Samurai Sudoku 4+

Name: Samurai Sudoku
Rating: 4.6 (346 reviews)
Author: Stanley Lam

5 Small Merged Into 1 Big

Stanley Lam

Designed for iPad

- 4.6 • 346 Ratings

- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Samurai Sudoku puzzle contains five overlapping sudoku grids. The basic sudoku rules apply to each 9 x 9 grid.

Basic Rule: Fill numbers in the board such that every row, column and region contains one occurrence of each number.

**** Samurai Sudoku features ****

# Content
- 5 difficulty levels
- Various types of Sudokus, including Gattai (3 overlapping sudoku grids), Butterfly (4 overlapping sudoku grids), etc.

# Features
- "Hint" auto fills the board with memo that has no direct conflicts with other numbers
- Highlight same numbers as you select a number on board
- Autosave the process of unfinished levels
- Record best completion time for each level

# Challenge
- Game Center Achievements
- Try to complete as many levels as possible

If you have encountered any problem, please send an email to brightskygames@me.com

Jan 27, 2025

Version 2.17.1

- Bug fixes and performance improvements

4.6 out of 5

346 Ratings

Great app

I love this app and have been using it for years on my iPad! Love the variety and the various levels. The ONLY issue that I have, is with playing it on my iPhone. I attempted to send an email, but it just wouldn’t go through.
On the iPhone, I find I am having to tap certain numbers multiple times before it will appear in the box, if even then. I did try to see if it needed to be updated. Nope, wasn’t that. Then tried turning the phone completely off, then turning it back on and that didn’t do it either. Is there possibly a glitch in programming? I really don’t want to delete it from the phone, but needless to say, this IS a frustrating problem!

Really hard but great games

So far I’ve played two types I’ve never played before and there is a learning curve to them and they are very challenging. Being a seasoned player I’ve chosen moderate to start. One thing that could definitely be improved are the rules. They are vague and until you play the game it takes a while to understand it. But at least they show you your errors. 😁

Nice variation on Sudoku

Once I found the auto fill for notes and the double tap to convert a single remaining note to an entry, it got a lot easier to focus on the strategy. The anti-diagonal version is a really nice twist.

Update 2 years later...

The sheer variety of board types that have been added since I first discovered this app is lovely. It gives the brain a different mental challenge to figure out the nuances of a new game shape or rules in addition to the usual Sudoku puzzle.

This is the only Sudoku app that tempts me back from my preferred Killer Sudoku.

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