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Nurikabe World
Nurikabe World is a relaxing logic puzzle game where you solve puzzles by creating islands and connecting rivers to create beautiful sceneries. Experience different landscapes and seasons, solve puzzle campaigns and create your own levels.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“I really enjoy how this engages my brain without breaking it and yet relaxes me at the same time. The visuals are so calming and the music is mellow too. And the various puzzles offer a variety of challenges to keep my mind sharp. A great game to play on breaks to unwind and…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“Exactly what it says. I really like it when puzzle games get into this flowy state of subconscious solving, rather than pushing my brain to its limits to try to find the solution.”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“This is quite the ideal chill puzzle game...hope there might be a sequel or additional levels in the works”
— a player, Steam review · 47 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.
Patch 1.1.0 – Steam Workshop Update
Hello everyone! We've been really impressed to see user-made puzzles in our community, and we wanted to add Steam Workshop support to make it easier to share your creations to more players. This updat
Patch 1.0.15
Just a quick hotfix to a reported issue! Changelist Fixed a missing auto-save file preventing generating a new infinite puzzle Fixed synchronizing partially solved puzzles in Steam Cloud
Patch 1.0.14
The patch adds a Spanish localization, contributed by Rubén Martí! We also heard that the new multiple solution checking logic broke some workflows, so we added an option to use the previous one. Chan
Patch 1.0.13
We're really happy to see that some people have already used the editor, I recommend checking out some great user puzzles in our Discord! Editor improvements The editor used to display unsure cells as
Patch 1.0.12
Just a small hotfix this time to a reported issue! Changelist Fixed the game freezing at startup if Steam Runtime initialization fails.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Puzzle · Strategy · Casual · Indie · Logic · Nature · Cozy · Minimalist · Atmospheric · 3D · Difficult · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Workshop · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Keyboard Only Option · Mouse Only Option |
| Languages | English, German, Japanese, Spanish - Spain |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Official site | https://hemisquare.net/nurikabe-world |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: 1 GHz Dual Core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 520 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space