Picture Puzzles

Picture Puzzles is a collection of dozens of images to put back together from pieces. Its useful feature is control over difficulty: you can increase or decrease the number of pieces for each puzzle as you wish, so the same picture works as a quick board for a young child or a longer one for an adult.

That makes it a practical choice when more than one person will use the same screen. Nobody has to be handed a board that is either trivial or overwhelming; the piece count is simply turned up or down to suit whoever is playing.

The description frames it as a pleasant way to exercise your brain, and that is a fair summary of the format. What you are getting is a flexible set of picture boards with a difficulty dial. What you are not getting is a timer or a race — the pace is yours, and a puzzle is finished when the picture is whole again.

More in this category

• Daily America Jigsaw — also in Jigsaw Puzzle Games
• Dragon Year Jigsaw — also in Jigsaw Puzzle Games
• Spaceship Jigsaw — also in Jigsaw Puzzle Games

1. Choose a picture from the collection.
2. Set the number of pieces to match the challenge you want.
3. Move the pieces until the image is complete.
4. Try the same picture again with more pieces.

Start a new picture with fewer pieces than you think you need. Once you know the image, raising the count makes a second round feel like a different puzzle.