Pixel Pegz

Pixel Pegz is a collection of puzzle and arcade games you can play in a mini window on PC, on Steam Deck or on the couch with a controller. Untangle arrow pictures, pour colored sand, sort hex tiles, fling jelly blobs or divide a grid into rooms, among other bite-sized games. Each game saves your run so you can return to it later.

Play anywhere

On PC, you can shrink Pixel Pegz into a mini window that stays on top of other windows. Games with a clock or falling pieces pause when you click away; other games wait for your next move. A list keeps your games ready to resume, and runs carry over when you switch window sizes.

The menus and boards are designed to be readable on Steam Deck. Real-time games pause when you open the Steam menu or put the Deck to sleep, and Steam Cloud keeps progress in step across PC and Deck. Every game, menu and shop supports controllers, and mouse and keyboard work throughout.

Puzzles and arcade games

The puzzle games include Arrows, where you remove arrows by tapping them when their paths are clear; Square Up, where you fit pieces together to clear rows and columns; and Hex Stacks, where matching colored tiles slide together and tall enough stacks clear. In Floor Plan, you divide a grid into numbered rooms, while Dot to Dot asks you to draw one path through numbered dots that fills the grid. Both have exactly one answer per puzzle.

Other puzzles include Gridlock, Shape Swap, Tile Cascade, Grid Roller and Guesswork. The arcade games include:

• Sandfall: drop colored sand blocks that crumble and pour; fill a band of one color from wall to wall to wash it away.
• Jelly: fling numbered blobs into a pile, where touching blobs of the same number merge into the next number.
• Chip Away: fire balls at numbered blocks before they reach the floor and collect upgrades along the way.
• Peg Pop: time a ball's drop through the pegs and hit enough gold pegs to clear the level, with lightning, portals and multiball to help.
• Sneaky Sneks: slither around a large arena, eat glowing food and grow, while competing bots mostly mind their own business on Easy.

The collection also includes a few old favorites for quick solo or two-player rounds.

Journeys and challenges

Many games have a Journey: a sequence of levels that is the same for every player. Missed levels come around again, and your progress never goes backwards. The Journeys in Dot to Dot, Floor Plan, Gridlock and Grid Roller have no clock or move limit. Every game also has Easy, Medium and Hard difficulty settings. Easy uses small, friendly pieces that always fit in Square Up and slower, more relaxed sand in Sandfall.

A Daily Challenge deals a short run of games each day, with the same games for everyone. You can keep a streak and compare your day's results with other players. Every game also has score play, bronze, silver and gold medals for each difficulty, Steam leaderboards, and Remix, which deals a random game at each stage with a goal to reach before the next. Your Player Level grows as you play, and a Stats page tracks your games.

Play together

Two players can share a screen. In Tag Team Remix, you take turns stage by stage with three hearts between you; in Same Deal Duel, you face the same deal. You can pass one controller back and forth or use one each, and Remote Play Together lets a friend join from their own PC.

Customize your games

Playing earns coins that you can spend on color palettes, including Sugar Plum and Warm Autumn Glow. Palettes change menus, boards and pieces, and you can preview them before spending coins. You can also collect balls and trails for Peg Pop and Chip Away, blobs for Jelly, tile styles, game cards and cursors. Classic Game Colors keeps the original colors of the games while applying a palette to the rest of the collection.