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$9.99Prose & Codes
Hero Game Co LLC · 2022
A relaxing single-player word game where you decode book-inspired cryptograms, with a gentle difficulty curve and a literary, low-key atmosphere.
PuzzleIndieProse & Codes
Hero Game Co LLC · 2022-02-11
A relaxing single-player word game where you decode book-inspired cryptograms, with a gentle difficulty curve and a literary, low-key atmosphere.
$9.99
- Puzzle
- Indie
- Text
$4.99Cypher
Matthew Brown · 2018
Minimalist first-person cryptography puzzles with a challenging, cryptic tone and a roughly 8-hour solo playthrough.
First personPuzzleCypher
Matthew Brown · 2018-02-20
Minimalist first-person cryptography puzzles with a challenging, cryptic tone and a roughly 8-hour solo playthrough.
$4.99
- First person
- Puzzle
- Indie
FreeCipheur
Error 300 · 2025
A free, casual cryptogram puzzler that has you decipher 100 famous quotes with logic and language skills in short, satisfying play sessions.
PuzzleIndieCipheur
Error 300 · 2025-03-12
A free, casual cryptogram puzzler that has you decipher 100 famous quotes with logic and language skills in short, satisfying play sessions.
Free
- Puzzle
- Indie
- Text
$14.99CIPHER ZERO
Zapdot · 2025
A minimalist single-player logic puzzle game with calm, surreal visuals and an escalating difficulty curve, running about seven hours for reviewers.
PuzzleIndieCIPHER ZERO
Zapdot · 2025-07-22
A minimalist single-player logic puzzle game with calm, surreal visuals and an escalating difficulty curve, running about seven hours for reviewers.
$14.99
- Puzzle
- Indie
- Side view
$5.99Keine's Expanding Class!
HornyMelon · 2026
A casual Hangman-style Touhou word-guessing game with customizable word lists, offering quick, brain-teasing sessions.
PuzzleIndieKeine's Expanding Class!
HornyMelon · 2026-04-28
A casual Hangman-style Touhou word-guessing game with customizable word lists, offering quick, brain-teasing sessions.
$5.99
- Puzzle
- Indie
- Educational
$6.99Mewseum: Masterpieces
Climbing Goat Games · 2025
A relaxing single-player shikaku puzzle game in a feline art museum, where hundreds of grid puzzles reveal famous paintings over a leisurely 10-13 hours.
PuzzleStrategyMewseum: Masterpieces
Climbing Goat Games · 2025-03-06
A relaxing single-player shikaku puzzle game in a feline art museum, where hundreds of grid puzzles reveal famous paintings over a leisurely 10-13 hours.
$6.99
- Puzzle
- Strategy
- Indie
FreeUnlock the Feelings
Mens Sana Interactive · 2022
A free, casual codebreaking strategy game inspired by Wordle and Mastermind, featuring a feelings diary and light logical puzzles that reviewers played for about three hours.
PuzzleStrategyUnlock the Feelings
Mens Sana Interactive · 2022-05-05
A free, casual codebreaking strategy game inspired by Wordle and Mastermind, featuring a feelings diary and light logical puzzles that reviewers played for about three hours.
Free
- Puzzle
- Strategy
- Educational
$5.99DECRYPTO Project
slothJam · 2025
A compact single-player dystopian word-puzzle game about deciphering encrypted texts to earn upgrades and shape a story-rich narrative, praised for engaging puzzles that teach cryptography.
First personPuzzleDECRYPTO Project
slothJam · 2025-11-19
A compact single-player dystopian word-puzzle game about deciphering encrypted texts to earn upgrades and shape a story-rich narrative, praised for engaging puzzles that teach cryptography.
$5.99
- First person
- Puzzle
- Indie
$4.99Paint by Words
Oleg Sereda · 2025
A relaxed single-player puzzle blend of hangman and crossword that turns grayscale pixel art into color, praised as well made and playable at your own pace.
PuzzlePaint by Words
Oleg Sereda · 2025-11-03
A relaxed single-player puzzle blend of hangman and crossword that turns grayscale pixel art into color, praised as well made and playable at your own pace.
$4.99
- Puzzle
$6.99Hammerhead
Marek Hamracek · 2026
A brief, atmospheric puzzle game about unraveling memories through cryptograms, praised for its art and mood, with a ~75-minute playtime.
PuzzleIndieHammerhead
Marek Hamracek · 2026-06-30
A brief, atmospheric puzzle game about unraveling memories through cryptograms, praised for its art and mood, with a ~75-minute playtime.
$6.99
- Puzzle
- Indie