How to play Jigsaw Puzzle
- Press Start and look closely: the finished postcard shows for a moment before it breaks into pieces.
- Pieces wait in the tray, up to six at a time. Drag one onto the postcard and let go over the spot where it belongs. It snaps in when it is right.
- Prefer tapping? Tap a piece to pick it up, then tap its spot. A wrong spot flashes and the piece hops back to the tray.
- Each placed piece makes room in the tray for a new one. Place every piece to finish the postcard.
- Finish within the par time for three stars. Peeking at the full picture with the eye button adds five seconds.
About Jigsaw Puzzle
This jigsaw puzzle game is built from a stack of photo postcards. Every level opens with the finished picture for a moment: a ridge in the Dolomites covered in wildflowers, a red fox in tall grass, a New York avenue at golden hour, a tropical bay, a slice of raspberry cake and more than thirty other shots by professional photographers. Then the card breaks apart and its pieces drop into a small tray at the edge of the table. Drag a piece onto the postcard and it clicks into place when it is in the right spot, or tap a piece and then tap where it belongs. A faint outline of every piece helps you find your way, and the eye button shows the whole picture again for a few seconds. The tray only holds six pieces at a time, so each puzzle stays calm on a small screen. Puzzles grow from six large pieces to thirty small ones across one hundred levels, photos come back with new cuts and crops, and a new daily postcard is the same for every player.
Controls
| Input | What it does |
|---|---|
| Drag | Move a piece onto the postcard |
| Tap, then tap | Pick up a piece, then place it |
| 1 to 6 | Pick up a tray piece |
| Arrow keys and Enter | Choose a spot and place the piece |
| V or the eye | Peek at the picture (+5 s) |
| P and R | Pause and restart |
Tips and strategy
- Use the opening look. Before the postcard breaks apart, note two or three landmarks, such as a mountain peak, a bright flower or the horizon line, and roughly where they sit.
- Corners first. A piece with two straight sides can only go in one of four places, and the faint outline shows which corner has the matching tabs.
- Read the tabs. Every piece has its own pattern of knobs and holes, and the dotted outline on the card shows the same pattern, so you can match shape as well as picture.
- Sort by color. Sky pieces belong near the top and grass, sand or water near the bottom on most landscapes, while food and animal photos usually have their subject in the middle.
- Place the easy ones while you think. Each placed piece brings a new piece into the tray, and the new one might be exactly the piece you were waiting for.
- Peek with a plan. A peek costs five seconds, so use it to check a whole area at once rather than one piece at a time.
Questions and answers
Where do the pictures come from?
The photos are by professional photographers on Unsplash, used under the Unsplash License, which allows free use in games like this one. Each photographer is credited in our asset list, and every photo is resized so a puzzle loads quickly.
How many pieces are there?
Levels start with six large pieces and grow to thirty small ones by the last chapter. The daily postcard has twenty pieces.
Can I place a piece in the wrong spot?
No. A piece only fits where it belongs. Dropping it anywhere else makes it hop back to the tray, so you never have to undo a mistake.
How do stars work?
Each postcard has a par time shown when you finish. Beat par for three stars or stay under about one and a half times par for two. Every finished postcard earns at least one star.
What does the eye button do?
It shows the whole picture over the postcard for about a second and a half. Each peek adds five seconds to your time.
Do I need an account?
No. Jigsaw Puzzle runs in your browser on phones, tablets and computers, and your stars and table themes are saved on your device.
