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CIPHER ZERO

89% positive of 167 Steam reviews

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Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam

Made by Zapdot.

About the game

A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?

Tagged by players

Short
Abstract
Hex Grid
Modern
Logic
Experimental
Surreal
Minimalist
Difficult
Nature
Futuristic
Relaxing

What players say

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CIPHER ZERO

89% positive of 167 Steam reviews

View on Steam

Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam

Made by Zapdot.

About the game

A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?

Tagged by players

Short
Abstract
Hex Grid
Modern
Logic
Experimental
Surreal
Minimalist
Difficult
Nature
Futuristic
Relaxing

What players say

Recommended
Everything up to the last area is a pretty smooth puzzle game that for a minute is just a poor-man's Hexcells. The last area was grueling.
16 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Slick, stylish puzzle game with beautiful art. The puzzles are fun and do a good job of letting you discover the rules as you go without being too easy or too hard. (Well, one particular gliph just did not click in my brain, but I don't think that's due to any fault of the developer.) Also, very nice music, and very nice use of the rumble if you play on controller.
15 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
While this game is aesthetically pleasing it feels very mechanical, fiddly, and unintuitive in a way other rule discovery games like the witness or taiji do not. after the initial sets of puzzles to learn a mechanic, which fall in line with the more intuitive approach of these other games, it quickly becomes something more about slowly working your way through a complicated process of elimination to get to solves;…
24 min played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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