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Illustrated is a puzzle game where you discover the stories behind each picture by solving jigsaw and word puzzles. You play by placing puzzle pieces but each picture is paired with another puzzle about the artist's story behind their work.
Unfortunately, Illustrated is not available on Android, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One or Xbox X|S. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:
Release Date: 11/01/2023
Out Now: Apple TV, Mac and iOS
Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Puzzle (Narrative and Simulation)
Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )
Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made
Developer: Border Leap (@BorderLeap)
Costs: Purchase cost
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Dorfromantik is a peaceful village-building strategy puzzle game for one player, inspired by tile-based board games like Carcassonne.
Dorfromantik is a peaceful village-building strategy puzzle game for one player, inspired by tile-based board games like Carcassonne. You have a stack of hexagonal tiles and work to match their edges while creating areas of towns, forests and fields to score points.
Out Now: PC and Switch
Daylife in Japan is a jigsaw puzzle game.
Daylife in Japan is a jigsaw puzzle game. You choose the difficulty and the animated puzzle picture which is then divided in jigsaw pieces scattered around the play area.
Day and Night is a puzzle game where you match blocks to score points.
Day and Night is a puzzle game where you match blocks to score points. Unusually the game switches between different time periods that affect what you can match and how the rules work.
Out Now: Switch
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams is a classic puzzle simulation game where you solve beautiful puzzles in fully 3D environments.
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams is a classic puzzle simulation game where you solve beautiful puzzles in fully 3D environments. Play is, as you would expect, finding, categorising and placing puzzle pieces.
Out Now: PC
Stitch is an embroidery puzzle game where you fill in numbered areas of the right size to create pictures.
Stitch is an embroidery puzzle game where you fill in numbered areas of the right size to create pictures. While it sounds simple, the limited ways you can add yarn to the hoop creates a head-scratching challenge.
Zen Bound is a puzzle game about wrapping objects in rope.
Zen Bound is a puzzle game about wrapping objects in rope. With a relaxing soundtrack and calm visuals you are present with different objects with an attached rope of a specific length.
Out Now: Android, PC, Switch and iOS
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Otteretto is a puzzle game where you match blocks to make palindromes.
Otteretto is a puzzle game where you match blocks to make palindromes. Rather than the usual match-three format, instead you have to find patterns that mirror in the middle, like a palindrome but with colours/shapes rather than letters.
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Murder by Numbers is a detective game where you find clues by solving math-square nonogram-style logic puzzles.
Murder by Numbers is a detective game where you find clues by solving math-square nonogram-style logic puzzles. A little like Phoenix Wright games where you have a murder to solve, but here you have to use maths logic rather than pure deduction.
Sizeable is a puzzle game about manipulated objects in a series of beautiful tiny dioramas.
Sizeable is a puzzle game about manipulated objects in a series of beautiful tiny dioramas. You rotate to explore and pick up, move and resize objects.
Out Now: Mac and PC
Kami, and Kami 2 are origami-themed puzzle games where you aim to fill the screen with the same coloured paper.
Kami, and Kami 2 are origami-themed puzzle games where you aim to fill the screen with the same coloured paper. You play by a location to unfold paper of that colour that then spreads until it hits another colour.
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Bonza Word Puzzle combines crosswords and scrabble.
Bonza Word Puzzle combines crosswords and scrabble. You create words by placing crossword fragments on a grid.
If you like the sound of Illustrated but find it too complex or challenging, the games in this section offer a similar experience but with a lower Skill Rating.
These are our hand-picked alternatives to Illustrated. This doesn't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Labyrinth. These selections also include games that offer a different experience but address a similar theme or topic.
Dragomino is a matching and collecting tile game similar to Kingdomino but tuned for really young players.
Dragomino is a matching and collecting tile game similar to Kingdomino but tuned for really young players. You take turns to pick and add a Domino Land card to your growing grid and earn dragon eggs.
Hey, That's My Fish! is a traversal game where you are penguins racing to catch the most fish.
Hey, That's My Fish! is a traversal game where you are penguins racing to catch the most fish. You move around the board of hexagons in straight lines, but as you pick up your fish you also destroy the ice.
OK Play (Cinco Linko in some territories) is a tile-placing strategy game where you compete to get five in a row.
OK Play (Cinco Linko in some territories) is a tile-placing strategy game where you compete to get five in a row. You take turns placing tiles next to each other in a growing grid.
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Qwirkle is an abstract sequencing puzzle game where you compete to create rows of matching (or series of) colours and shapes. You score more points by matching multiple directions but need to be careful not to leave points for other players to capitalise upon.
Patchwork is a two-player sequencing game where players aim to piece together the most beautiful quilt.
Patchwork is a two-player sequencing game where players aim to piece together the most beautiful quilt. You play by adding Tetris-like Patchwork pieces to a 9 x 9 Quilt board.
Tsuro is a strategic tile-laying traversal game where the goal is to keep your piece on the board longer than anyone else.
Tsuro is a strategic tile-laying traversal game where the goal is to keep your piece on the board longer than anyone else. You play by adding intricate winding Path tiles to a board to move pieces along the path that you create.
Azul is a tile-laying collection and sequencing game where you help the king decorate their palace with Portuguese tiles.
Azul is a tile-laying collection and sequencing game where you help the king decorate their palace with Portuguese tiles. You aim to gain tiles on your game card that form patterns to score the most points.
Kingdom Builder is a strategy world-building game where you create a kingdom by placing settlers' houses.
Kingdom Builder is a strategy world-building game where you create a kingdom by placing settlers' houses. You work to build settlements with positions and orientations that meet three specific criteria chosen at the start.
These are games of a similar genre mix to Illustrated. This includes games from the Puzzle, Simulation and Narrative genres. We pick out games of a similar PEGI rating to further hone these generated suggestions.
Maquette is a puzzle game played in a series of nested identical worlds.
Maquette is a puzzle game played in a series of nested identical worlds. What you do in the larger world affects things in the smaller one, and so on.
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
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