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Cypher

2018

Should you play it?

Cypher is a first person puzzle game about cryptography.

What works

  • Challenging and educational puzzles
  • Immersive museum atmosphere
  • Calming classical music
  • Good value for price
  • Unique cryptography focus

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep difficulty curve may frustrate casual players
  • Minimal in-game hint system
  • Lack of gameplay variety beyond puzzle solving
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Some puzzles require external research or tools

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • English Country Tune

  • Click To Continue

  • Human Resource Machine

  • Escape From Mystwood Mansion

  • Orakyubu

  • Disoriented

More fantastical

Games that feels like Cypher but with more imaginative fiction

  • Antichamber

  • Superliminal

  • Backrooms: Lost Tape

  • Cognition Method: Initiation

  • The Backroom - Lost and Found

  • Spirits of Xanadu

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Cypher but with less narrative immersion

  • Colortone

  • LASER LAB

  • PUSH

  • RUSH

  • klocki

  • Locked In Mind

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Cypher: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Sensation.

Last update: 03/08/2026