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Pixel Puzzles: Japan combines traditional jigsaw puzzle style gameplay with light video-game interactivity.
Pixel Puzzles: Japan is a puzzle, casual and indie game
developed and published by Pixel Puzzles.
Released on April 17th 2014 is available in English only on Windows.
It has received 2,634 reviews of which 2,135 were positive and 499 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊
The game is free to play on Steam.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP
- Processor: Core 2 Duo
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 9.0 Compatible
- Storage: 85 MB available space
- Sound Card: Generic Sound Device
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This is one of the best of the Pixel Puzzle series. Being the first one I acquired, the music is nice, the koi pond an interesting concept, and the art of the puzzles great. While the puzzles do become increasingly more difficult as you progress in the tiers, it is still a beautiful game. Buying this game automatically unlocks the puzzles from it in the Ultimate edition. Also, buying any of the volumes gives you the Ultimate game automatically (that's how I ended up with it). Note: If the water drip thing is annoying you, just grab a fish from the pond and stick it in the spigot. Seriously... that actually counts as two achievements, one for grabbing a fish, and the second for sticking it in the pipe...
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If you like jigsaw puzzles this is a good game to try. The music is soothing and the puzzles make lovely pictures. There are 26 achievements that are fun to get. It took me almost 20 hours to get them all. There are three drawbacks. First there is no save feature. So you have to complete each puzzle before leaving the game or start over. Some of the harder puzzles took me a couple hours or so to complete so this was quite annoying. Second the piece size decreases since they cannot increase the puzzle size. If you have a small computer screen or poor eyesight this may make things difficult. Third a few of the puzzles make it hard to pick up the piece you want you have to grab other pieces and move them away from the piece you want in order to grab it. Even with these drawbacks it is an enjoyable experience and I am glad to have purchased the game. However waiting for a sale might be a good idea.
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After fully completing the game (9 hours for one playthrough), I'm finally reviewing it, and I highly recommend it for anyone who enjoys jigsaw puzzles. I LOVE jigsaws, but find myself unable to partake in many because I have so few flat surfaces around my home, and I also have quite a few cats that are always determined to chew and eat the pieces. Pixel Puzzles allows the player to piece together jigsaws without the hassle. There are a few pros and cons to the game when compared to regular jigsaws that I thought I'd point out. For one, the puzzles are extraordinarily easy for those of us who are used to piecing together 500 or 1000 piece + jigsaw puzzles. Why? The top tier puzzle is, I believe, only 300 pieces, for one thing. Another thing is that the pieces are always rightside up; that is, you never have to turn pieces around clockwise or counter-clockwise to try different sides in different places. When you place a piece in its respective spot, it "clicks" into place, which can be seen as a pro and a con. For one thing, that's convenient, but for another, sometimes I would place a piece in about the area I thought it would go, and it would snap into place, taking away the challenge of guesswork, trial and error. There were also a few times I'd grab pieces that were unique to save them for later, only for them to snap into place simply because I'd placed them on the board in just the right place, when I'd had no intention on placing it yet. Many reviews state the lack of a save feature as a flaw, but I had no trouble with this. I'd sit down for an hour and knock a few of them out. I 100% the game without knowing whether or not there was a save feature, since I never needed it. The puzzles have so few pieces even in the top tiers that 45 minutes to an hour is the most you will likely need to set aside. The one flaw that actually DID bother me that others have mentioned is the piece selection. Unused pieces float around the borders of the puzzle area in a pool of water, and they can overlap while floating. If you see a piece you want, it can take a few tries to pick the right one, and this can, admittedly, be infuriating. I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and one of my "obsessions" is that I have to complete the border of a jigsaw puzzle before placing any middle pieces. This one flaw had me reeling quite a few times, because I'd have my eye on a border piece and kept trying incessantly to pick it up, only to pick up dozens of middle pieces in the process. This was pretty time consuming, since I couldn't progress in the puzzle personally until I had the border complete, and this sometimes would take picking up half of the entire puzzle's pieces and setting them aside to accomplish. The last issue with the game is that I couldn't find a way to view what the completed puzzle would look like once I was putting it together. So in the midst of a puzzle, the player can't pick up a piece and check the "box", if you will, to guess just about where it will go. In the end, while this is technically an issue, I didn't mind it. It presented a challenge in the game that I enjoyed taking on due to the fact that the game is easier than regular jigsaws. All in all, if you like jigsaws, you will probably enjoy this, and I highly recommend it for those of you who find it hard to make the room for physical jigsaws, as this is the next best thing. While the game is fairly short, I thought it was a great deal as I got it on sale and I ended up paying less than $1.00 per hour of playtime, which is a great value. I highly encourage the developers to consider more pixel puzzle games with other varieties of subject matters, as I'll definitely be supporting future releases.
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I like this game but its so limited with only like 12 puzzles. It needs more puzzles or a way to use your pictures to create your own puzzles. I have had no issues with this at all. Great work more scope for this to be improved to make it even better for me. Needs DLC'S AND A PUZZLE CREATURE I think this would make it future alot better for people to buy it.
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Fairly decent Jigsaw game but for the love of all that is good and just in this world give the option to turn of the sound of that water bamboo tippy thing. ITS SO ANNOYING. For an otherwise quite relaxing game that sound makes me wince every 10 seconds . **Update** The above is no longer an issue! Very impressed that the developers actually listened to my wee moan. A rare thing indeed in todays gaming industry. I heartily recommend this game , very relaxing and a good way to unwind. Many thanks indeed Decayinglogic! I'll be sure to follow your future projects.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Pixel Puzzles: Japan is free to play on Steam.
Pixel Puzzles: Japan is not on sale because is already free to play on Steam.
Pixel Puzzles: Japan received 2,135 positive votes out of a total of 2,634 achieving a rating of 7.82.
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Pixel Puzzles: Japan was developed and published by Pixel Puzzles.
Pixel Puzzles: Japan is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Pixel Puzzles: Japan is not playable on MacOS.
Pixel Puzzles: Japan is not playable on Linux.
Pixel Puzzles: Japan is a single-player game.
Pixel Puzzles: Japan does not currently offer any DLC.
Pixel Puzzles: Japan does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Pixel Puzzles: Japan does not support Steam Remote Play.
Pixel Puzzles: Japan does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.
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Developer
Pixel Puzzles
Publisher
Pixel Puzzles
Release
17 Apr 2014
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