Color Madness Spot the Differences

Pixel art is the visual style of Color Madness Spot the Differences, and its colourful pictures are what you compare. Each level gives you two almost identical images, and the task is to find every hidden difference between them.

The detail that sets it apart from most of the games in this section is time. The developer states that the game time is unlimited, so there is no clock to race and no penalty for taking a slow, careful look. If you do get stuck, hints are available to reveal a tricky spot and let you carry on.

Pixel art is built from visible blocks of colour, which is worth keeping in mind: a difference may be a single changed block in an otherwise identical area. You click with the mouse, or tap on a touch screen, to mark each one you find.

Look at the two pixel art images and compare them. When you find a place where they differ, click on it or tap it. Keep going until every difference has been found. There is no time limit, so you can take as long as you like. If you get stuck, use a hint to reveal one of the trickier spots.

With unlimited time, the efficient approach is a slow one. Go through the images in a grid, comparing one small area at a time, since a single changed block of colour is easy to miss with a glance. Keep hints for the final differences when your own search has run dry.

An untimed spot-the-difference game built on pixel art images, with hints for the hardest spots. It uses a 16:9 landscape frame (1280 by 720). The developer lists clicking and tapping as the only controls.

Spot The Difference Diffsy_1 also lets you take your time, with ten changes per pair and a zoom, and Spring Difference goes the other way, rewarding speed with a bonus for saved time.