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Picross: Lord of the Nazarick

A collaboration between Picross and Overlord. Experience the series Overlord as you solve Picross puzzles together with characters from the series. After founding the Sorcerer Kingdom, Ainz Ooal Gown and his…

75 24 July 2019 ESRB T

Picross: Lord of the Nazarick is a puzzle developed by Jupiter Corporation, released 24 July 2019 on Nintendo Switch.

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What Picross: Lord of the Nazarick is

Picross: Lord of the Nazarick is a puzzle game developed by Jupiter Corporation and released in 2019. It is available on Nintendo Switch only. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A collaboration between Picross and Overlord. Experience the series Overlord as you solve Picross puzzles together with characters from the series. After founding the Sorcerer Kingdom, Ainz Ooal Gown and his followers meet within the Great Tomb of Nazarick to look back on their exploits. Awaken memories from 10 different characters as you solve Picross puzzles based on characters, monsters, and items from the story. With 162 Picross and Mega Picross puzzles, 330 Clip Picross puzzles, and 27 Color Picross puzzles, there are over 500 puzzles to play!
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Overlord series

Picross: Lord of the Nazarick is the second of 2 entries we hold in the Overlord series. It is the most recent released entry in the series.

See all 2 Overlord games in release order →

How it was received

Picross: Lord of the Nazarick holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 2,792 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 6 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Picross: Lord of the Nazarick launched on 24 July 2019, within three weeks of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, A Short Hike and Dicey Dungeons. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, A Short Hike, Dicey Dungeons.

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When did Picross: Lord of the Nazarick come out?
Picross: Lord of the Nazarick was released on 24 July 2019 for Nintendo Switch.

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