Nonograms Prophecy is a broken game. There are multiple puzzles that do not work, whether because the game won't let you fill the grid or because the grid itself is loaded incorrectly.

Unfortunately, even if these glitches were amended, Nonograms Prophecy is still a rather weak nonogram game. While there are plenty of puzzles on offer, most of them are extremely simple, relying straight lines and simple shapes to make underwhelming images. Others have unclear solutions, making it difficult to solve using the logic inherent to a nonogram. Despite having a potentially novel Ancient Greek theme, Nonograms Prophecy does nothing with it for its puzzles. Instead we have the simplistic shapes of typical objects - or in some cases, rip offs of existing game characters.

On Nintendo Switch, there are many better options for nonogram games. You have Jupiter's numerous Picross titles, all of which have great quality of life features and consistently strong puzzles. You have games like Murder by Numbers or PictoQuest or Pixel Puzzle Makeout League that mix genres with the traditional puzzles. Even if you don't mind simplistic puzzles, a game like Piczle Puzzle & Watch Collection does a stronger job of matching its theme in its Piczle Cross mode. You might see this one going for really cheap or for free - the publisher likes to do events like that to drive downloads of their games on the eShop - but even then, it's not worth it for a game that is overly simplistic at best and impossible to properly finish.

Reviewed on Dec 11, 2023


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