ShortStack: Pancake Sort Game

Flip, stack and serve in a cosy little café.

Every order is a messy stack of pancakes. Slide your spatula under any pancake and flip it, with everything above it, until the stack is sorted: biggest at the bottom, smallest on top. Serve it in the fewest flips for three stars, then watch the syrup pour.

It's the classic pancake-sorting puzzle, made calm and juicy: soft sounds, gentle music and a stack that wobbles, steams and sparkles when it's served.

TEN RECIPES, 300 ORDERS
Start with a classic stack and work your way through crêpes, diner stacks, fluffy soufflé pancakes, poffertjes, hotteok, dosa, Swedish pancakes and ricotta hotcakes to the grand café. Each recipe brings new orders and new toppings.

A CAFÉ THAT GROWS
Your café starts as a pancake cart on a street corner. Every recipe you master adds something new: an awning, a diner counter, string lights, a fireplace, a garden patio, and finally a chandelier and a full house.

NEW TWISTS, ONE AT A TIME
- Toasted sides: every flip turns pancakes over, so serve them golden side up.
- Jam: two sticky pancakes always flip together.
- A berry on top: the smallest pancake must end berry side up.
- A side plate: carry pancakes across, then serve them all together.

TODAY'S SPECIAL
A fresh stack every day. Keep your streak going, and save it with a streak freeze when life gets busy.

PLAY AT YOUR PACE
- No timers and no lives.
- Undo any flip, or start the order again.
- Hints that explain why a flip helps.
- Stuck on an order? Solutions show every flip.
- Plays offline.

ShortStack is free to play and shows ads. Remove Ads and Solutions are optional one-time purchases.