Logic Paint S is a Picross clone (sometimes also going by "nonograms" or "griddler") with Hatsune Miku visual and audio themes. If you have no interest in Miku or just outright dislike her, then this is assuredly a hard pass for you.

If you are unfamiliar with Picross, it's a type of logic puzzle where you fill in squares on a grid to make a picture. The numbers arranged on the top columns and the left side rows are your clues for where to fill in the squares.

Unfortunately, Logic Paint S does a very poor job of explaining the finer points of Picross. Besides outright lacking a tutorial, there's no information on how to work with the clues on larger rows and columns. There are instructions but they're insufficient. It's a critical oversight that needs to be addressed because the game ramps up the difficulty VERY quickly and it's not newbie friendly as a result.

For those of us who do know what to do and are interested: it's 350+ puzzles of Picross. There's just a small handful of 5x5's and 10x10's before the game throws 15x15s and 20x20s at you. There's also the Special puzzle series where the puzzles are a part of a much larger picture.

Completing each non-Special puzzle rewards a picture of Miku and/or one of her friends. Stars that are earned from completing puzzles are used towards unlocking the Miku vocals layer of each track. You can earn extra stars for not using hints and not making mistakes, though I feel the latter is needlessly strict; other Picross games allow a few mistakes before suffering a major penalty.

Many of the songs also have their titles in Japanese. They need to be translated.

Overall I feel the game's lack of a proper tutorial is a major barrier to entry for new and inexperienced Picross players, especially with the difficulty spike right at the beginning. If you really do like Miku and want to know how to play, I highly recommend picking up Pictopix first to learn how things work before moving on to Logic Paint S.

Finally, as a Steam Deck owner, I can confirm the game works just fine as of this posting. You can tone down the performance WAY down to the minimum to get a lot of battery life because this is among the simplest games you can play on any modern computer.

Logic Paint S is a Picross clone (sometimes also going by "nonograms" or "griddler") with Hatsune Miku visual and audio themes. If you have no interest in Miku or just outright dislike her, then this is assuredly a hard pass for you. If you are unfamiliar with Picross, it's a type of logic puzzle where you fill in squares on a grid to make a picture. The numbers arranged on the top columns and the left side rows are your clues for where to fill in the squares. Unfortunately, Logic Paint S does a very poor job of explaining the finer points of Picross. Besides outright lacking a tutorial, there's no information on how to work with the clues on larger rows and columns. There are instructions but they're insufficient. It's a critical oversight that needs to be addressed because the game ramps up the difficulty VERY quickly and it's not newbie friendly as a result. For those of us who do know what to do and are interested: it's 350+ puzzles of Picross. There's just a small handful of 5x5's and 10x10's before the game throws 15x15s and 20x20s at you. There's also the Special puzzle series where the puzzles are a part of a much larger picture. Completing each non-Special puzzle rewards a picture of Miku and/or one of her friends. Stars that are earned from completing puzzles are used towards unlocking the Miku vocals layer of each track. You can earn extra stars for not using hints and not making mistakes, though I feel the latter is needlessly strict; other Picross games allow a few mistakes before suffering a major penalty. Many of the songs also have their titles in Japanese. They need to be translated. Overall I feel the game's lack of a proper tutorial is a major barrier to entry for new and inexperienced Picross players, especially with the difficulty spike right at the beginning. If you really do like Miku and want to know how to play, I highly recommend picking up Pictopix first to learn how things work before moving on to Logic Paint S. Finally, as a Steam Deck owner, I can confirm the game works just fine as of this posting. You can tone down the performance WAY down to the minimum to get a lot of battery life because this is among the simplest games you can play on any modern computer.