Pic-a-Pix Color (2017) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Pic-a-Pix Color

Pic-a-Pix are exciting logic puzzles that form whimsical pixel-art pictures when solved. Challenging, deductive and artistic, this original Japanese invention offers the ultimate mix of logic, art and fun…

75 13 April 2017

What Pic-a-Pix Color is

Pic-a-Pix Color is a puzzle game developed by Lightwood Games and released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Wii U.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pic-a-Pix are exciting logic puzzles that form whimsical pixel-art pictures when solved. Challenging, deductive and artistic, this original Japanese invention offers the ultimate mix of logic, art and fun while providing solvers with many hours of mentally stimulating entertainment. Pic-a-Pix are sometimes known by other names, such as Picross, Nonogram, Paint by Numbers, Griddlers, Hanjie and many more. Pic-a-Pix Color adds a new dimension to this popular puzzle by using coloured clues to indicate which colour each block should be painted. The new rules add a unique twist to the game’s logic and the puzzles produce beautiful, colourful pixel art. This game contains 150 exclusive puzzles…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Pic-a-Pix Color holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Pic-a-Pix Color launched on 13 April 2017, within three weeks of Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and What Remains of Edith Finch. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, What Remains of Edith Finch.

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