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Nonograms Katana is a single player casual puzzle game. It was developed by Ucdevs Interaction and was released on September 15, 2015. It received positive reviews from players.

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89%Audience ScoreBased on 1,100 reviews
gameplay13 positive mentions
monetization366 negative mentions

  • Huge variety of puzzles including both developer and user-created content, ensuring endless gameplay.
  • Highly customizable UI and controls with many useful tools and accessibility options.
  • Minimal and unobtrusive ads with a reasonable option to remove all ads via a small one-time purchase.
  • Progression in the optional guild feature is very slow and resource gathering can be tedious.
  • Occasional bugs such as crashes, syncing issues, and gameplay freezes reported by some users.
  • Some users find navigation and control on small phone screens difficult, especially for larger puzzles.
  • monetization

    381 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    2% positive mentions, 2% neutral mentions, 96% negative mentions

    Monetization is primarily ad-supported with mostly minimal, non-intrusive ads that rarely interrupt gameplay, making the free experience enjoyable. However, recent updates introduced more frequent, longer, and sometimes unskippable video ads with loud audio, which many users find intrusive and frustrating. A low-cost one-time purchase is available to remove ads, which is generally well-received and recommended by players to support the developers and enhance the experience.

    • “Monetization is fair and reasonable, was happy to pay.”
    • “This developer deserves the support, paid $2 for the VIP, no ads, and extra features, but I got it to support a great job.”
    • “What feels like limitless puzzles, a powerful (if initially confusing) UI, and a fantastic 'city management' style game packaged alongside that keeps you coming back to solve more nonograms and get more resources plus, very very few microtransactions (and cheap to get ad free!) 100% recommended for anyone into picross.”
    • “A few months ago, they introduced full screen ads between every puzzle (in addition to the banners). Now the ads are timed, or worse, they require user interaction to end them.”
    • “Unskippable loud and intrusive ads before every puzzle along with banners as you play that flash and distract you from the actual nonograms.”
    • “Now when I opened the app after a longer break, I was horrified by the fullscreen, full volume ads both after opening the app and between games.”
  • gameplay

    44 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    30% positive mentions, 63% neutral mentions, 7% negative mentions

    The gameplay offers a highly customizable, enjoyable nonogram experience with a vast variety of puzzles and quality-of-life features that cater to all skill levels. Additional elements like the guild and dungeon mechanics add long-term goals and fresh challenges, though some find the side content grindy and the dungeon combat occasionally frustrating. Ads are generally unobtrusive, allowing uninterrupted and relaxing gameplay that has kept users engaged for thousands of hours.

    • “I love nonograms and this app balances perfectly ad integration with actual gameplay and offers a massive variety of puzzles to keep you entertained for thousands of hours.”
    • “You can tailor the gameplay to your liking, it supports cloud saving, there is a lot of puzzles (easy and hard), and it all runs smoothly.”
    • “Join the guild day 1 - opens up a whole new dimension of gameplay, even a rogue-lite dungeon adventure!”
    • “Over 2k hours of actual gameplay played, only 2 achievements unlocked, and of course a lot of end game stuff in the guild (i.e., researching all the projects).”
    • “One thing that sorta bothers me is the way that you can get trapped behind the mechanical spider in the dungeon during combat with an enemy you have to spend mental power on to damage, and can't do anything until the enemy kills the spider - completely wasting it.”
    • “The guild added some nice features in extra gameplay but it has gotten bad once they introduced the dungeon.”
  • story

    37 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    27% positive mentions, 65% neutral mentions, 8% negative mentions

    The story aspect is praised for adding depth and cohesion through quests, guild missions, and expedition features that enhance puzzle gameplay with an adventure and progression system. Players enjoy the optional narrative elements and daily goals, though some note slow progression and rare item drops can hinder advancement. Overall, the story and quest elements provide a unique, engaging layer that complements the core puzzle experience.

    • “The whole section of quests and expeditions, while being optional, builds a very cohesive experience.”
    • “Endless nonograms and an incredibly deep system of quests in a sort of adventure mode that casually added an entire isometric RPG as a feature in this free game.”
    • “The "guild" storyline is great too.”
    • “The quests were the edge that you had over other nonogram games but it basically made buying jewels a necessity if you want to advance at all, and if that isn't possible there isn't really a reason to play this game over any version.”
    • “I will never be able to move on to a new quest because the ship never brings me spices.”
    • “If beating all the quests matter, the drop rate on some items are extremely rare.”
  • music

    22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    14% positive mentions, 72% neutral mentions, 14% negative mentions

    The game's music is widely criticized for playing unexpectedly and loudly, often ignoring user audio settings and continuing even after the app is closed. There is no effective option to disable the music, causing significant frustration among players, who describe it as intrusive and disruptive to the gameplay experience.

