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Pictopix

Pictopix is a puzzle game where you use logic to color squares on grids in order to reveal pictures. Easy to learn and very addictive, the game starts with small grids and ends with much bigger grids. With…

85 5 January 2017

Pictopix is an indie developed by Tomlab Games, released 5 January 2017 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Pictopix is

Pictopix is an indie game developed by Tomlab Games and released in 2017. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pictopix is a puzzle game where you use logic to color squares on grids in order to reveal pictures. Easy to learn and very addictive, the game starts with small grids and ends with much bigger grids. With over 150 colored puzzles, a shuffle mode and a puzzle editor, Pictopix will bring you hours of fun!
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 34 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Pictopix holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 85% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 14 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2 Ghz, 256 MB RAM and Shader Model 2.0. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Pictopix launched on 5 January 2017, within three weeks of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony and The Walking Dead: A New Frontier. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

Pictopix — frequently asked questions

When did Pictopix come out?
Pictopix was released on 5 January 2017 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Pictopix?
At minimum, Pictopix needs 2 Ghz, 256 MB RAM, Shader Model 2.0 graphics, 77 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Pictopix?
The PC version needs about 0.1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("77 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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