Pixel Restorer

Number-based puzzles about restoring faded photographs one rectangle at a time

Catnip studio · Released Sep 18, 2024

Action Adventure Casual Indie RPG Simulation Sports Free To Play

Reviews: Very Positive; 82% of 332
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 16; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update on Steam: 6 months ago; Apr 27, 2026
Minimum PC: Videocard with at least 5…; 2 GB RAM · 0.2 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Pixel Restorer?

In this single-player puzzle game, you work as the city's last pixel restorer. You drag across a grid to draw rectangles, each containing exactly one number equal to its total cell count. Complete each region correctly to restore the photograph.

For you if...

+you like puzzles that grow larger as you progress

Not for you if...

−you want a strong narrative focus between puzzles

What players say

82% of 332 reviews are positive

Players praise the relaxing puzzles, manageable difficulty, and cute pixel art. The most common complaints concern picture folders sold separately as DLC and achievements that require those purchases.

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Pixel Restorer system requirements

Minimum: Videocard with at least 5…, 2 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7
Processor: Dual-core from Intel or AMD at 2.0 GHz
Graphics: Videocard with at least 512MB
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 200 MB available space

Does Pixel Restorer have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Pixel Restorer run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 26
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages: Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Turkish, Greek, Norwegian, Czech, Japanese, Polish, Thai, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Romanian, Finnish, Dutch, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America, Vietnamese, Arabic, Korean, Uzbek, Urdu, Armenian, Igbo, Sindhi, Sinhala, Croatian, Icelandic, Cherokee, Galician, Catalan, Afrikaans, Kannada, Luxembourgish, Hindi, Gujarati, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Turkmen, K'iche', Kinyarwanda, Tajik, Serbian, Odia, Welsh, Konkani, Bangla, Nepali, Basque, Hebrew, Latvian, Tigrinya, Slovak, Slovenian, Swahili, Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Georgian, Maori, Wolof, Bosnian, Persian, Telugu, Tamil, Irish, Estonian, Valencian, Belarusian, Quechua, Zulu, Xhosa, Lithuanian, Sotho, Sorani, Yoruba, Uyghur, Scots, Tswana, Filipino, Mongolian, Hausa, Dari, Azerbaijani, Amharic, Albanian, Assamese, Tatar, Macedonian, Marathi, Malayalam, Malay, Maltese, Khmer.

Does Pixel Restorer use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam