Raccoon The Miner (2020)

Developer: Andrii Lazariev, Eugene Nesterovych
Publisher: Andrii Lazariev
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie, Strategy
Rating: 2.9 of 5, 36 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 1.3 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

You carefully fill in a nonogram grid to reveal a picture, helping a raccoon dig for gold in a calm, puzzle-driven session.

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What players say

Players describe it as a bare-bones nonogram game with randomly generated puzzles that form no picture. Many complain about missing quality-of-life features like 5-tile marks and row completion tracking, while the small, unresizable grid strains the eyes. Some puzzles require guessing, and the red-and-green color scheme causes issues for colorblind players.

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