Beautiful Japanese Scenery - Animated Jigsaws

Beautiful Japanese Scenery - Animated Jigsaws

Released Sep 2016

Animated Jigsaws is a jigsaw puzzle game with video instead of pictures. “Beautiful Japanese Scenery” contains moving images from Japanese famous places including Mt. Fuji, Kyoto, Tokyo, the Snow Monkeys in a natural hot spring and more!

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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation

Beautiful Japanese Scenery - Animated Jigsaws launched on September 15, 2016 as a self-contained jigsaw puzzle game featuring 10 animated scenes of Japanese scenery. The developer issued a couple of minor patches in December 2016 — adding trading cards on December 14 and releasing a language/bug-fix update on December 22, 2016. That December 22, 2016 patch represents the last update specifically for this game. After that, the developer's communications shifted to promoting other titles in their lineup — a sequel ("Japanese Women - Animated Jigsaws") announced in April 2017, and a separate free-to-play game ("Jigsaw Masterpieces") announced in March 2019. Neither of these constitutes new content for Beautiful Japanese Scenery itself. No DLC, expansions, roadmaps, or future content commitments were ever announced for this game. The store description presents a fixed feature set with no indication of planned additions. The game launched as a complete, finished product and has received no substantive updates since December 2016. There is no indication from the developer that any further content is planned.
Evidence
Last update to the game added language support and minor bug fixes — the final developer activity for this title
news post · Dec 22, 2016 source development ending
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Store description lists a fixed set of 10 animated scenes and features with no mention of planned additions or ongoing content
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Details

Publisher
BottleCube inc.
Achievements
34
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

Put together the pieces of an animated jigsaw puzzle of Japan’s most beautiful scenery and watch it gradually come to life before your eyes!
“Beautiful Japanese Scenery - Animated Jigsaws” contains moving images from spring, summer, autumn and winter capturing the natural beauty of Japan from all four seasons. Piece together scenes from some of Japanese most famous places including Mt. Fuji, Kyoto, Tokyo and the Snow Monkeys enjoying a bath in a natural hot spring! The hectic scramble crossing at the metropolitan Shibuya district in Tokyo is also included.
An easy-to-use interface such as separating edge and inner pieces makes solving puzzles fun and relaxing.

Features:
  • Easy-to-play traditional jigsaw puzzle
  • 10 animated scenes of beautiful scenery from Japan
  • Famous locations taken from all seasons
  • Selection of three background colors
  • 3 sizes for each puzzle: 60, 240 and 350 pieces
  • Saves time spent completing each puzzle and each size
  • Separate edge and inner pieces
  • Each piece snaps into place for stress-free experience
  • Ability to snap individual pieces together
  • Save a puzzle half way and continue later
  • Selection of traditional Japanese music to choose from
Last evaluated Jun 20, 2026
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