Nonograms

this is not a free game, it's a falsely advertised demo with most of the content nickel & dimed as dlc. click play, there's one icon with the 20 free levels and 30 that lead to the store page to buy 600 more in packs of 20. disgusting.

it's not a particularly good nonogram anyway, the same as the dev's gizmo series, has a mistake counter and everything, yet it's one of the most expensive on steam, currently sitting at $30 (THIRTY!). but hey, it's only $1 per dlc, that's almost free, right?

the gizmo nonograms cost $5 each and some have a demo with the same amount of levels as this demo, but those aren't advertised as free games with endless dlc. and the worst part is, the developer made one of my favorite word games (amazing pyramids) before turning into this greedy, scummy entity. his paint by numbers activity software (those aren't games) is also 'free' if you have $100 for all the dlc. a bargain.

My Playtime: 29.2h (100% achievements, finished Chapter 0)
Grindy Achievement(s): No (1 achievement requires you to AFK for 20h).
Optional Achievement(s): Yes (12 achievements).
Difficult Achievement(s): No.

Intro

Nonograms is a Nonogram game. The free content offers one chapter, which contains 20 puzzles ranging from 10x10 to 35x35.

Pros:
- Challenging puzzles, some can be hard to finish without guessing
- A lot of power-ups for those who don't mind making mistakes

Cons:
- No option to disable mistake detection

Specs
Intel Core i5-9300H 2.40GHz, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

Should you play this game?

Yes.
If you enjoy playing Nonograms, I suggest you play it, but only if you don't mind the game detecting the mistakes for you.

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In-Depth Review

Visuals

The game uses steampunk-themed visuals with some customizations. You can change the grid color, which helped because the default color was so colorful and confusing to see. You can also change the background image, although I still think the default one is okay. The UI is pretty intuitive and can be easily gotten used to even without text.

The Game

Gameplay
Nonograms is a... Nonogram game. Each level will show you a tiled square with a bunch of numbers as a hint, and you need to color the tiles based on the given hint. Once you finish it, the game will show the 2D image that the object in the puzzle is based on.

The game has 20 puzzles, ranging from 10x10 to 35x35. You can choose to play any level that you want from the beginning. However, you need to purchase the DLCs if you want to play other-level packs.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3417590220

The game has some power-ups. To be honest, I'm not sure what they do except for lives. The game will let you know if you made any mistakes and reduce your life based on the number of mistakes you made.

I don't like that the game tells me that I made a mistake. I want to figure out the mistake on my own and adjust it accordingly once I found out. However, the game only has an option to remove the lives altogether, while still letting you know that you made a mistake in that mode. I hated it so much that I restart the puzzle whenever I made a mistake.

Length and Difficulty
I finished all 20 levels in 11.1h. I then left the game run to get the achievement of playing for 20h in this game. Some levels can be challenging, to the point that I sometimes think that I need to guess to finish it, which turns out to be false after I finish it on my own.

Conclusion

Despite not having the option to disable you from detecting mistakes, Nonograms is actually fun. There are a lot of puzzles for you to play, with some able to give you a challenge to solve. If you like Nonograms, I don't see why you shouldn't play it, especially if you don't mind the automatic mistake detection.

I have played many different nonograms ; some were memorable and others not. Some too easy and some just weird..lol
This set of nonograms is brilliant ; not full of silly bells and whistles, and not impossible to solve.
Instead, it has VERY pleasant game play , and runs smoothly and satisfyingly.
Kudos to the developer !