Cypher
First-person museum puzzle game about cracking historical ciphers
Matthew Brown · Released Feb 20, 2018
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 90% of 953
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 1
- peak 24h 3
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
What is Cypher?
A first-person puzzle game set in a museum about the history of cryptography. You explore exhibits and solve more than 40 deciphering puzzles, covering methods from substitution ciphers to the Enigma machine.
For you if...
- +you enjoy cracking ciphers with pen and paper
- +you like quiet, minimalist spaces for difficult puzzles
Not for you if...
- −you prefer fast-paced play to slow deciphering
- −you want brief puzzles rather than extended trial and error
What players say
90% of 953 reviews are positive
Players praise the satisfaction of figuring out how ciphers work. Many complain that explanations and hints are too sparse, leaving them to research methods elsewhere, and that difficulty rises unevenly.
Screenshots and trailer
Cypher system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows Vista (64-bit) or later
- Processor
- 2.8 GHz+
- Graphics
- Shader Model 3.0
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 250 MB available space
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 7
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck