18 Feb 2026Developer post

Pictopix + CiniCross Bundle! (discount)

Hi everyone, I'm happy to announce that Pictopix is now in a bundle with CiniCross ! ːisstarː View game page Also developed by a single developer, CiniCross combines nonogram and roguelite . You explore dungeons filled with grids to solve in order to collect items and artifacts t

14 Mar 2025Developer post

Pictopix hits 4,000 puzzles in Steam Workshop!

Hi everyone, I hope you're all well. 4,000 puzzles! I'm happy to announce that the number of puzzles you've created in the Workshop has exceeded 4000! Thank you all for your beautiful creations. There are all kinds. Video games, movies, music, comics, animals and so much more! ːi

25 May 2024Developer post

Pictopix is 30% off in the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase!

Hi everyone, I'm delighted to announce that Pictopix is taking part in this year's Cerebral Puzzle Showcase ! This event showcases a wide range of puzzle games. It runs from May 23 to 30 . To celebrate, Pictopix is 30% off . Don't hesitate to share the news! Thanks again for all

16 Sep 2023Developer post

Pictopix hits 1,000 reviews!

Hi everyone, Hope you're well! 1,000 reviews! I'm very happy to announce that Pictopix hits 1,000 reviews! With 96% of positive reviews!! Thank you very much for all your support and feedback! ːisveryhappyː Since Pictopix was released in 2017, many of you have been giving feedbac

Hi everyone,

Hope you're well!

1,000 reviews!

I'm very happy to announce that Pictopix hits 1,000 reviews! With 96% of positive reviews!!

Thank you very much for all your support and feedback! ːisveryhappyː

Since Pictopix was released in 2017, many of you have been giving feedback and also creating puzzles in the Workshop (over 3,000 now!).

When I started working on Pictopix, I never thought it would get this far. I first wanted to create a picross game that would appeal to me as a player. Then many of you helped me to improve it, as well as translating it into different languages. It's great to have a community like this. As this is my first solo game (I'd already worked for video game companies before), I've had quite an amazing adventure, and I'd like to thank you all for that ːisheartː

To celebrate the event, Pictopix is currently on sale:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/568320/Pictopix/

What's next?

On the other hand, I've got some bad news.

I've been working with the Unity game engine (the one used to make Pictopix) for almost 10 years now. It's a powerful tool with which many developers have created wonderful games (Hollow Knight, Cuphead, Tunic, etc.).

Unfortunately, Unity Technnologies has recently changed its pricing structure for developers. Costs are becoming prohibitively expensive for small independent developers like me (and for companies too).

Like many developers, I'm protesting these new fees. As there is little chance of Unity reversing its decision, I will be forced to stop development on this game engine. Which means no more updates for Pictopix. Maybe one day I'll port it to another game engine (a sequel?). As I also have other projects, I don't know yet ːishappyː

In any case, I'd like to thank you for your understanding and wish you lots of fun on Pictopix.

Thanks for your support ːisheartː

Tom

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25 Feb 2022Developer post

Pictopix now available on Steam Deck!

Hi everyone, I'm very happy to announce that Pictopix is now available on Steam Deck ! ːisstarː Fully compatible with Steam Deck! Today Steam officially launches the Steam Deck ! If you have pre-ordered the console, you will be happy to know that Pictopix has been updated to be f

05 Jan 2021Developer post

Pictopix 4th Anniversary & Gifts!

Hi everybody, I wish you all a Happy New Year! ːisheartː I hope you had a good holiday and enjoyed the Christmas puzzles recently added in Pictopix. If you missed them, feel free to read the previous news . Of course they are still available. 4th Anniversary Today marks the 4th a

23 Dec 2020Developer post

Free Christmas puzzles!

Oh oh oh! Happy holidays everyone! ːisstarː First, I hope you're going well and are safe. To celebrate Christmas, I have a gift for you! Christmas puzzles I've added new puzzles based on Christmas theme in Pictopix! Just go in the Workshop screen to download the puzzles. Do not h

27 Nov 2020Developer post

Vote for Pictopix in the Steam Awards!

Hello everyone and welcome to new players! I hope you are doing well and having a good time. Right now, it's the fall sales on Steam. So you can get Pictopix for 33% off ! It's also the 2020 Steam Awards ! To celebrate the event, you can vote for your favorite games in various ca

08 Oct 2020Developer post

Pictopix hits 2,000 puzzles in Steam Workshop!

Hi everybody, I hope you are all safe and well! 2,000 puzzles! I'm very happy to announce that the number of puzzles created in the Steam Workshop has exceeded 2,000! You're just amazing ːisveryhappyː Since the release of Pictopix in January 2017, you have never stopped to create

21 May 2020Developer post

New reward system!

Hey everyone, I hope you are all safe and well! I'm pleased to announce a new update for Pictopix! ːishappyː Awards A major modification has been made: The way you earn awards (crowns) has been changed! As you can see on the picture below, you now earn more awards when playing in

Hey everyone,

I hope you are all safe and well! I'm pleased to announce a new update for Pictopix! ːishappyː

Awards

A major modification has been made: The way you earn awards (crowns) has been changed! As you can see on the picture below, you now earn more awards when playing in Intermediate and Expert mode. And if you solve a puzzle in Expert difficulty with almost no errors, awards are golden!

Thus, newcomers to picross games will get more pleasure to make progress and experienced players are still challenged in Pictopix!

(Game Options > Hints Tab > Awards Section)

When you launch the game after the update, your game save (awards + achievements) will be updated. Some achievements might be unlocked! ːisveryhappyː

Patterns

Following players' suggestions, it's now possible to choose a pattern for the grid background. Spotting a square or counting squares will be easier and quicker!

(Game Options > Interface Tab)

Don't forget that enabling "Preview Filling" (Game Options > Gameplay Tab) displays a squares counter on screen! (more info here)

Running on background

One of your requests was to let the game run when you switch to another application. That's now the case! When the game loses focus, Pictopix no longer pauses.

If you prefer the game to pause, you can check the "Pause game on focus loss" option (Game Options > Interface Tab)

And more enhancements!

As you can see in the changelog (version 1.5.0), other enhancements have been made to improve the game experience.

Once again, thank you for the feedback and suggestions! ːisheartː

1,800 puzzles in the Workshop!

I'm pleased to see that the number of puzzles is still growing in the Workshop. More than 1,800 puzzles have been created by the community! Some puzzles are very nice and originals! Thank you for your contributions ːisveryhappyː

On sale

Pictopix is on sale for 33% off starting today on Steam! Feel free to share the news with your friends ːisveryhappyː

https://store.steampowered.com/app/568320/Pictopix/

Have fun and see you soon!

Tom

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25 Jan 2020Developer post

Free Lunar New Year puzzles!

Hello everybody, I wish you all a Happy Lunar New Year! New puzzles For celebrating the event, I have added new puzzles in the workshop! Just go in the "Workshop" section in Pictopix to play the "Lunar New Year" puzzles ːishappyː I would like to thank Fall/谜之声 for his advice and

28 Nov 2019Developer post

Nominate Pictopix!

Hello everyone, Pictopix is open for nominations for " Labor of Love " in the 2019 Steam Awards ! Initially released in January 2017, Pictopix has got regular updates and free contents, so feel free to vote for Pictopix in the "Labor of Love" category ːishappyː Mosaics mode - 14

31 Oct 2019Developer post

Pictopix hits 1,700 puzzles in the Workshop!

Hey everyone, I'm very pleased to announce that the number of puzzles created by the community has passed the 1,700 mark since the release of Pictopix in 2017! ːishappyː It's just amazing! I would like to thank all the players who continue to play and create new puzzles on Pictop

14 Mar 2019Developer post

New Free DLC: Mosaics!

Hello everybody, I'm very excited to announce that a new free update is available for Pictopix! This update adds new content and foremost a new game mode: the Mosaics Mode ! :isstar: Mosaics Mode In this new game mode, you'll have to reveal three large pictures! They are composed

21 Dec 2018Developer post

Free Christmas puzzles!

Happy Holidays everybody! I hope you are enjoying some time off with family and relaxing with good games! To celebrate Christmas, I have a gift for you! Some new puzzles and a small update :ishappy: Christmas puzzles I've added puzzles of various sizes based on Christmas theme in

31 Oct 2018Developer post

Halloween Update!

Hello everybody, To celebrate Halloween, I'm really pleased to announce a new update for Pictopix! Halloween Like last year, there is a special event hidden in the game! To discover what it is, here's a little hint: go into the Workshop and play a puzzle in the Halloween theme :i

Hello everybody,

To celebrate Halloween, I'm really pleased to announce a new update for Pictopix!

Halloween

Like last year, there is a special event hidden in the game! To discover what it is, here's a little hint: go into the Workshop and play a puzzle in the Halloween theme :ishappy:

Feel free to use the search engine to find puzzles quickly!

Henceforth, this event will be active every year over the same period.

I've also created a new puzzle in the Workshop. I hope you'll enjoy it!

Preview filling

In the new update, Pictopix introduces a new feature named "Preview filling". When this one is enabled, now you can preview the squares that you are filling. Hold the button and move the cursor to highlight squares. Then release the button to fill the squares!

A counter is also displayed next to the cursor. It shows the number of squares highlighted. It can be helpful to count them.

This feature works with the mouse, the keyboard or the controller! You can enable "Preview filling" in the game options (Gameplay tab)

Some players were asking me regularly this feature. I was reticent at first because I thought the feature will give an advantage to players in Challenges mode, but it does not. :ishappy:

Interface improvement

In the previous update (version 1.3.4), I added the "Thick line" option in the Interface tab. When you check it, the five-block indicator lines are thicker (thanks constantcompile for the suggestion!)

I also updated some skins and added two new ones ("Classic Dark" and "Amethyst") :

Translation

Once again, I would like to thank the players who help me translate Pictopix in their own language. Sometimes they are not always available so there may be some missing translation. In such cases, feel free to let me know!

As usual, you will find the full changelog here (version 1.3.5).

Have fun and see you soon! :isveryhappy:

Tom

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30 Aug 2018Developer post

Twitch and chat!

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well! I'm glad to announce that Pictopix has got a new update with some special features! The first one is the integration of Twitch . Let me introduce this new feature! Twitch Integration After several tests and iterations of this feature wit

Hello everyone,

I hope you are doing well! I'm glad to announce that Pictopix has got a new update with some special features! The first one is the integration of Twitch. Let me introduce this new feature!

Twitch Integration

After several tests and iterations of this feature with the help of a few players and the french streamer Seldell (many thanks to him!), I'm finally satisfied with the Twitch integration.

When the streamers enable this feature, the viewers can interact with the game by typing commands to the Twitch chat!

For example, if a viewer wants to fill the square at coordinates B 4, he just types "!fill B4". The proposal will be displayed on game screen. The streamer can check the proposal ("!fill 15" in the screenshot) before validating or discarding it.

The streamer can also activate an "Autoplay" option and the most submitted actions will be played automatically after a certain period of time!

Following is a list of commands you can type in Twitch chat:

!fill: fill blank squares.
!cross: mark blank squares with crosses.
!mark: mark temporarily blank squares.
!clear: clear blank.
!help: display the commands in chat.

The first four commands can be used in this way:

!fill [letter]: fill a column (for e.g. !fill A)
!fill [number]: fill a row (for e.g. !fill 1)
!fill [letter][number]: fill a square (for e.g. !fill A1)
!fill [letter][number] [letter][number]: fill a line (for e.g. !fill A1 A5)

Streamers can enable Twitch Integration in the game options (Streaming tab):

Enter your Twitch username then click on "Get OAuth" button. This will open a web page ( https://twitchapps.com/tmi/ ). Click on "Connect with Twitch". Copy the text "oauth:...." (press Ctrl+C to copy the selected text) and paste it in "OAuth Password:" field in Pictopix (press Ctrl+V to paste). Then click "Enable Twitch Integration". The username and the OAuth password will be saved and Pictopix will be connected to Twitch. Just start a puzzle to play with your viewers!

