Pixel Guessr

Pixel Guessr is the picture round among the demon slayer games online here. A character's portrait is hidden behind a heavy blur and zoomed in, so only a smear of hair, eyes and clothing fills the frame. You have six attempts to guess the Demon Slayer character, and every wrong answer sharpens the image a little more.

It rewards fans who know the character designs rather than the trivia: Tanjiro's checkered haori, Rengoku's flame-coloured hair, Shinobu's butterfly pin or the pale markings of an Upper Moon. There are two daily puzzles, Easy and Hard, and each has its own answer, streak and leaderboard. Easy features the leads, the Hashira and the Twelve Kizuki, while Hard pulls from the minor demons, families and villagers most viewers only saw for an episode or two.

Pick Easy or Hard. The portrait starts under a 40-pixel blur and is zoomed in, so you only see part of the portrait. Type at least two letters of a name, choose a character from the list and submit your guess.

Every wrong guess lowers the blur, from 40 to 32, 24, 16 and then 8 pixels, so by your sixth attempt the picture is soft but readable. A correct guess drops the blur completely and shows the full portrait. Your guesses stack up under the image in red or green, and the row of dots shows how many attempts you have left. A timer runs in the background while you play.

If all six guesses miss, or you give up, the answer is revealed. Each mode is a once-a-day puzzle that resets at midnight UTC. Solve it while signed in and your attempts and time go on the daily leaderboard for that difficulty, and your streak grows by one.

Read colour before shape. Colours survive even the heaviest blur. Green and black check points to Tanjiro, bright yellow hair to Zenitsu, pink and green to Mitsuri, and a flash of flame orange to Kyojuro Rengoku. A mostly pale, cold palette suggests Doma, while blue line markings across bare skin can mean Akaza. Two-tone haori are distinctive too: Giyu's half-and-half pattern is unmistakable once the blur drops to 24.

The search box covers the whole roster, not just today's mode, so it will not hint at the answer. Instead, use the mode itself as a filter. On Easy you can safely assume a main character, a Hashira, a mentor or a named Kizuki. On Hard, think of the side cast: the Spider Family of Mount Natagumo, the Ubuyashiki children, the Kakushi or the swordsmiths.

Do not waste the first guess at random. The blur drops after every miss anyway, but the leaderboard ranks fewer attempts higher, so spend your opening guess on the best colour match and let the sharper second image confirm or correct you.