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Mosaic of the Strange
Mosaic of the Strange is a picross/minesweeper hybrid featuring ENORMOUS interlocking puzzles. Help Special Agents Cullen and Brady investigate a bizarre murder, while discovering 144 real-world paranormal case files.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Same minesweeper-style gameplay as the other Mosiac games, but wrapped with lots more storytelling and a giant collection of psuedoscience references. Wiki the clues as you go for anything you don't recognize and you'll be rewarded with some amusing stories. The multi-colored…”
— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played“murder mystery framing is a ton of fun (though it's completely on the rails/there's no player input on that end) and was just what this line of Mosaic puzzle games needed to freshen up a bit after i had started to reach a point of fatigue after hammering out the rest over the…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“Having played most of the series so far, I found the implementation of a story and map to traverse around quite satisfying! It was nice to depart from the larger puzzles for this game and take on the puzzles in bite-size pieces. The music was great, with a genuine eeriness to…”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Update 1.1.04133
This update fixes a few bugs: Fixed several achievements that were not firing after completing each scene Fixed an issue with global completion progress going over 100% Fixed VSync setting not persist
Update 1.1.04071
This update fixes a couple of issues introduced in the last update Disabled gamepad vibration when playing with keyboard and mouse Fixed achievements not firing until the game was restarted Performanc
Update 1.1.03313
What's New This major update implements some of the most-requested fixes for the game: Newly-sourced, professional translations for all cutscenes, for the case board and parts of the UI. Added full ga
Hotfix 1.1.02050
This update fixes a bug introduced in the last update, which caused the current region progress count to get stuck on 0%.
Update 1.1.02040 - Drawing Mode Improvements!
This update makes some significant improvements to the drawing mode: Fixed performance hitches when opening and closing the panel. Notes now stay visible when the panel is closed. Added keyboard short
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual |
| Player tags | Incremental · Casual · Puzzle · Collectathon · Point & Click · Adventure · 2D · Pixel Graphics · Open World · Mystery · Aliens · Singleplayer (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish |
| Achievements | 100 |
| Official site | https://markffrench.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: 2.0GHZ Dual Core Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel Graphics 4400 or better Storage: 1 GB available space