Form 27-B Infinite: a free puzzle game about paperwork loops

What is Form 27-B Infinite?

To get Form 27-B you need Form 40-Q, which needs a Receipt for Your Receipt, which needs… Form 27-B. One chain of requirements leads to the exit permit. Follow it with a limited number of stamps, and step back for free.

Form 27-B Infinite is a free satire puzzle. To get Form 27-B you need another form, which needs another, which needs… Form 27-B again.

One chain of requirements leads to Form 27-B Final, Permission to Leave. Following a requirement costs a stamp; stepping back is free. Find the way out before your stamps run out.

At a glance

Category

Absurd Bureaucracy

Difficulty

Medium

Play time

8 min

Price

Free, in your browser, sign-up optional

How to play

Follow

Each form needs one of a few others. Going to get one costs a stamp; stepping back is free.

Exit

Reach Form 27-B Final for 300 points plus 20 per stamp left.

Three levels

Beginner, Intermediate or Expert, picked before you play: the content and the clock change, and each level keeps its own best score.

Satire

Absurd and warm: every country, office, planet and form is made up, and every run ends on a real admin skill.

Scoring

+10 per new form found. Reaching Form 27-B Final pays 300 plus 20 per stamp left.

Run out of stamps and the run ends.

What it trains

Spotting loops

Recognising when a process leads back to where it started.

Keeping a trail

Using a written record of steps to find the way out.

Strategy and tips

Watch your trail

The trail at the top shows where you've been. A form already in it means a loop.

Step back, don't loop

Stepping back costs nothing. Walking round a loop costs stamps.

Remember dead ends

On Expert nothing is marked: remember which forms only lead back to the start.

Why play Form 27-B Infinite?

Real admin loops happen too. Writing down each step and who sent you there is how you find the exit, and what you show a supervisor.

Frequently asked questions