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2025: Mosaic Retrospective

2025: Mosaic Retrospective is a picross/minesweeper hybrid featuring a single ENORMOUS puzzle inspired by global news stories from throughout the year.

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March 28, 2026
127 days ago
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Mostly Positive390 reviews74.4%

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About the Game

🧩 2025: Mosaic Retrospective is the follow-up to 2024: Mosaic Retrospective. A free, meditative game about completing a single enormous 57,600 piece grid puzzle based on global news events of the year.

💣 If you’re familiar with minesweeper, you’re ready to dive in! Use the numbered clues (0-9) to uncover light tiles that gradually reveal an intricate, detailed mosaic.

🎶 Whether you're engrossed in your favourite podcasts or listening to your favourite tunes, 2025: Mosaic Retrospective serves as the perfect backdrop to enhance your experience. Or enjoy the soothing built-in jazz  soundtrack composed and performed by multi-instrumentalist Kim Nahuel.

⏳ Dozens of Hours of Addictive Gameplay! 2025: Mosaic Retrospective offers hours of meditative, yet challenging gameplay as you piece together the events that shaped the year.