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Karakurium

A cozy, Japanese-style puzzle adventure featuring 50 types of gimmicks. Explore a vast world made up of 500 stages! Hints available for most stages, and many challenging puzzles await.

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Developer
Karaku Lab
Publisher
Karaku Lab
Release
February 19, 2026
163 days ago
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About the Game

[A Demo with 2 hours of gameplay is also available! Save data carries over to the full game]

[Streaming is welcome! Visit our website for details]

There lies a world of "karakuri"* gimmicks

Karakurium is a cozy, Japanese-style puzzle adventure. Featuring 50 types of gimmicks, including “Karakuri Puppet” that starts running when activated and “Imitation Puppet” that mimics the player’s movements. The basic operation is just moving. Push, carry and activate many karakuri objects to reach the goal. Explore the vast world of karakuri puzzles with 500 stages.

*karakuri: Japanese traditional mechanisms

Features

- Non-action thinking puzzle

- Each of the 500 handcrafted stages requires a unique approach

- Hints available for most stages

- The “Undo” feature lets you try ideas easily

- Many challenging puzzles await

- The route you take in the world is up to you

- Complete stages to get illustrations and accessories

Story

The story takes place in Karakurium, a mysterious world of karakuri gimmicks. One day, a small shooting star falls. The star hits “Rena”, a karakuri puppet fresh from the factory. Suddenly, Rena awakens as a human, acquiring her own will. Rena, surprised, looks around the field, then she finds a magnificent castle atop a mountain afar. Curious Rena sets off on an adventure in this world of karakuri gimmicks heading for the mountaintop...

The original soundtrack is also available

All tracks are newly composed specifically for this game. The cozy and Japanese-style tracks, created to allow you to comfortably immerse yourself in the puzzles, are also perfect as background music for working. Also recommended for those who have not played the game. It is available on various music streaming services and the Steam store.

Composer: Musician Rabbit Usa-chan

*To improve the quality of this app, anonymized device information and minimal game progress data may be sent to the developer.

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