Picross S Climax Announced for Nintendo Switch 2, Switch [Update: Trailer]

Jupiter has announced that Picross S Climax will launch on both Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch on December 10, 2026.

It is the latest entry in the puzzle series, which has been around for several releases now. The game collects puzzles from the earlier Picross S releases, from Picross S through to Picross S9. Across those nine works, the company says 1,020 carefully chosen puzzles are included, and that count covers the series so far.

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Puzzles are sorted into three difficulty levels, easy, normal and hard, so newcomers can start at a comfortable point and move up. The game also includes 40 new high-difficulty bonus puzzles made for this release. Those bonuses only open if you have play data from the earlier Picross S games on the Switch console.

There are five game modes in total: Picross, Mega Picross, Color Picross, Clip Picross and Extra. Picross has 450 puzzles, Mega Picross has 450, Color Picross has 90, Clip Picross has 15 and Extra has 15. The soundtrack draws on songs from the earlier series, and you can pick the background music for each puzzle or use the sound player to listen to tracks at any time.

Touchscreen controls are supported, as is mouse operation with Joy-Con 2 (R). Up to four people can play at once using button controls. A first trailer has since been released, and it is available to watch now.