle has more than one solution. This is one finished example.

12. Sandwich Making Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The twelfth puzzle of Softly Placed is an assembly exercise, where you have to make a sandwich. You’re given a bunch of ingredients and cooking utensils to carry this out. Also, in the bottom corner, you can see what the finished sandwich should look like. You must make the sandwich in the order of ingredients, from bottom to top.

Here are all the steps from start to finish:

1. Use the bread knife on the bagel to slice it in half. Add the bottom half to the plate.
2. Take the small brown knife and use it on the tub of butter to apply it to the knife. Then take the buttered knife to the bagel slice.
3. Use the chopping knife on the lettuce, then add the sliced lettuce to the sandwich.
4. Put the bacon on the pan to grill it, then add it to the sandwich.
5. Take the bag of candy and put it on the sandwich.
6. Use the chopping knife on the tomato, then add the sliced tomatoes to the sandwich.
7. Use the chopping knife on the cheese, then add the sliced cheese on the sandwich.
8. Put the egg on the pan to fry it, then put the fried egg on the sandwich.
9. Use the wooden spoon on the strawberry jam, then add the jam to the sandwich.
10. Use the chopping knife on the cucumber, then add the sliced cucumber to the sandwich.
11. Put the top of the bagel on the sandwich.
12. Use the chopping knife one last time on the herbs, then add the chopped herbs to the bagel top.
13. Finally, add the candy stick to the top of the sandwich.

The sandwich puzzle takes a lot of steps to complete, but the picture will help.

13. Cows Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The thirteenth puzzle of Softly Placed is very easy. You just need to drag and place the four clouds onto each of the cows in the field.

Simply drag the clouds onto each cow.

14. Nuts Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The fourteenth puzzle of Softly Placed is a sorting one. You have to put the right nuts in the right bowls. There are four nuts and four bowls. The shape of the nut is on the bowls to tell you which nuts go where.

The matching bowls and nuts are:

• Green bowl = peanuts
• Blue bowl = chestnuts
• Pink bowl = pistachios
• Purple bowl = cashews

Sort the nuts into the right bowls, as shown here.

15. Goats Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The fifteenth puzzle of Softly Placed gets you placing goats in a barn. You have to fit the goats around the objects so they all go inside.

Arrange the goats in the barn so they all fit, like in this solution.

16. Broken Plates Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The sixteenth Softly Placed puzzle has you mending three broken plates. The pieces are mixed up. You need to use the cloths to identify which pieces go where according to color and pattern.

The matches are:

• Yellow cloth = white and yellow/orange plate
• Blue cloth = blue and white plate
• Pink cloth = white and pink plate

The colored cloths indicate which plate pieces go where.

17. Align Books Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

Softly Placed‘s seventeenth puzzle is about alignment. You need to line up the purple and blue stacked books so they form an image. The path and hill need to match up.

Adjust the books so they form an image. Here is the solution.

18. Berries Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The eighteenth Softly Placed puzzle is similar to the nuts puzzle earlier, but this time, you have to sort out the four different berries into the different bowls. The patterns on the bowl give the clue as to what type of berry goes in where.

The matching bowls and berries are:

• Green bowl = blueberries
• Pink bowl = cranberries
• Blue bowl = strawberries
• Orange bowl = raspberries

Like the nuts, sort the berries into the right bowls.

19. Fence Posts Puzzle

Stars Available: 4

The nineteenth puzzle of Softly Placed is about arranging – and close attention to detail. You must put the fence posts in order so the lines on the posts match and link up.

Pay close attention to the lines on the posts to match them up in the right order. Here’s one solution.

20. Balls of Yarn Puzzle

Stars Available: 2

The twentieth puzzle of Softly Placed requires you to rearrange the balls of yarn so the yellow line running through them link up with each other. Look out for the two ends of the yellow line. Find a match for each one of those and then work your way from there until all the balls connect.

Arrange the balls of yarn so the yellow line links up throughout to make a path.

21. Duck and Chick Picture Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

For the twenty-first puzzle of Softly Placed, you need to rearrange the pieces to create a picture of a chick and a duck. The chick is on the left while the duck is on the right. Also, use the background as another guideline for piece placement.

