Game: Voxelgram 2
Genre: Casual, Strategy, Indie
System: Steam (Windows and Linux)
Developer | Publisher: Procedural Level
Controller Support: Full
Price: US $9.99 | UK £8.50 | EU € 9,75
Release Date: August 14, 2025
Review code provided, with many thanks to Procedural Level.
Voxelgram 2 is a puzzle game that pits you against numbered blocks. There are hundreds of puzzles, and you can do them in just about any order you like.
The Gameplay of Voxelgram 2
Voxelgram 2 is very similar to a nonogram, but it is in 3D instead of being flat. You need to rotate the puzzle around to see all the clues and interact with each of the pieces by painting them or breaking them. It adds yet another dimension of difficulty by having two colors each of the squares can be painted.
So instead of the normal “on or off” choice you get with nonograms, you have to choose green, blue, or off instead. This, coupled with the fact that all the puzzles are in 3D, makes it exponentially harder. There is a lot to consider with each move in Voxelgram 2, making it one of the most difficult puzzle games I’ve played in a long time.
You first choose a diorama, then the game splits it into a bunch of smaller blocks. Each of those smaller blocks then forms the puzzles you need to complete in order to make the diorama whole. The example below, which is a cute, pixel version of space, is called Faster than Light, and it is made up of six different puzzles. You need to complete all of them to finish this level.
The Tutorial of Voxelgram 2
I don’t normally make a whole section devoted to tutorials, but Voxelgram 2 has such a great one that I couldn’t resist. The tutorial is a hands-on experience that breaks everything down into simple concepts, then builds on them. It has text on screen, but it also shows you in the upper left exactly what needs to be done to solve each puzzle.
This is a really clever way to do it; this puzzle game would be overwhelming to learn if it threw you in without help or gave you a few paragraphs of text. The tutorial is even broken down further into four categories to make sure you learn everything at a slow, even pace that makes the complexities of Voxelgram 2 much easier to wrap your head around.
I want to commend the Voxelgram 2 developers for having one of the best tutorials I’ve seen in a while. It was probably a lot of work on their part, but it was very much worth it from my perspective.
The Pros and Cons of Voxelgram 2
There are a lot of pros to playing Voxelgram 2 and very few cons in my opinion. The puzzles are challenging but also don’t feel impossible or overwhelming. Each bit of the diorama fills in a little bit more as you complete puzzles, and it feels like you make progress quickly.
The music is unobtrusive, and the sound design is fine. The pixel art is colorful and fun; there are also a lot of different puzzles to choose from, and you can play them in any order. Voxelgram 2 also has the updated puzzles from Voxelgram 1 that are automatically imported and updated with the two-color model if you own that game too. I didn’t experience any issues or bugs while playing.
Voxelgram 2 only had one downside and it was a big one: the stretch and squeeze of the movement of the rotating puzzles gave me motion sickness. I’m not usually one to have issues with motion sickness while playing, so it took me a few rounds of testing to figure out that Voxelgram 2 was the source of my stomach churning.
It’s a shame, because this is 100% my kind of game. If you have a sensitive brain, though, you might also experience this icky feeling while playing.
Conclusion
Voxelgram 2 is a great nonogram-like game with a lot of content and a big challenge. I liked everything about it, from the informative tutorial to the simple but charming graphics. My only issue with it was the dizziness, which is probably mostly a me problem. If you like puzzle games, especially nonograms, you will probably love this one too!
Final Verdict: I Like it a Lot
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