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KAMI – Puzzle Game Review
KAMI is a Puzzle/Board game from State of Play Games Ltd, first launched in 10th October 2013.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 505+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes KAMI Stand Out
A beautiful and relaxing paper puzzle game.
Editor's Choice Mac App Store
1 Best New Game, Mac App Store
1 iOS Puzzle Game in 12 countries
1 Game Mac App Store US
1 Game Mac App Store UK
KAMI is deceptively simple: fold out coloured paper to fill the screen in as few moves as possible.
"Beautiful aesthetics, soothing sounds and deceptively challenging puzzles" – Macworld
"KAMI feels fresh and unique. This is a game that gives you space to breathe, never harrying with time limits or catastrophes" – PocketGamer
"Highly polished… a unique art style that isn’t just for show, but actually enhances the gameplay" – Apple'N'Apps
"Gloriously well-made…Stylishly challenging" – 148 Apps
"Elevated by its top-notch production values and visual splendour" – AppSpy
Relaxing and easy to pick up, you'll soon find yourself deep in contemplation to perfect each puzzle.
Created by State of Play, famous for their handcrafted aesthetic, KAMI has been created with real paper in an elegant Japanese theme.
KAMI is tactile, engaging and stunning to look at.
► 72 unique puzzles! 45 included plus 27 Premium Puzzles.
► Beautiful handcrafted Japanese look, created using real paper
► Calming and elegant soundtrack
► Created by State of Play, creators of the award-winning papercraft game 'Lume'
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, KAMI is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 24th August 2017
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Improved support for newer devices.
Download & Availability
KAMI is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
It doesnt seem like it would be tough at first, but it makes you think for sure once you started into it.
Good game that is very aesthetically pleasing and makes our brain hurt.
We love this game and we have ever since it came out and we see other reviews saying that its too cramped up or the game is laggy or theres not enough puzzles on it, but there are 45 puzzles, its great, you just have bad internet, you have fat fingers, theres a literal KAMI number 2. So dont give a bad review youre just simply not smart enough to realize how all of those problems can be fixed on your own Well the fat fingers, you probably cant fix, but our point still stands. Its a great game.
Great game and awesome graphics! As a person who works in graphic design aspect, we extremely love their graphics and sound effects.
Not a lot of games make you think hard like this!!!! When you finish a puzzle you really feel like you accomplished something.
How can same developers be so intelligent? What a great thing to do while listening to an audiobook or music.
The puzzles are thinkers, and the sounds and visuals are soothing! Love it.
We love games that promote thinking and avoid violence. Plus its so much fun to solve the puzzle, have it fold up neatly and be sealed with a Perfect.
The sounds and graphics provide excellent details to an overall fun puzzle game.
Loved the second one so much we bought the first one! Both equally satisfying. Also, good at making you think, without being stressful. Perfect for taking your mind off of everything else.
Great game, fun game, awesome game.
This game is so addicting, not too hard, but not easy. We keep trying until we get the level perfect.
We bought this and a few other similar games as a means to relax and unwind. Surprisingly this is the least active of the others and it gets us all twisted and nervy. We like the sensation in infrequent doses but Im glad we have it.
Thought provoking and relaxing at the same time. We highly recommend it.
This game asks you to often think out of the box. One solution does not apply to all. Sometimes you have to think blank space where theres color, sometimes color is the solution. And then there are some we still havent solved yet.
A simple, lovely game, filled with engaging puzzles they feel like they should be easier than they are.
Very different way of thinking and pretty too.
This game has always worked perfectly for us on several different devices so please feel free to disregard others claiming major bugs, simply untrue. We love meditating on these puzzles that have a wide range of difficulty and always are challenging. TY 4 a great game.
Try not to use the tips, it's that much more fun to figure it out on your own.
This would easily get 5 stars, except the game frequently freezes up.
We love the game, but was very disappointed after purchasing that it only included 45 games.
Kami 2 needs unlimited hints option.
Its small on an iPhone 6s Plus. It needs to be updated to take up the entire screen.
We don't like the new [pick a color] position with cramped up [home] [restart] buttons. We got a iPhone max buy we are playing like we got a mini because its taking too much space when the other buttons under are still cramped. Why not rising the playground up closer to the notch and make the buttons for colors and other larger under?… Use the display more don't cramp everything into a square guys. And it will be better the playground to be separated by the color boxes where you pick a color. It was deceiving then but now its even harder. Many times we thought its a part of the maze.
A really basic/classic puzzle game wrapped up in great a package of visuals. We don't mind paying for a game, we actually prefer it, but when we do, we don't want to have to then pay extra for hints and access to "premium" levels.
We really enjoyed this game, but 2.99 only buys you 45 levels.
This used to be a wonderful app; back when they actually could keep their site up and running. For months now its been slow, new puzzles are rarer and rarer…dont know whats going on, but its disappointing, thats for sure.
There is a bug for obtaining the achievements! If you complete all puzzles perfectly, then you cannot obtain another achievement.
We had 4 hints to use. We just wanted to get past this puzzle and move on. We tried using the hints but each time it gave us the same exact hint over and over again and still charged us for each time even though it was only one exact same hint given each of the 4 times and not a different hint each time. Why is this? It doesnt make sense. Who wants to pay for the exact same hint each time? How can you ever get the next hint or a new hint – at least a different hint! A waste of time.
There are only 45 levels in this game. 9 of them are tutorials and are extremely easy. So much potential but little to no content.
Game rotates immediately to portrait mode then blacks out the bottom 1/4 of the screen, so you cant see/reach whatever is on the bottom of the screen. If you enter the info screen you cant get back to the home screen because of this have to force-quit the game and restart. But without the bottom of the screen you cant finish past puzzle 4 anyway. KAMI 2 works beautifully, what is wrong with KAM !?!? Please fix.
Game wont let us progress to the next puzzle. Stuck on the very first puzzle. Even though we aced it, it wont let us select the next.
Stick with the free version KAMI 2. The $2.99 KAMI pay version gives you only 45 puzzles before you have to pay AGAIN to unlock more.
Easy to learn, difficult to master. A relaxing game to play with no time limits or pressure.
This is challenging but relaxing. Love it.
Just wish there were move levels…please.
This game is challenging but never stressful; we found ourselves "addicted" after a few games.
This app is really Funsville!! Keep up the good work guys AND gals!! Have a pleasant summer.
Please update to a 64-bit binary so the game will continue to work on iOS 11 and later.
Great game. Mind Yoga. Thank you.
State of play has made some really good games so far, Lumino city especially.
Love these puzzles! Keep them coming.
If you enjoyed Unblock us, this will blow your mind.
Beautiful graphics and a nice variety of challenging puzzles.
Perfect game to play when you have a couple of minutes.
We find lately that when we search "Puzzle game" or "logic game" all the results we find are anything but. But every so often a real thinking game comes along that present something new, and totally different from the rest. This is one of those games.
This game is crazy awesome. Good for your brain.
The puzzles are difficult but the gorgeous "papers" make this game so much fun anyway.
Luv this game. The music is relaxing, the game is interesting and thought-provoking. A unique game that we enjoy playing.
We enjoy it. Good visuals, challenging but not impossible.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.5.1
- Size: 62.70 MB
- iOS: 6.0 or later
- Languages: CS, DA, NL, EN, FR, DE, HE, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, ZH, TR
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [State of Play Games Ltd]()
Last updated: 24th August 2017 | Genre: Puzzle, Board | Developer: State of Play Games Ltd