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Shares puzzle variants and hint system with Cracking the Cryptic.
- $4.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2020
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Also Board Game and Logic, like Cracking the Cryptic.
- $4.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2020
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Shares hint system with Cracking the Cryptic.
- $4.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Verified
- 2021
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Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual
- 67% of 98 reviews
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- Released: 2022
- Developer: Studio Goya
- Price: Free to play
- Steam Deck: Deck Verified
- 90% of 189 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Casual
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Built in hints guide without spoiling
- Community made puzzles add variety
- Handcrafted puzzles feel like art
- Challenging
- Contemplative
- Immersive
About Cracking the Cryptic
The closest matches to Cracking the Cryptic: Killer Sudoku, Miracle Sudoku, Arrow Sudoku, Chess Sudoku, and Classic Sudoku. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Cracking the Cryptic is your kind of game, the closest matches are Killer Sudoku, Miracle Sudoku and Arrow Sudoku — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, contemplative and immersive, and single out its color coding and community generated content. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Cracking the Cryptic: Curated Sudoku puzzles from YouTube's most popular Sudoku channel, Cracking the Cryptic!
Is Cracking the Cryptic worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 90% of 189 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 30 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 12 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Verified.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Built in hints guide without spoiling
- Community made puzzles add variety
- Handcrafted puzzles feel like art
- Satisfying to solve properly after brute forcing
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“I love this game and spend hours playing so I do recommend it. However I must put this as a negative review as there is no accessibility options. Being colour blind I end up having to cheat at the start to understand which lines are which…”
“Overhaul of the UI sounded great until I realized that they have changed the keybindings without giving the option of changing them.”
People who play it also play: Killer Sudoku, Miracle Sudoku, Arrow Sudoku
Frequently asked about Cracking the Cryptic
Can I run it?
Is Cracking the Cryptic verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Cracking the Cryptic is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
Is Cracking the Cryptic free to play?
Yes — Cracking the Cryptic is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to Cracking the Cryptic?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cracking the Cryptic are Killer Sudoku, Miracle Sudoku, Arrow Sudoku.
Who developed Cracking the Cryptic?
Cracking the Cryptic was developed by Studio Goya.