Picross dev's puzzler Logiart Grimoire hits Steam early access next month

Jupiter Corporation – the studio behind Nintendo’s long-running Picross series – has unveiled a new Picross-style puzzler, Logiart Grimoire, which launches into Steam early access on 11th September and Switch sometime next year.

Logiart Grimoire introduces players to its titular tome – a magical book formally used to solve mysterious Logiart – and a helpful wizard-y companion, Emil. Of course, that whole framing device is secondary to the real business at hand: solving ‘picture logic puzzles’ that feature horizontal and vertical rows of numbers used as hints to place dots and form illustrationa.

If that sounds familiar, it’s because Logiart Grimoire is essentially Picross in all but name (Nintendo owns the ‘Picross’ title, while Jupiter owns its systems), albeit with an added magic twist hooking into a new “fusion” system that challenges players to figure out how to combine materials gained through solving puzzles to unlock new ones.

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