I hope you will appreciate this new game mode! Do not hesitate to give feedback about Twitch Integration. :ishappy:

Discord

I've added Rich Presence suppport to Discord. Now you can see which game mode your friends are playing. If one of them is playing Challenge Mode for example, you can join him to try to break his record!

Feel to join the discord of Pictopix if you want to discuss about the game!

Steam Chat

As in Discord, you can see which game mode your friends are playing.

If you want to learn more about the Steam Chat update, you can click this link: https://steamcommunity.com/updates/chatupdate

As usual, many fixes and improvements have been made since the last update. Take a look at the changelog (version 1.3.2) to check them out.

Have fun and see you soon! :isveryhappy:

Tom

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24 May 2018Developer post

2 new game modes!

Hello everyone, I hope you're all well and that you don't keep on dreaming about small squares… I've been working on a new update – I hope you'll like it. No new puzzles this time but I've added some new game modes: an Endless mode and a Challenges mode ! I'll tell you about them

Hello everyone,

I hope you're all well and that you don't keep on dreaming about small squares… I've been working on a new update – I hope you'll like it. No new puzzles this time but I've added some new game modes: an Endless mode and a Challenges mode!

I'll tell you about them. :ishappy:

Endless mode

In this game mode the grids are generated at random! Choose the size of the grids you want to have and define other parameters. If you prefer square grids of which the size is a multiple of 5, it's possible! You can therefore customize your puzzle as you wish. An abstract image will be shown at the end of each puzzle – with different colors.

The interface of Endless mode

If you want to practice or just do a quick puzzle in Pictopix, Endless mode is a good addition to the puzzles created by the players in the Workshop!

A random generated puzzle

Challenges mode

If what you like is solving puzzles as quickly as possible, Challenges mode is made for you! Different challenges are presented, notably against the clock. Solve a series of four 5x5 puzzles as quickly as possible. Your time will be saved in a leaderboard. Not only can you compare your times with other players but also watch their game! The challenges are renewed every half hour and the leaderboards are stocked for 24 hours.

The Challenges mode interface

As of now there are 4 Time Trials challenges. I may add other kinds of challenges later!

Watch players' games!

New achievements

To mark the occasion, 4 new achievements have been added and 2 have been modified. The 4 new achievements are linked to the Challenges mode. To unlock them, do the challenges in the time allowed.

The other two are "5 ■ 5" and "10 ■ 10". These were originally created when playing puzzles in Shuffle mode (in Classic mode). They are now linked to Endless mode because they are more appropriate to randomly generated puzzles.

Translations

I would like once again to thank the players who translate the game. If you can play Pictopix in your own language, it's thanks to them. Excuse me if some parts of the game have not yet been translated. The players do the translations in their own free time so we must give them time to complete them.

Don't hesitate to thank them personally! Their names are in the game credits.

As always, you'll find the modifications in the changelog (version 1.3.0)

Have fun and see you soon! :isveryhappy:

Tom

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Updates & announcements

4,000 puzzles!

Steam Spring Sale

1,000 reviews!

What's next?

Fully compatible with Steam Deck!

New puzzle!

Steam Deck owner?

IMPORTANT NOTE!

4th Anniversary

Special gift

Christmas puzzles

4 years old soon!

2,000 puzzles!

Update

Awards

Patterns

Running on background

And more enhancements!

1,800 puzzles in the Workshop!

On sale

New puzzles

Anniversary

Lunar Sale

Halloween

Update

Mosaics Mode

New Achievements

Christmas puzzles

Workshop notifications

Winter Solstice

Two years old

Halloween

Preview filling

Interface improvement

Translation

Twitch Integration

Discord

Steam Chat

Endless mode

Challenges mode

New achievements

Translations