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SquareCells is an ambient logic puzzle game.

SquareCells is a puzzle, indie and casual game developed and published by Matthew Brown.
Released on December 07th 2015 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 1,174 reviews of which 1,064 were positive and 110 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified SquareCells into these genres:

Puzzle Indie Casual Minimalist Logic Singleplayer 2D

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP or later
Processor: 2.0Ghz+
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Shader Model 2.0+
Storage: 50 MB available space

MacOS

OS: OSX 10.5 or later
Processor: 2.0Ghz+
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Shader Model 2.0+
Storage: 50 MB available space

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 10.04 or later
Processor: 2.0Ghz+
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Shader Model 2.0+
Storage: 50 MB available space

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April 2025

A small Minesweeper variant. Nothing much to say except it's nice. A good puzzle game if you don't mind minimalist appearances. 😊 If you enjoyed this review, please check out my curator page to find more : [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45590889-Ele%2527s-Little-Recommandations-Corner/]Ele's Little Recommandations Corner !

April 2025

Coming from the minesweeper-like Hexcells trilogy I was curious about what other kinds of logic based games Matthew had in store. Since the bundle included 2 more games this one was next and upon booting it up I noticed the direction was different this time even if the presentation didn't appear to be that way. Let’s see how it went down. Unlike the previous games, this one is based on nonograms, also known as Picross. These are the classic grid based logic puzzles where you need to color certain cells based on certain indications, usually following numbers. In that sense you could make the correlation to minesweeper and if you’ve played the previous games some of those variations are related as well. In fact, they are there to make the game more challenging although not so much to alienate the casual gamer. Regarding its presentation, after adjusting the display resolution properly to your corresponding graphical set up which may not be as easy as it sounds, the minimalist and clean Helvetica facade brushes away any type of distraction, constituting the perfect environment for this kind of puzzler. As a result you can play this on a coffee break, with some tea and toast on the side, even while listening to a podcast with people whose opinions you may not agree with. It's all fair game in order to get those lovely 3 stars at the end and the chime of level completion. In short, if you want to try a tiny albeit engaging logic variation to nonograms or you’re in need to perfect games to increase your Steam profile statistics, here's an offer.

March 2025

SquareCells provides the Hexcells treatment to picross (minus the picture element), i.e. adding additional complexity to the puzzles. Compared to actual picross games, the SquareCells grid never gets particularly large, never getting any larger than 14x14. Like the Hexcells trilogy, SquareCells contains 36 puzzles, some of which have one or two very hard-to-figure-out moves you need to make that need very close attention to work out. The Hexcells Infinite random generation hasn't been carried forward to this one, however, so replayability is limited by that. Unfortunately, whilst the puzzles themselves are fun and tricky, and like Hexcells, are possible without guesswork, the game is let down a little by it's presentation, primarily in graphic for flagged cells not being distinct enough to make out easily, particularly under certain colour schemes. Plus, some of the wording of the tutorials could be better, particularly when explaining the numbers within the cells themselves, as it took me a bit to actually figure out that particular mechanic. For this reason, and for the limited short-term replayability, I'm only giving this one a 7/10. Good, but some flaws.

Understand is an experimental puzzle game about guessing rules. In each level, you have to figure out the rules through trial and error, then draw a line satisfying all rules.

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Price 3.99€

Rating 8.5

Release 30 Oct 2020

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SquareCells is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam.

SquareCells is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 2.99€ on Steam.

SquareCells received 1,064 positive votes out of a total of 1,174 achieving a rating of 8.58.

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SquareCells was developed and published by Matthew Brown.

SquareCells is playable and fully supported on Windows.

SquareCells is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

SquareCells is playable and fully supported on Linux.

SquareCells is a single-player game.

SquareCells does not currently offer any DLC.

SquareCells does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

SquareCells does not support Steam Remote Play.

SquareCells is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for SquareCells.

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Release 07 Dec 2015

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