2024: Mosaic Retrospective

Puzzle· Incremental· Collectathon· Education

Released Dec 2024

2024: Mosaic Retrospective is a charity-fundraising picross/minesweeper hybrid featuring a single ENORMOUS puzzle inspired by global news stories from throughout the year.

88% positive · 1,155 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

2024: Mosaic Retrospective launched on December 30, 2024 as a free-to-play casual puzzle game. The base game shipped with its single 60,000-tile puzzle on launch day. The developer subsequently released one paid expansion, Mosaic of The Pharaohs, on March 28, 2025 — a new 60,000-tile puzzle set in Ancient Egypt, priced at $8.99. Since then, developer communications have been limited to engine maintenance and bug fixes: a Unity 6 engine upgrade on September 3, 2025, a security patch on October 16, 2025, and a camera/rendering fix on November 27, 2025. No additional expansions, DLC, or future content have been announced. The game's store description and news posts frame it as a single-puzzle experience within the "Mega Mosaic" series — suggesting future entries in the series would likely be released as separate standalone games rather than additional content for this title. With no outstanding commitments and no post-expansion content activity beyond maintenance, the game appears complete as of the Mosaic of The Pharaohs release date.

Evidence

Paid expansion 'Mosaic of The Pharaohs' launched March 28, 2025 — a new 60,000-tile puzzle set in Ancient Egypt with 100 facts and achievements, priced at $8.99.

news post · Mar 27, 2025 source content shipped

high

Base game launched as a free puzzle featuring a single 60,000-tile collage of 2024 global news events.

news post · Dec 30, 2024 source content shipped

high

Media

Details

Developer

Mark Ffrench

Publisher

Divide The Plunder

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Puzzle Incremental Collectathon Education 2D Historical Cold War Relaxing Parody Surreal Casual Satire Open World Cartoony Pixel Graphics

About this game

🧩 2024: Mosaic Retrospective is digital cross-stitch. A meditative game about completing a single enormous 60,000 piece grid puzzle.

🖼️ In this entry in the Mega Mosaic series, you'll slowly reveal a pixel art collage of major news events from the last year, ranging from politics to sport, climate change to pop culture.

💣 If you’re familiar with minesweeper, you’re ready to dive in! Use the numbered clues (0-9) to uncover light tiles that gradually reveal an intricate, detailed mosaic.

🎶 Whether you're engrossed in your favourite podcasts or listening to your favourite tunes, 2024: Mosaic Retrospective serves as the perfect backdrop to enhance your experience. Or choose from the soothing built-in soundtrack.

⏳ Dozens of Hours of Addictive Gameplay! 2024: Mosaic Retrospective offers hours of meditative, yet challenging gameplay as you piece together the events that shaped the year.

If you like this free game, please consider supporting the UNICEF fundraiser that the game is supporting! You can find the link to the fundraiser in the settings menu within the game.