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Cleaning Up The Puzzle Gallery (v1.4.2)

Indie 0.98 GB v1.4.2 4.3K views

Game Overview

An earthquake turns a refined art gallery into a quiet disaster zone, leaving thousands of scattered jigsaw pieces for its lone cleaner to recover. Cleaning Up The Puzzle Gallery frames traditional puzzle-solving as a gentle restoration job, with each completed image returning a famous painting to its proper place. The mood stays calm rather than chaotic, supported by classical music, polished gallery spaces, and artwork drawn from public-domain museum scans. It is an indie puzzler built for players who enjoy slowing down, concentrating, and watching visual disorder gradually become a complete masterpiece.

Each room presents artwork broken into movable pieces, and the main loop revolves around finding matches, rotating and placing them, then clearing the gallery one painting at a time. Across 87 puzzles, players use helpful features such as ghost-image references and satisfying visual feedback when pieces connect correctly. Upgradeable abilities improve how quickly pieces can be located and handled, giving faster players a route toward efficient time-chasing runs while leaving casual solvers free to work at their own pace. Challenge variants add tougher conditions, including monochrome puzzles and an especially demanding all-white 1,024-piece test that strips away many of the usual visual clues.

Its strongest idea is the combination of a small cleaning-simulator premise with an unusually broad selection of real artistic subjects, including works associated with Monet, Van Gogh, and Hokusai. Rather than treating famous paintings as mere wallpaper, the game makes their color, brushwork, and composition part of the challenge; a dense impressionist canvas plays very differently from a bold Japanese print. Custom image uploads extend the format well beyond the included gallery, allowing players to create puzzles from personal photos and tailor both size and complexity. Fans of digital jigsaw games such as Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams, or anyone looking for a low-pressure alternative to action-heavy indie releases, should find plenty to enjoy, while experienced puzzlers have enough modifiers and large-piece-count challenges to stay engaged.

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Installation

  1. Select the Download button at the top of this page to open UploadHaven.
  2. On UploadHaven, wait for any countdown, then select Free Download. Optional: UploadHaven Pro for faster downloads.
  3. When complete, extract the archive to a Cleaning Up The Puzzle Gallery folder using 7-Zip.
  4. Open the extracted folder and start the game normally.
  5. For errors, check Setup Guide & Troubleshooting below. Keep your security software enabled.

System Requirements

  • OS: Win 10 64-bit
  • Processor: Mid-Range Quadcore Processer
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GTX 1060 or above
  • Storage: 6 GB available space
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Setup Guide & Troubleshooting

How do I fix missing DLL errors for Cleaning Up The Puzzle Gallery (v1.4.2)?

After extracting Cleaning Up The Puzzle Gallery (v1.4.2), navigate to the _Redist or _CommonRedist folder inside the game directory and install DirectX, Vcredist, and any other dependencies included.

What should I do if the downloaded file is corrupted?

The full archive is 0.98 GB — make sure your download completed fully before extracting. Use 7-Zip to extract the files. If you still see a "file corrupted" error, re-download and try again.

Do I need to run the game as administrator?

Usually, no. Start the game normally from the extracted folder. If you see a permissions or save error, check that the folder is writable and follow the game's documented fix. Only grant administrator access when a trusted game's specific setup requires it.

How do I update my GPU drivers for this game?

Cleaning Up The Puzzle Gallery (v1.4.2) requires a GTX 1060 or above or equivalent. Update your NVIDIA or AMD drivers to the latest version for the best performance.

The game won't launch — what should I try?

Check that extraction completed and your PC meets the system requirements. Note any error message before choosing a fix. If it identifies a missing runtime, install the required DirectX components or Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable from Microsoft.

My antivirus is blocking the game — is it safe?

A warning needs to be investigated; the download source alone cannot confirm that a file is safe. Keep your security software enabled and review the detection details. Do not run or restore a flagged file unless you have verified that it is a false positive. If you are unsure, leave it quarantined.

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