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Fillomino is a grid-based logic puzzle published by the Japanese company Nikoli. The objective is to divide the grid into regions known as polyominoes. Each cell within a given region must contain a number equal to the total number of cells in that region. While some numbers are provided as starting...

Hashiwokakero, meaning 'build bridges' in Japanese, is a grid-based logic puzzle published by the Japanese puzzle company Nikoli and also known by the English name Bridges. The puzzle consists of a grid containing numbered circles representing islands, where each number indicates the total bridges c...

Heyawake is a grid-based logic puzzle published by Nikoli, played on a rectangular grid subdivided into rectangular rooms. The solver must shade some cells according to three constraints: numbered rooms contain exactly the indicated number of shaded cells; no two shaded cells may be orthogonally adj...

Yajilin is a logic puzzle published by Nikoli where solvers draw a single continuous, closed loop through a grid. Numbered cells with arrows act as clues, indicating the exact count of black cells located in the specified direction along that row or column. All remaining cells that are not part of t...

Numberlink is a grid-based logic puzzle in which solvers must connect pairs of identical numbers using continuous paths. The rules typically dictate that paths must not cross or branch and that every cell in the grid must be occupied by a path. Popularized internationally by the Japanese publisher N...

Shikaku is a logic puzzle published by the Japanese company Nikoli, with a name that translates to "divide by squares" or "rectangles." The puzzle is played on a rectangular grid where some cells contain numbers. The objective is to divide the entire grid into non-overlapping rectangles and squares...

Skyscrapers is a logic-based combinatorial puzzle originating in Japan that is built on the Latin square mathematical model. The puzzle is played on an N×N grid where the objective is to fill each cell with a height from 1 to N without repeating numbers in any row or column. Numbers placed around th...

Shakashaka is a logic puzzle published by Nikoli in which solvers place right-angled triangles in white grid cells. Each triangle occupies half of its cell and points in one of four orientations. The remaining unshaded white areas must each form a rectangle, and numbered clues indicate how many tria...

Ripple Effect, also known as Hakyuu, is a number-placement logic puzzle published by Nikoli. The grid is divided into irregularly shaped rooms, and each room of size N must contain the integers 1 through N. Identical numbers placed in the same row or column must be separated by at least that number...

Kuromasu is a shading logic puzzle published by Nikoli. Solvers mark cells black or leave them white based on numbered clues in circles that indicate how many white cells are visible from that position across the four orthogonal directions, including the clued cell itself. Black cells may not share...

Galaxies, also known as Tentai Show, is a logic puzzle published by Japanese publisher Nikoli. The solver is given a rectangular grid containing dots, and the objective is to partition the grid into regions such that each region contains exactly one dot and each region possesses 180-degree rotationa...

"Nikoli's Pencil Puzzle" is a collection of logic puzzles released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2011, developed by Hudson Soft in collaboration with Japanese publisher Nikoli. The game features hundreds of puzzles across four popular mathematical and logical genres: Sudoku, Shikaku, Hashi, and Akari. It...

Country Road is a logic puzzle published by the Japanese puzzle company Nikoli. The puzzle grid is divided into irregular regions, and the solver must draw a single closed loop through the grid that enters each region exactly once without crossing or branching. Numbered clues within some regions spe...

Gokigen Naname is a logic puzzle published by Nikoli. The puzzle is played on a rectangular grid in which some intersections are marked with numbers. The solver must place exactly one diagonal line in every cell of the grid. A number at a grid intersection indicates exactly how many diagonal line en...

Kurotto is a grid-based logic puzzle published by the Japanese company Nikoli. The puzzle is played on a rectangular grid where certain cells contain numbers enclosed in circles. The objective is to shade specific cells black so that the number in each circled cell accurately represents the total si...

A Japanese-themed domino-tiling puzzle where 1×2 tiles cover a grid such that no four tile corners meet at one point and no integer repeats within any row or column.

Mochikoro is a Japanese logic puzzle published by Nikoli, sharing similarities with the better-known Nurikabe puzzle. In Mochikoro, solvers must create rectangular white islands of the size indicated by numbered cells, while ensuring that all shaded cells form a single connected region without any 2...

Satogaeri is a Nikoli logic puzzle built around numbered circles and designated home regions. The circles must travel in straight lines so that each one returns to an appropriate region, with the completed grid containing exactly one returned circle in every region. Solving the puzzle requires deduc...

Sukoro is a Nikoli logic puzzle in which the player fills selected cells with numbers from 1 to 4. Each numbered cell indicates how many filled cells touch it vertically or horizontally, and equal numbers may not be adjacent in those directions. All filled cells must form one orthogonally connected...

Tren is a Nikoli-style logic puzzle built around movable train-shaped blocks on a grid. Each piece is a rectangle measuring either 1 by 2 or 1 by 3 cells, and it slides only along its long axis; the number associated with a piece indicates how many times that piece may move. Solving a puzzle require...