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Cleaning Up The Puzzle Gallery Beginner Guide

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Begin with the base gallery: its 2,071 pieces form 87 paintings, and completed puzzles award progress toward skills. My Puzzles and the custom gallery handle your own images; finishing the base game unlocks all challenge modes as of v1.2.11. This is an orientation, not a tested fastest route.

Base gallery: 2,071 pieces / 87 paintings
Custom input: JPG and PNG
Challenge unlock: Complete the base game

VERSION-SENSITIVEv1.3.2Checked 2026-08-09 CST

OFFICIAL STORE STILL / 01The gallery before completion

This official screenshot identifies the gallery setting and scattered-piece presentation. It does not prove a route, spawn pattern, or strategy.

Official Steam source © Th3GameStudio. Official Steam store screenshot; editorial guide use.

Why this page exists: A new player needs the sourced shape of the game before choosing a mode or spending skill points.

Know the four source-backed spaces

The store presents a base gallery built around 87 paintings, My Puzzles for individual custom images, a custom gallery that can hold up to 83 images, and challenge modes. The official record does not publish an optimal order for the base paintings.

Base gallery: the main progression space.
My Puzzles: build a puzzle from one of your JPG or PNG files.
Custom gallery: organize a larger collection.
Challenge modes: unlock after completing the base game on v1.2.11 or later.

Use assistance without inventing a meta

The store describes abilities that can help locate, sort, or place pieces, while current patches name several related systems. Exact current skill values and a best purchase order were not captured from the live game, so this guide does not rank them.

Update first: launch-week patches changed assists, controls, and challenge behavior.
Save freely: Steam lists Save Anytime and Steam Cloud.
Use the book and settings as current in-game references.

What remains untested

No route, timer split, exact skill cost, or puzzle order on this site is presented as hands-on verified. For speedrun-style advice, use the separately labeled community Bull page and check its version boundary.

SOURCE LEDGER / ORIENTATION

Follow every claim to its evidence.

E1 is first-party. E2 is a community observation or route. Later official updates can supersede version-sensitive details.

Publication limit: The official sources establish modes, scale, and unlocks—not an optimal play order or exact skill table.