# Strimko

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'''''Strimko''''' is a logic number puzzle invented in 2008 by the Grabarchuk family. Like [Sudoku](/source/Sudoku) and [KenKen](/source/KenKen), Strimko asks the puzzle-solver to complete a [Latin square](/source/Latin_square) under certain constraints.

A Strimko puzzle consists of an N×N grid of cells, partitioned into N regions of N cells each; these regions are called "streams." The solver's goal is to fill each cell with a number from 1 to N, such that no row contains the same number twice; no column contains the same number twice; and no stream contains the same number twice.

==Relation to other puzzles==
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Every [Sudoku](/source/Sudoku) puzzle is a valid Strimko puzzle; a Sudoku is simply a Strimko in which the "streams" correspond to the nine subgrids. Puzzles equivalent to Strimko are often published under the name "Jigsaw Sudoku"; this name appears in print as early as 2008.<ref name="Moayeri2008">{{cite book |title=Diagonal Jigsaw Sudoku |author=M. S. Moayeri |publisher=Puzzlewright Press |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-4027-5038-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/diagonaljigsawsu0000msmo}}</ref>

==Book and mobile games==
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| developer = [Puzzlium Inc.](/source/Puzzlium_Inc.), [Quokka Studios Pty Ltd](/source/Quokka_Studios_Pty_Ltd), [Braintonik](/source/Braintonik), [Grabarchuk Puzzles](/source/Grabarchuk_Puzzles)
| publisher = [Puzzlium Inc.](/source/Puzzlium_Inc.), [Quokka Studios Pty Ltd](/source/Quokka_Studios_Pty_Ltd), [Braintonik](/source/Braintonik), [Grabarchuk Puzzles](/source/Grabarchuk_Puzzles)
| platforms = [Paperback](/source/Paperback), [iOS](/source/iOS), [Kindle](/source/Amazon_Kindle), [Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows), [Mac OS X](/source/Mac_OS_X), [Web](/source/World_Wide_Web)
| released = '''Paperback/Kindle Book'''<br /> October 2017<br />'''Kindle Game'''<br /> November 2011<br />'''PC/Mac Game'''<br /> February 2010<br />'''iOS App'''<br /> September 2009<br />'''Web Game'''<br /> January 2008
| genre = [Puzzle](/source/Puzzle_video_game)
| modes = [Single player](/source/Single_player)
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Strimko challenges were handcrafted by Helen, Tanya, and Peter Grabarchuk, and hundreds of original Strimko puzzles were published in various forms and platforms: Web, iOS, PC/Mac, Kindle, paperback.

The game received positive reviews from ''[GameZebo](/source/GameZebo)'' (3.5/5),<ref>{{cite web |last=Stone |first=David |url=https://www.gamezebo.com/reviews/strimko-review/ |title=Strimko Review |website=GameZebo |date=22 February 2010 |access-date=27 June 2022 |archive-date=27 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627064022/https://www.gamezebo.com/reviews/strimko-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [Jay Is Games](/source/Jay_Is_Games) (4/5)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jayisgames.com/archives/2010/02/strimko.php |title=Strimko |website=Jay Is Games |date=28 February 2010 |access-date=29 September 2010 |archive-date=13 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413141113/http://jayisgames.com/archives/2010/02/strimko.php |url-status=live }}</ref> and [Softpedia](/source/Softpedia) (4.8/5).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://games.softpedia.com/get/Shareware-Games/Strimko.shtml |title=Strimko 1.01 |website=Softpedia |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519170236/http://games.softpedia.com/get/Shareware-Games/Strimko.shtml |archivedate=19 May 2011}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.strimko.com}}
*[http://www.grabarchukpuzzles.com/ The Grabarchuk Family]
*[http://puzzlium.com/ Puzzlium Inc.]

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