Picross in its purest, comfiest form: hundreds of logic grids to fill, ideal for a quick few minutes or hours lost in it. Plain and unadorned, but ruthlessly effective. The perfect handheld companion.
Your verdict
Category
Puzzle2 players3+
Co-op
Description
The player reveals hidden pictures by filling the right squares on a numbered grid. Published by Jupiter, released worldwide in 2017. Hundreds of grids, number clues along rows and columns, a Mega Picross mode, two-player play and pure logical deduction.
Picross S review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Filling in squares by deducing the grid from numeric clues offers a pure logical pleasure where each solved line nudges you toward a hidden picture finally revealed. The satisfaction of clearing a puzzle error-free immediately pushes you at the next one, and the abundance of ever-larger grids guarantees a goal always within reach. Ideal in short or long sessions, it restarts frictionlessly at the smallest idle moment. A nuance: the formula, very repetitive by nature, appeals mainly to fans of patient logic.
Solving nonograms in pairs changes everything: you split the lines, confirm each other's hypotheses and coax the picture out cell by cell in calm, focused cooperation. No rivalry, just the quiet pleasure of thinking together and savouring the click when the pattern emerges. Soothing and accessible, it's the kind of game you calmly switch back on as a pair, no pressure.