    • “I loved this app until it developed a glitch where irritating music starts playing in the background with no way to shut it off except closing the app.”
    • “The game is fun but the music glitches so even when the app is not being used, the music continues to play with no way to turn it off.”
    • “I really enjoy the app, but recently, perhaps after the last update, the app will start playing background music randomly.”
    • “The only drawback is that it doesn't enforce audio settings from the app on ads (sounds off in the app but still get ads with very loud music).”
    • “I loved this app until it got a glitch where this incredibly irritating music starts playing in the background and the only way to turn it off is to close the app.”
    • “It's such a good nonogram game but for some unfathomable reason it's started playing music sometimes with absolutely no way to shut it off, which is incredibly frustrating.”
  • grinding

    15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    7% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 93% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is often described as tedious and time-consuming, especially with guild content and larger puzzles requiring repetitive counting and numerous daily puzzles for progress. However, the game offers extensive quality-of-life features and intuitive controls that help mitigate some of this grind, making the core puzzle-solving experience more enjoyable despite the heavy emphasis on repetitive tasks.

    • “Every feature you could want and there is no grindy money grab.”
    • “It's pretty good as a nonogram game, but it started being really grindy since the introduction of the guild and now with the new dungeon it's just too much; you have to solve like 30 puzzles a day to actually get some progress.”
    • “It's unacceptable to spend forever collecting map pieces, then spend a ton of resources to start a level 2 expedition, then spend all week grinding puzzles to finish the expedition, just to lose a coin flip and get basically nothing.”
    • “The only issue is it has all this great content locked behind absolute slogs of grinding.”
  • graphics

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    30% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 30% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally praised for their beautiful and professional artwork, appealing aesthetics, and customizable Japanese-style visuals, enhancing the game's vibe. However, some users feel the interface looks rough or could be improved with better graphic design to polish the UI further. Overall, the visual presentation is considered a strong point that complements the game's concept well.

    • “Excellent concept and interface with beautiful graphics to top it off.”
    • “Very nice visuals and vibe for this game, not too limited nonograms, you can also customize things in Japanese style which I think is pretty cool.”
    • “Very professional artwork and media presentation done on this great designed nonogram game with massive games all through in this category.”
    • “It looks rough around the edges but that's just visuals.”
    • “But I think the app can be made better in terms of the graphics.”
    • “With great artwork and controls, you can set to your liking.”
  • stability

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    14% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 86% negative mentions

    The game's stability is mixed, with some users experiencing occasional freezes, crashes—especially when loading ads—and bugs, while others report no glitches or software issues. Overall, stability can be inconsistent, impacting the gameplay experience for certain players.

    • “It doesn't overload you with ads, and is bug-free.”
    • “I really wish there was a way of maintaining the guild from online on my PC; it'd be so much more convenient, and less buggy!”
    • “But, occasionally freezes/crashes while trying to load ads.”
    • “Right now it can freeze any time without warning.”
  • emotional

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Players appreciate the game's emotional engagement through unlocking puzzle quests and expeditions, which adds depth to the experience. However, intrusive ads disrupting gameplay have negatively impacted the overall emotional connection.

  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers smooth performance with customizable gameplay options and supports cloud saving. It features a wide range of puzzles, ensuring an optimized and enjoyable experience for players of different skill levels.

    • “You can tailor the gameplay to your liking, it supports cloud saving, there is a lot of puzzles (easy and hard), and it all runs smoothly.”
  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users praise the game for offering infinite replayability, ensuring endless fun and engagement with each playthrough.

    • “I have nothing to say except infinite replayability and infinite fun.”
  • humor

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is centered around clever wordplay, including cryptogram puzzles featuring famous or humorous quotes, which adds an engaging and witty element to the experience.

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Play Times

378h Median play time
256h Average play time
12-500h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 2 analyzed playthroughs
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Frequently Asked Questions

Nonograms Katana is a casual puzzle game. Common tags for Nonograms Katana include free to play, stylized, crafting and logic.

Nonograms Katana is available on Phone, iPad, iPhone, Tablet and others.

On average players spend around 256 hours playing Nonograms Katana.

Nonograms Katana was released on September 15, 2015.

Nonograms Katana was developed by Ucdevs Interaction.

Nonograms Katana has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Nonograms Katana for its gameplay but disliked it for its monetization.

Nonograms Katana is a single player game.

Similar games include Nonogram Galaxy - Classic, GridSwan (Nonogram Puzzles), Nonograms CrossMe, Color Nonogram CrossMe, Sudoku: The Clean One and others.