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Puzzle by Nikoli W Nurikabe

In this super popular puzzle, black spaces and white spaces slowly come together to show their true form. "Nurikabe" is a puzzle in which you refer to the arranged numbers to fill in all of the spaces. It's…

7 December 2022

Puzzle by Nikoli W Nurikabe is a video game developed by Hamster Corporation, released 7 December 2022 on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Puzzle by Nikoli W Nurikabe is

Puzzle by Nikoli W Nurikabe was developed by Hamster Corporation and released in 2022. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

In this super popular puzzle, black spaces and white spaces slowly come together to show their true form. "Nurikabe" is a puzzle in which you refer to the arranged numbers to fill in all of the spaces. It's popular with a wide range of players, from beginners to experts. It feels great watching the black spaces stretch out like a soft-bodied animal.
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Puzzle by Nikoli W Nurikabe launched on 7 December 2022, within three weeks of Marvel's Midnight Suns, Chained Echoes, World of Warcraft: Dragonflight and Pokémon Violet. It arrived 2 years into the Xbox Series's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Midnight Suns, Chained Echoes, World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Pokémon Violet.

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When did Puzzle by Nikoli W Nurikabe come out?
Puzzle by Nikoli W Nurikabe was released on 7 December 2022 for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).