Meow Tower

I didn’t expect a nonogram game to break my heart a little, but then again, I didn’t expect the cat I just rescued to sleep in a cardboard box until I unlocked a proper bed. Meow Tower: Nonogram is a deceptively simple puzzle game wrapped in warm fuzzies and emotional haymakers, where every completed grid isn’t just another notch in your puzzle belt, it’s a step toward giving a stray cat a new home.

Each nonogram is a charming little brain teaser that turns into a pixel art picture, but here, those pictures matter. A bookshelf might mean a reading nook for your sleepy tabby. A string of fish unlocks a new food bowl. The logic puzzles are clean, classic, and just tough enough to keep your synapses firing, but they never outstay their welcome, this is a game that respects your time as much as your taste in throw pillows.

What makes Meow Tower sing, though, is its slow, heartfelt unraveling of each cat’s backstory. One used to be a café mascot. Another was abandoned during a move. It’s storytelling through furniture placement and soft piano melodies, told at a pace that invites you to stay a while. It’s like if Animal Crossing played Sudoku with a box of tissues nearby.

Sure, you’re solving puzzles, but you’re also healing cats, one picross at a time.