Move the pieces around to make a picture of a duck and chick. Here’s the finished picture.

22. Photo Album Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The twenty-second puzzle of Softly Placed wants you to organize the photos for the album in the correct order. The photos are of different sizes to help with placement.

The order from 1 to 11 is this:

1. Toddlers
2. Handing bouquet
3. Holding hands with heart
4. Engagement ring
5. Wedding dress measuring
6. Big wedding photo
7. Small dancing at wedding photo
8. Beach honeymoon
9. House under construction
10. Completed house with couple
11. Elderly couple

The sizes of the pictures is useful in identifying their placement.

23. Constellations Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

Softly Placed‘s twenty-third puzzle has you repositioning the stars in the night sky so they line up with the points on the constellations. The stars can either move up/down or left/right. Use the pictures in the book provided as a guide for star positioning.

Stars are fixed to either only go up or down, or left and right.

24. Kites Puzzle

Stars Available: 2

The twenty-fourth Softly Placed puzzle is an order arranging one, this time for kites. They have to be ordered according to the strings. They can be placed in this order:

• Top row = plain ribbons (one ribbon, two ribbons, three ribbons)
• Middle row = pink bows (one bow, two bows, three bows)
• Bottom row = orange bows (one bow, two bows, three bows)

Rearrange the kites so they are in order, like here.

25. Insect House Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The twenty-fifth Softly Placed puzzle gets you assembling something, in this case an insect house. Using the items provided, you need to take these steps to complete it:

1. Use the corkscrew tool on the logs, then add these to the long strip near the top of the house.
2. Use the saw on the bamboo, then add to the far left slot on the third shelf down.
3. Use the paintbrush on the triangular wooden board, which you need to add to the top.
4. Add the straw to the upside down bucket, then hang it on the nail on the far right third shelf.
5. Add the toilet paper rolls to the leaves, then add these to the slot in the bottom right.
6. Add the purple material to the wooden box, then add this to the middle of the third shelf.
7. Combine the three pine cones, then add these to the bottom left slot.

Pair up items and put them in the right spaces to create an insect house.

26. Family Drawing Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The twenty-sixth Softly Placed puzzle is a simple picture piecing exercise. The picture is of a hand-drawn family portrait. Put the eight parts in the correct places.

This is a quick and easy puzzle to solve.

27. Flower Garland Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The twenty-seventh puzzle of Softly Placed gets you to create a flower garland by putting all the flowers in the correct order by color. Use the pictures at the bottom corner as a guide for placement.

Create a colorful garland by putting the flowers in the right place and order.

28. Coconut Boat Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The twenty-eighth Softly Placed puzzle is an assembly one, but probably the easiest and quickest, with just a few steps to take. You must make a sailboat out of a coconut, stick, and leaf.

The steps are:

1. Use the knife on the coconut to slice it in half.
2. Use the knife on the stick to whittle it.
3. Add the stick to the coconut half.
4. Add the leaf to the stick to make a sail.

This is probably the easiest crafting puzzle in Softly Placed.

29. Lunch Basket Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

Softly Placed‘s twenty-ninth puzzle has you organizing a lunch basket. This is similar to the earlier rucksack puzzle, where you must pair up items. Here are the steps to take:

1. Put the glasses in the glasses case and add to the basket.
2. Add the water jug to the water bottle to fill it up.
3. Use the knife on the lemons to slice them, then add these slices to the filled water bottle. Move the bottle to the basket.
4. Use the knife on the sandwich to slice it in half. Place each slice in the food bag, then add this to the basket.
5. Put the bookmarker in the book, then place in the basket.
6. Put the tomato and cucumber in the white box (the knife isn’t needed to slice these up) then add to the basket.

Prepare a lunch basket by pairing up items and putting them in the right place.

30. Colorful Stones Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

Puzzle thirty in Softly Placed is a sorting exercise. This time, you must place the different colored stones onto the right cloths.

• Blue cloth = blue stones
• Pink cloth = pink and orange stones

Organize the stones by color, either blue or pink.

31. Den Building Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The thirty-first puzzle of Softly Placed involves more assembly, but this time for a den. There aren’t too many steps to take for this one:

1. Add the blue cloth to the table.
2. Move the two boxes on top of the table to either side of this table.
3. Arrange the three cushions inside the den.
4. Put the black stick on top of the table, then add the orange sock to make a flag.
5. Finally, add the string of lights to the den.

