20 Great Games Like Illustrated Games Rated ESRB EVERYONE and Older

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Illustrated is a puzzle game where you discover the stories behind each picture by solving jigsaw and word puzzles. You play by placing puzzle pieces but each picture is paired with another puzzle about the artist's story behind their work.

Unfortunately, Illustrated is not available on Android, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:

Illustrated

Game Details

Release Date: 11/01/2023

Out Now: Apple TV, Mac and iOS

Expected Content Rating: PEGI 3

Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds

Players: 1

Genres: Puzzle (Narrative and Simulation)

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

Developer: Border Leap (@BorderLeap)

Costs: Purchase cost

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Dorfromantik

Release Date: 25/03/2021, updated in 2022

Out Now: PC and Switch

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead, Grid and Hand-Made

Dorfromantik is a peaceful village-building strategy puzzle game for one player inspired by tile-based board-games like Carcassonne. You have a stack of hexagonal tiles and work to match their edges while creating areas of towns, forests and fields to...

Daylife in Japan

Release Date: 26/10/2019, updated in 2021

Out Now: PC and Switch

Components: 2D Side-On

Daylife in Japan is a jigsaw puzzle game. You choose the difficulty and the animated puzzle picture which is then divided in jigsaw pieces scattered around the play area. As with a real puzzle, you then need to piece it back together the picture.

Day and Night

Release Date: 08/10/2019

Out Now: Switch

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On, Day and Night and Hand-Made

Day and Night is a puzzle game where you match blocks to score points. Unusually the game switches between different time periods that affect what you can match and how the rules work.

Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

Release Date: 02/12/2021

Out Now: PC

Skill Rating: 3+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On

Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams is a classic puzzle simulation game where you solve beautiful puzzles in fully 3D environments. Play is, as you would expect, finding, categorising and placing puzzle pieces. It stands out not only for the visuals but how each...

Stitch

Release Date: 28/10/2022

Out Now: Apple TV, Mac and iOS

Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

Stitch is an embroidery puzzle game where you fill in numbered areas of the right size to create pictures. While it sounds simple, the limited ways you can add yarn to the hoop creates a head-scratching challenge. This slow, thoughtful, and relaxing...

Zen Bound

Release Date: 24/02/2009, updated in 2018

Out Now: Android, PC, Switch and iOS

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Zen Bound is a puzzle game about wrapping objects in rope. With a relaxing soundtrack and calm visuals you are present with different objects with an attached rope of a specific length. Using a mouse, touch or tilt controls you transfer paint from the...

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Otteretto

Release Date: 28/01/2022

Out Now: Mac, PC and Web

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Grid

Otteretto is a puzzle game where you match blocks to make palindromes. Rather than the usual match-three format, instead you have to find patterns that mirror in the middle, like a palindrome but with colours/shapes rather than letters.

Murder by Numbers

Release Date: 05/03/2020

Out Now: PC and Switch

Components: 2D Side-On

Murder by Numbers is a detective game where you find clues by solving math-square nonogram-style logic puzzles. A little like Phoenix Wright games where you have a murder to solve, but here you have to use...

Sizeable

Release Date: 19/03/2021

Out Now: Mac and PC

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead, Blocks and Weather

Sizeable is a puzzle game about manipulated objects in a series of beautiful tiny dioramas. You rotate to explore and pick up, move and resize objects. To complete a level you need to find all the hidden monoliths. It's a casual puzzle game that uses...

Kami 2

Release Date: 23/01/2014, updated in 2022

Out Now: Android and iOS

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead, Grid and Hand-Made

Kami, and Kami 2 are origami-themed puzzle games where you aim to fill the screen with the same coloured paper. You play by a location to unfold paper of that colour that then spreads until it hits another colour.

Bonza Word Puzzle

Release Date: 14/10/2015

Out Now: Android and iOS

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead and Grid

Bonza Word Puzzle combines crosswords and scrabble. You create words by placing crossword fragments on a grid. There's a clue for each challenge to get you started, but the real puzzle is slotting the fragments together so all the words make sense and...

1 Easier Skill Rating than Illustrated

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1 Video Game Like Illustrated Based on Genre

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20 Great Games Like Illustrated Games Rated ESRB EVERYONE and Older

Game Details

6 Similar Games Short List

Dorfromantik

Daylife in Japan

Day and Night

Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

Stitch

Zen Bound

5 Similar Games Long List

Otteretto

Murder by Numbers

Sizeable

Kami 2

Bonza Word Puzzle

1 Easier Skill Rating than Illustrated

8 Board Game Alternatives to Illustrated

1 Video Game Like Illustrated Based on Genre

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Difficulty Options:	Simple and Full Version No Memorisation Advantage No Hidden Information No Deceit Advantage No Colour Advantage No Mathematics Advantage No Weighing Decisions

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Assistance Getting Started:	Clear Manual Electronic Version of Manual Electronic Version of Manual for Screen Readers Getting Started Video Digital Version Reference Aid
Assistance Progressing:	Play Order Tokens (Or play order doesn’t change) Reaction-Time Not Critical Low Pressure Low Impact Catch Up Rule

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Pieces:	Components are Distinguishable by Touch Components are Replaceable No Non-Standard Dice (Or No Dice) No Tiny Pieces No Paper Money No Sprawl
Cards:	Large Card Size Standard Card Shape Limited Hand Management No Excessive Card Shuffling No Right-Handed Advantage
Placement:	No Unbound Placement Player Components Not Shared No Fiddly Placement Easily Verbalised Actions

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20 Great Games Like Illustrated Games Rated ESRB EVERYONE and Older

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