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Steam app 4266120 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:55 UTC

2025: Mosaic Retrospective

2025: Mosaic Retrospective is a picross/minesweeper hybrid featuring a single ENORMOUS puzzle inspired by global news stories from throughout the year.

2025: Mosaic Retrospective Steam header artwork
Mark FfrenchDivide The Plunder
64playing now
8424-hour peak
197all-time peak
57average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

−1.6Gain−2.69%% gain89Peak

719 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

02448729613 Aug18 Aug23 Aug28 Aug02 Sep07 Sep12 SepThursday 13 August 202662 peakFriday 14 August 202680 peakSaturday 15 August 202680 peakSunday 16 August 202686 peakMonday 17 August 202672 peakTuesday 18 August 202677 peakWednesday 19 August 202674 peakThursday 20 August 202676 peakFriday 21 August 202681 peakSaturday 22 August 202682 peakSunday 23 August 202689 peakMonday 24 August 202666 peakTuesday 25 August 202662 peakWednesday 26 August 202666 peakThursday 27 August 202676 peakFriday 28 August 202674 peakSaturday 29 August 202676 peakSunday 30 August 202684 peakMonday 31 August 202682 peakTuesday 01 September 202679 peakWednesday 02 September 202673 peakThursday 03 September 202677 peakFriday 04 September 202675 peakSaturday 05 September 202681 peakSunday 06 September 202679 peakMonday 07 September 202671 peakTuesday 08 September 202677 peakWednesday 09 September 202683 peakThursday 10 September 202674 peakFriday 11 September 202686 peakSaturday 12 September 202684 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

7 months, March 2026 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

053106160213Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026Aug 2026Sep 2026March 2026182 monthly peakApril 2026197 monthly peakMay 2026159 monthly peakJune 2026136 monthly peakJuly 2026115 monthly peakAugust 202697 monthly peakSeptember 202686 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

0316293124July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 2026115 peak — daily detail belowAugust 202697 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 202686 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

031629312401 Jul06 Jul11 Jul16 Jul21 Jul26 Jul31 JulWednesday 01 July 202686 peakThursday 02 July 202686 peakFriday 03 July 202685 peakSaturday 04 July 202697 peakSunday 05 July 202699 peakMonday 06 July 202692 peakTuesday 07 July 202679 peakWednesday 08 July 202689 peakThursday 09 July 202699 peakFriday 10 July 202684 peakSaturday 11 July 202682 peakSunday 12 July 2026115 peakMonday 13 July 202699 peakTuesday 14 July 202693 peakWednesday 15 July 202688 peakThursday 16 July 2026113 peakFriday 17 July 202693 peakSaturday 18 July 2026106 peakSunday 19 July 202692 peakMonday 20 July 202699 peakTuesday 21 July 2026105 peakWednesday 22 July 202698 peakThursday 23 July 202696 peakFriday 24 July 202688 peakSaturday 25 July 202685 peakSunday 26 July 202683 peakMonday 27 July 202690 peakTuesday 28 July 202689 peakWednesday 29 July 202669 peakThursday 30 July 202684 peakFriday 31 July 202697 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 437 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

026527910501 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 202697 peakSunday 02 August 202697 peakMonday 03 August 202680 peakTuesday 04 August 202682 peakWednesday 05 August 202674 peakThursday 06 August 202675 peakFriday 07 August 202675 peakSaturday 08 August 202684 peakSunday 09 August 202677 peakMonday 10 August 202680 peakTuesday 11 August 202685 peakWednesday 12 August 202678 peakThursday 13 August 202679 peakFriday 14 August 202680 peakSaturday 15 August 202680 peakSunday 16 August 202686 peakMonday 17 August 202672 peakTuesday 18 August 202677 peakWednesday 19 August 202674 peakThursday 20 August 202676 peakFriday 21 August 202681 peakSaturday 22 August 202682 peakSunday 23 August 202689 peakMonday 24 August 202666 peakTuesday 25 August 202662 peakWednesday 26 August 202666 peakThursday 27 August 202676 peakFriday 28 August 202674 peakSaturday 29 August 202676 peakSunday 30 August 202684 peakMonday 31 August 202682 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 282 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

