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Squeakross: Home Squeak Home

Squeakross: Home Squeak Home

Alblune · released Jun 6, 2025

CasualIndiePCNintendo Switch

In Squeakross: Home Squeak Home, solve and transform puzzles into furniture to decorate the perfect home for your rodent friend. Collect hundreds of decorations, accessories and stickers in this cozy game full of charm!

Steam page ↗Metacritic 84 ↗
89
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “1.9 patch” (2mo ago)

93%
At launch
98%
Steam all-time
84%
Press
98%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)–8438
All-time Steam reviews98%941000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)98%94155
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 93.2, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 2,229 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jun 27, 2026) · 155 reviews sampled · 135 total reviews in window · weighted 119.8 up / 2.1 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (4)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 90
    NintendoWorldReportNintendoWorldReport
    trust 69Jun 17, 2025

    “Squeakross’ biggest triumph in my eyes is how newcomer friendly it is. The tutorials (that are relatively easy to blow past if you consider yourself a Picross Pro) review foundational nonogram strategies that I’ve previously seen go over the heads of people I explain them to. Squeakross is one of the best Picross games I’ve ever played from a vibes and playability standpoint. It rules.”

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  • 70
    SiliconeraSiliconera
    trust 67Jun 15, 2025

    “While I feel like the Jupiter nonograms in Picross feature some better executed puzzles and final designs, Squeakross: Home Squeak Home offers a fresh take on a nonogram game. The character and home customization really provide an incentive to solve puzzles. The quality of life features and controls work well, so you could easily play with a controller. It’s a cute approach to a classic puzzle genre with plentiful play incentives.”

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  • 90
    GameSpewGameSpew
    trust 61Jun 19, 2025

    “One of the best Picross games I've played, Squeakross deals up more than 600 engaging and intuitive puzzles alongside a fun little sub-game that has you decorating a home for a cartoon mouse. Each puzzle you solve unlocks a new piece of furniture, and you won't want to stop until your mouse has the best mouse-house on the street.”

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  • 80
    Video ChumsVideo Chums
    trust 45Jun 17, 2025

    “If you're in the mood for nonogram fun with adorably rewarding unlockables after every puzzle then play Squeakross: Home Squeak Home.”

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Patch history

  1. 1.9b hotfix
    Jun 30, 2026
  2. 1.9 patch
    Jun 27, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. 1.8b hotfix
    Jun 4, 2026
  4. v1.8 Patch notes
    Jun 4, 2026
  5. fix mouse mouse cursor
    May 4, 2026
  6. Small update - 1.72
    Apr 30, 2026
  7. 1.7a patch
    Mar 22, 2026
  8. 1.6c update
    Feb 17, 2026
  9. 1.6a - hotfix
    Feb 8, 2026
  10. 1.6 hotfix - Fix puzzle #351, make night more less contrasted
    Feb 8, 2026
  11. Major content update
    Feb 6, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  12. 1.2c Hotfix - Fix freeze happening for some players
    Dec 30, 2025
  13. Free Content update sneak peek + Squeakross Awards??
    Nov 13, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  14. 1.2 Patch - lots of bugfixes
    Jul 24, 2025
  15. 1.1b Patch
    Jun 24, 2025
  16. [public preview branch] 1.1 patch
    Jun 22, 2025
  17. Upcoming bug fixes
    Jun 20, 2025
  18. 1.0d1
    Jun 14, 2025
  19. 1.0c3 - hotfix for infinite loading
    Jun 7, 2025
  20. [DEMO] Version 1.0
    May 21, 2025
  21. [DEMO] Version 0.48
    Feb 13, 2025
  22. [DEMO] Version 0.45
    Jan 25, 2025
  23. [DEMO] Version 0.44
    Jan 3, 2025
  24. [DEMO] Version 0.43
    Dec 14, 2024
  25. [DEMO] Hotfix 0.4G
    Dec 6, 2024