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Mosaic of the Strange

Mark Ffrench · Divide The Plunder · 2025-12-11

Steam

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 11, 2025 (Mac), Dec 11, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mosaic of the Strange is a picross/minesweeper hybrid featuring ENORMOUS interlocking puzzles. Help Special Agents Cullen and Brady investigate a bizarre murder, while discovering 144 real-world paranormal case files.

93%
positive of 229 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
$4.41
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 33 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 65% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 13,062 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.6k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 229 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.41-66%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.41 at Steam (2026-08-31)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 12 of 25 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820252026Week of 2025-12-11: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$4.412025-12-112026-08-312025-12-11 — best price $11.692025-12-18 — best price $12.992026-01-17 — best price $10.392026-01-24 — best price $12.992026-01-30 — best price $12.992026-02-23 — best price $9.092026-03-02 — best price $12.992026-03-19 — best price $9.092026-03-26 — best price $12.992026-03-31 — best price $12.992026-04-06 — best price $8.702026-04-13 — best price $12.992026-04-30 — best price $8.702026-05-07 — best price $7.792026-05-18 — best price $7.792026-05-25 — best price $12.992026-05-28 — best price $12.992026-06-04 — best price $7.142026-06-11 — best price $12.992026-06-18 — best price $6.492026-06-25 — best price $7.142026-07-09 — best price $12.992026-07-20 — best price $6.492026-07-27 — best price $12.992026-08-31 — best price $4.41
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
96%
earned "Homicide Report"
62.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimePartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Polish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)41253%100

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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