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Piczle Cross: Rune Factory

Piczle Cross: Rune Factory

Experience the character, monsters and world of the Rune Factory series through addictive nonogram logic-puzzles!

Released Feb 19, 2025 Developer Score Studios LLC Publisher Rainy Frog Co. Ltd. Platforms Windows CasualPuzzle2D3DColorful
View on Steam ↗ $11.99 (US · as of 2026-05-19)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

87.5%positive64 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“I have never heard of rune factory and have no idea what it is, but it genuinely brings nothing to the game. The game looks like absolute dookie and the crossover/collab is just a gimmick, but the puzzles work how they're supposed to and that's the only thing that matters to me.”

— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Yes blah blah recommended. loads of puzzles and all can be done twice.”

— a player, Steam review · 212 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“It's picross, 10/10 no notes. I did like the option of black and white or color puzzles options tho.”

— a player, Steam review · 193 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

60all-time peak
0 25 50 2026 32 avg · Feb 2025

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.

42achievements
36.6%median completion
17.2%rarest: Perfect Ranger
97.3% of players 92.3% of players 87.9% of players 86.2% of players 80.9% of players 76.7% of players 76.6% of players 75.4% of players 73.6% of players 72.9% of players 70.4% of players 64.3% of players 60.9% of players 58.3% of players 57.2% of players 49.3% of players 47.0% of players 46.9% of players 46.3% of players 43.8% of players 39.2% of players 36.6% of players 35.8% of players 32.6% of players 31.8% of players 30.9% of players 28.0% of players 27.0% of players 26.5% of players 25.8% of players 25.1% of players 25.0% of players 24.9% of players 24.9% of players 24.9% of players 24.9% of players 24.8% of players 24.8% of players 24.7% of players 24.5% of players 24.5% of players 17.2% of players 97.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
97.3%First steps. — Clear your first puzzle.
92.3%Recruit — Clear 5 puzzles.
87.9%Wanted — Capture a monster.
Rarest badges of honor
17.2%Perfect Ranger — Get all other badges.
24.5%Warden — Clear all puzzles.
24.5%Boss master — Beat ALL bosses.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Dec 01, 2025
Want more puzzles? Piczle World of Puzzles is out now!

Are you enjoying the Piczle Cross: Rune Factory nonograms? Do you feel the itch to keep on playing? Well, good news! Piczle World of Puzzles is available now in Early Access, for free! On top of that

Oct 02, 2025
Piczle Cross: Rune Factory update!

If the 900 puzzles included are not enough puzzles for you, then rejoice! To celebrate the latest Rune Factory game, Guardians of Azuma, you can now access over 50 extra bonus puzzles from the main me

Jul 13, 2025
Update note for Version 1.07 (13/7/25)

- Minor text fixes for English Compendium texts - Fixed animation glitch for fist weapons - Fixed inconsistent auto-mark completed lines in colour nonograms - Changed how completed puzzles are shown i

May 07, 2025
Piczle World of Puzzles announced!

From the creator of Piczle Cross Adventure, Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons and Piczle Cross: Rune Factory comes Piczle World of Puzzles ! All Piczle logic-puzzle types under one roof! Piczle Cross, Co

Mar 13, 2025
Big Piczle Cross: Rune Factory update!

In case you missed the small patch updates, as of version 1.06 Piczle Cross: Rune Factory has brought some fixes, a few new features and a big change in how auto-correct works. Firstly, and most notic

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresCasual, Indie
Player tagsCasual · Puzzle · 2D · 3D · Colorful · Fantasy · Magic · Relaxing · Indie · Singleplayer · Grid-Based Movement (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements42
Official sitehttps://www.piczlerunefactory.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: 3.6GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1650 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space