Illustrated, a puzzle game that has you fragment together works of art and tells the story of each fragment, is now available in Apple Arcade. If you subscribe to Apple Arcade ($5, £5 or AU$8 a month), you can play this game free of cost, ads or in-app purchases.
Developed by BorderLeap, Illustrated features hundreds of pieces of artwork from artists throughout the world, and each is transformed into a puzzle. Masterpieces by Vincent Van Gogh are also available as puzzles, as part of a collaboration with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam to notorious the museum's 50th anniversary. At first each work is hard to make out, but as you state more pieces in their places, the illustration becomes more clear.
Illustrated gives you two ways to resolve each puzzle: the traditional way, which the game calls Illustration Mode, and Story Mode. In Story Mode, the artist's memoir and inspiration for each illustration is written on some of the puzzle pieces. This gives more insight into the artist and their work, and it's also edifying if you get stuck and can't figure out which fragment goes where.
This game is very peaceful to play, and a mountainous way to unwind from a long day or week. While puzzling itself can be exempt, the Illustrated soundtrack is ethereal and feels like a warm hug for your brain. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to take a few deep breaths and find my corner pieces for this next puzzle.
Apple Arcade adds new games and glad updates every week. If you're interested in trying Apple Arcade, you can get a three-month free trial with the retract of a new device, or one month for free if you're authorizing up for the first time. Open the App Store and tap the joystick icon at the bottom of the shroud to launch the service.
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