02346709301 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 202679 peakWednesday 02 September 202673 peakThursday 03 September 202677 peakFriday 04 September 202675 peakSaturday 05 September 202681 peakSunday 06 September 202679 peakMonday 07 September 202671 peakTuesday 08 September 202677 peakWednesday 09 September 202683 peakThursday 10 September 202674 peakFriday 11 September 202686 peakSaturday 12 September 202684 peak

October 2026

2025: Mosaic Retrospective was released on 28 Mar, 2026.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Free to playUpdated 12 Sep 2026, 19:55 UTC
App ID
4266120
Last updated
23 Apr 2026 build 22923607
Developer
Mark Ffrench
Publisher
Divide The Plunder
Release date
28 Mar, 2026
Platforms
WindowsmacOS
Download size
163 MB339 MB
Install size
339 MB706 MB
Genres
Casual, Free To Play
Game modes
Single-player
Controller support
Full
Achievements
93

Features & support

Steam features

Steam AchievementsMouse Only OptionSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Controllers & input

Full controller support

Accessibility

Camera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputSave Anytime

Popular tags

CasualEducationSatireRelaxingPuzzleTriviaIncremental2DCollectathonCartoonyPixel GraphicsCapitalismFree to PlayDystopian Cold WarHistoricalLogicMemesModernEconomy
About this gameFull description from Steam
🧩 2025: Mosaic Retrospective is the follow-up to 2024: Mosaic Retrospective. A free, meditative game about completing a single enormous 57,600 piece grid puzzle based on global news events of the year. 💣 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, 2025: Mosaic Retrospective serves as the perfect backdrop to enhance your experience. Or enjoy the soothing built-in jazz  soundtrack composed and performed by multi-instrumentalist Kim Nahuel. ⏳ Dozens of Hours of Addictive Gameplay! 2025: Mosaic Retrospective offers hours of meditative, yet challenging gameplay as you piece together the events that shaped the year.
Content & age ratingsSteam content notice · 2 regional ratings

Content notice

This game features brief text descriptions of a range of real world news events such as natural catastrophes, warfare and criminal acts, which players may find distressing.

Regional ratings

DEJUS10Atos criminosos · Medo
IGRS18Horor · Kekerasan
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: 2.0GHZ Dual Core Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel Graphics 4400 or better Storage: 300 MB available space

Recommended

Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

macOS

Minimum: OS: macOS 15.6+ Processor: Apple M1 or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel Graphics 4400 or better Storage: 300 MB available space Recommended:

Linux

Minimum: Recommended:
Supported languages14 languages
LanguageFull audio
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish - Spain
Dutch
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese - Brazil
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Turkish

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers

Trailers

AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

93 achievements in total.

Show selected achievements (may contain spoilers)
Once more round the sunAchievement
CollateralHidden achievement
ProscribedHidden achievement
Home FrontHidden achievement
Dressing DownHidden achievement
Fighting WordsHidden achievement
Medals Of DishonourHidden achievement
GoldenHidden achievement
You Can't See MeHidden achievement
MineHidden achievement

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5 developer announcements, Mar 2026 to Apr 2026 · times in UTC

April

  1. Update 1.0.04232

    Thanks for your patience while I reviewed the in-game text. I'm pleased to announce that it's now all back in the game! The following articles have been updated to fix inaccuracies, clarify some wording and add attribution to specific…

    Patch notes
  2. Update 1.0.04170

    Hi Everyone, I've updated the game to temporarily remove the body text of each article (the headlines will remain). As many of you may have seen, the game has received a fair number of negative reviews objecting to some of the articles in…

    Patch notes
  3. Update 1.0.04130

    This update fixes a couple of minor issues: Fixed several typos Fixed VSync setting not persisting between sessions

    Patch notes

March

  1. Update 1.0.03301

    This update fixes several slightly annoying issues: Fixed several localisation and spelling errors. Gamepad shoulder buttons now zoom smoothly. Zooming with the Z and X keys is now much more sensitive. Fixed issues with the cursor drifting…

    Patch notes
  2. Update 1.0.03290

    This update fixes an issue with hints causing the camera to focus on the bottom left of the puzzle.

    Patch notes

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