Create a den by placing objects in the right place.

32. Cat Blinds Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The thirty-second Softly Placed puzzle is similar to the books aligning one earlier. For this, you need to adjust the panels of the blind to create the image of a cat.

Adjust the panels to create an image of a cat.

33. Broken Lampshades Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The thirty-third puzzle of Softly Placed is again piecing together a series of broken items. This one is for three different lampshades. You’ll need to rotate the pieces so they fit correctly, as well as work out which pieces go where.

These are the correct matches for the pieces:

• Left side (red lamp base) = pink lampshade
• Middle = yellow lampshade
• Right side = blue lampshade

The lampshades are in different shapes, so you’ll need to work out which pieces go where.

34. Plates and Cutlery Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The thirty-fourth Softly Placed puzzle is a matching exercise, this time for plates and cutlery. There are two things you must match: the colors/patterns of the plates and cutlery, and also the placement of the cutlery.

They are as follows:

• Top left = pink crockery
• Top right = purple crockery
• Bottom left = blue crockery
• Bottom right = pink and ivory crockery

Match the cutlery with the plates.

35. Making Sock Puppet Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

Puzzle number thirty-five in Softly Placed is another crafting exercise, for a sock puppet. These are the steps:

1. Use the scissors on the pink ribbon to cut it in half.
2. Use the glue on the ribbon to create ears, then add these to the puppet’s head.
3. Use the scissors on the purple cloth to make a semi-circle. Apply this to the puppet’s body.
4. Apply the paintbrush to the pasta to turn it pink, then add this to the puppet’s nose.
5. Use the blue sewing thread on the button, then add this to the puppet’s head for its eye.

Pair items to create a sock puppet.

36. Crafting Wooden Sword Puzzle

Puzzle thirty-six of Softly Placed is yet another crafting exercise: a wooden sword!

1. Use the saw on the biggest piece of wood to cut it into a sword shape.
2. Apply the smaller piece of wood and red ribbon to the sword to attach the wood to make a handle.
3. Add the tennis ball to the bottom of the handle.
4. Add the two screws to the smaller wood.

This puzzle involves creating a toy sword.

37. Building Blocks Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The thirty-seventh puzzle of Softly Placed presents a collection of building blocks that you must place in the correct slots to recreate a building. The building is shown in a picture on the left.

Use the blocks to create a building.

38. Making a Kite Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The thirty-eighth puzzle of Softly Placed provides another crafting puzzle: a kite.

1. Use the scissors on the red ribbon to cut it.
2. Add the two pasta to the ribbon.
3. Put together the two pieces of wood to make a cross shape.
4. Use the spool of ribbon to tie the wood together.
5. Use the glue on the wood.
6. Add the pink fabric to the wooden cross.
7. Add the red ribbon with the pasta to the kite.

Another puzzle involving a kite, this time making one.

39. Four Drawings Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The thirty-ninth Softly Placed puzzle has you completing four different hand-drawn pictures by adding the correct items to the empty spaces. Not all the objects will be used for this puzzle, so you have to figure out what needs to be used based on its size, shape, and color.

Here are the solutions for each picture:

• Top left picture (space scene) = purple robot body & post stamp with planet
• Top right picture (dinosaur scene) = green/blue/red candy & green board game piece
• Bottom left picture (car scene) = pink cloud shape & purple/red circular piece
• Bottom right picture (snail scene) = yellow button & playing card

Use the items provided to complete each of the pictures.

40. Plants Puzzle

Stars Available: 1

The fortieth and final puzzle in Softly Placed involves tending to four plants, each requiring a different kind of care. At the bottom are four different items for these plants. You must drag the object to the right plant according to what attention it needs.

The solution is below:

• Far left plant = bug spray
• Middle left plant = secateurs
• Middle right plant = watering can
• Far right plant = seed packet

Use the tools at the bottom to tend to each plant.

Softly Placed Puzzle Conclusion

Once you’ve completed all the Softly Placed puzzles once in order, you can go back any time and replay them. You can also do this if you want to gain extra stars by finding alternative solutions.