Sorting Nuts by Color is a sorting logic puzzle game. Against a royal blue backdrop, the player sorts six-sided painted metal nuts on gray-painted metal bolts based on color. Their goal in each level is to stack nuts by color on each bolt. The game also features a challenge mode, but the player must view an advertisement to play it.
The game displays multiple bolts on the playfield with mixed-colored nuts in short, medium and high stacks on the bolts. Many levels also have at least one empty bolt. The player can only move a nut to a bolt that has at least one matching top nut or that's entirely empty. When they choose a nut to move in a stack of matched, adjacent ones to a specific bolt, the game moves the entire stack of matching nuts automatically.�
The player receives challenges even if they refuse to play the challenge mode. Some levels have black-painted mystery nuts labeled with white question marks. The player reveals the color of each one by selecting and removing a nut next to it.
Sorting Nuts by Color allows the player to add an extra bolt or undo a move, but they must view videos to use these options. The player can also reset a level, but they must use a red heart health point. They only receive five of these hearts at the start of the game.
When the player completes a stack of color-matched nuts, the game displays bubbles and confetti in celebration.