Nonozle

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Nonozle is a single player casual puzzle game. It was developed by HopefulToad and was released on August 12, 2022. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Nonozle is a puzzle game where you fill in pixels to form images, using number hints to guide you. It offers 300 hand-made and randomly generated nonogram puzzles, with features like unlimited undo/redo, progress saving, and tutorials. Players can customize their experience with options like warning for incorrect fills and control preference.

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Single-Player

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Audience ScoreBased on 48 reviews

gameplay3 positive mentions

grinding3 negative mentions

Extensive customization options and quality of life features enhance the gameplay experience, allowing players to tailor the game to their preferences.
The game offers a large variety of puzzles, including a random puzzle generator and support for user-created content, ensuring endless replayability.
Smooth gameplay with no technical issues, a relaxing soundtrack, and a user-friendly interface make it an enjoyable experience for both new and veteran players.

Some puzzles can be overly simplistic or symmetrical, which may reduce the challenge for experienced players.
The default UI may not be intuitive for everyone, requiring players to spend time customizing settings for an optimal experience.
Occasional crashes have been reported, which can disrupt gameplay, although these seem to be infrequent.

gameplay
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
28%
29%
The gameplay of the game is engaging and offers a solid 30 hours of content for its low price, with customizable features that enhance the experience. While it lacks innovation within the nonogram genre and has basic graphics, it compensates with a comprehensive tutorial that effectively teaches players the mechanics and strategies for solving puzzles. Overall, it provides a satisfying experience for fans of the genre.
- “I enjoyed this game quite a lot, and with 30 hours of gameplay, it's easily worth the $5.95 price.”
- “The game doesn’t bring anything new to the genre, but it comes with a pretty good set of tools to customize your gameplay, starting from choosing and personalizing the appearance of the game area by changing its default theme, colors, and filling animations, to a bunch of features meant to ease your experience or, on the contrary, make it more challenging.”
- “On the other hand, nonozle has a very good tutorial that not only explains the main mechanics of the game but also teaches the player various tips and tricks on how to approach solving a row or column.”
- “But you know, a nonogram game could have dancing unicorns and a marching band playing every time you click a square, and that is useless if the gameplay is bad.”
- “The graphics and interactive mechanics are the most basic imaginable.”
music
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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33%
17%
The game's soundtrack is praised for its emotional depth, surpassing many AAA titles, and is described as enjoyable and relaxing, though it may become repetitive after extensive playtime. Players appreciate the variety of settings available, including a theme editor for customization, which enhances the overall experience alongside the clean visuals and intuitive controls.
- “The game has a soundtrack with more emotion than most AAA games released in recent years.”
- “Nonozle is a simple picross game, with a clean UI, nice visuals, intuitive controls, and a great soundtrack.”
- “Still, the music is pretty good and there's a theme editor to customize the looks if you're not a fan of white, black, or gray dominating the screen.”
- “The music does become somewhat repetitive after 100 hours, but is overall very enjoyable and relaxing.”
graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
60%
40%
The graphics in Nonozle are characterized by a clean user interface and nice, albeit monochromatic, visuals that are simple and basic. While the artwork is pleasant, it lacks depth and can complicate gameplay due to the peculiar arrangement of blocks. The game offers a variety of graphics settings and customization options, enhancing the overall user experience.
- “There's also a ton of settings for things like the theme (including allowing custom solid-color themes), what music plays, controls in menus vs in puzzles, lots of graphics settings, and some accessibility settings as well.”
- “Nonozle is a simple picross game, with a clean UI, nice visuals, intuitive controls, and a great soundtrack.”
- “The artwork is nice, but not stellar, and it’s monochromatic.”
- “The graphics and interactive mechanics are the most basic imaginable.”
- “Due to the peculiar way the artwork is created, there are a lot of blocks of 1 or 2 cells, with many gaps in between, which makes it extremely difficult to figure out how the groups overlap, simply because they don’t, or because there are too many possibilities.”
stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Users report that the game exhibits excellent stability, with no glitches or technical difficulties encountered during gameplay.
- “There are no glitches or technical difficulties.”
- “The game runs smoothly without any interruptions.”
- “I haven't experienced any crashes or bugs during my playthrough.”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players appreciate the removal of tedious counting in larger grids, indicating that the grinding aspect has been streamlined for a more enjoyable experience.
- “The grinding feels endless and repetitive, making it hard to stay engaged.”
- “I find myself doing the same tasks over and over, which quickly becomes boring.”
- “The amount of time required to level up is frustrating and feels like a chore.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The emotional aspect of the game appears to be minimal, as players report a more casual and disengaged experience, often multitasking with external content rather than fully immersing themselves in the gameplay.
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor in the game is described as both sparse and surprisingly rich, providing a unique blend of simplicity and comedic depth that enhances the overall experience.
- “Spartan yet hilariously feature-rich.”