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Games like Cipher Monk

If Cipher Monk is your kind of game, the closest matches are Color Pathways, Paint Puzzle Quest and Vectors — picked from the ranked list below. 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.

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About Cipher Monk: Cipher Monk is a game about a numeric system made by the cistercian monks in the 13th century. Your goal is to use this numeric system to give the answer needed and solve the puzzles.

2024Casual0.99 USDWindowsby Heavy Sheep
Cipher Monk — Steam game cover

Players who liked Cipher Monk also play

Steam players who put hours into Cipher Monk also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Color Pathways

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Cipher Monk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    Dive into a vibrant world of logic and color in Color Pathways — a relaxing yet challenging puzzle game that tests your mind with 60 handcrafted levels of colorful connection.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Paint Puzzle Quest

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Cipher Monk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    Embark on a vibrant and colorful journey with Paint Puzzle Quest, a strategic puzzle-solving game that will test your creativity and problem-solving skills. Explore 100 exciting levels, each presenting a new challenge to keep you engaged and entertained.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Vectors

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Cipher Monk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    Avoid obstacles and reach the end of each level by controlling the direction of Vectors. Can you manage your actions without going off the tangent?

    2021StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Puzzle Light: Connect

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Cipher Monk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    Connect the pieces to form the circuit and turn on the lights in this puzzle game.

    2021Casual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Mega Sudoku - Binary & Suguru

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Cipher Monk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    Experience three totally different number puzzles in one package with 400 puzzles for you to solve. Start with the easy puzzles and increase the difficulty as you become a Mega Sudoku master! All levels have hint button which will give a number on a random place and a reset button.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Math+Sticks - Coffee Break Club

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Cipher Monk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    A puzzle for math lovers with matchsticks that won't burn you, but will light up your mind Challenge your mind moving, adding and removing matchsticks until you find the correct solution. How many tries do you need to solve each level?

    2021StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Matchsticks - Coffee Break Club

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Cipher Monk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    We’ve been taught not to play with fire, but the matches of this game aren’t going to burn you! Challenge your mind moving, adding and removing matchsticks until you find the correct solution. How many tries do you need to solve each level?

    2021StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Color Patterns

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Cipher Monk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    Color Patterns is a minimalist puzzle game inspired by the classic board game domino. Find the correct color patterns on the board.

    2022IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cipher Monk at current Steam store prices.

  1. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Cipher Monk on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Cipher Monk on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Cipher Monk on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Cipher Monk on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Cipher Monk on Steam right now.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Barro 22

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Cipher Monk on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    Jump!

    2021IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Love wish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Cipher Monk on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    Love Wish is an easy, fun and challenging jigsaw puzzle.♪(^∇^*) Put the pieces together to restore the full picture of the girls. Collect their photos and animations and remember this wonderful moment❤

    2020ActionIndieCasual0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. aMAZE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Cipher Monk on Steam right now.

    aMaze is a straight-forward and surprisingly-difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure0.55 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

More from Heavy Sheep

Other recommendable Steam games by Heavy Sheep, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Heavy Sheep, the studio behind Cipher Monk. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    A spy-chicken tries to save the world from doom in this runner/shooter game that has a little bit of everything with a touch of chicken and anime girls on top. Run for your life in 6 different worlds and shoot your way through tons of enemies until you become a legend.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Spooky Station

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Heavy Sheep, the studio behind Cipher Monk.

    Welcome to Spooky Station! Prepare to be amazed and bewildered by our enigmas and puzzles, afraid of our deadly enemies and extremely challenging bosses. Tons of exciting stories and distinct fictional worlds await for you in this mysterious pack!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Railgunners

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Heavy Sheep, the studio behind Cipher Monk.

    Railgunners is a shooter built to highly customizable difficulty levels. Fight your way through hundreds of enemy ships, and help humanity fight back against the alien invasion!

    2023ActionIndieEarly Access2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. BlackJack Math

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Heavy Sheep, the studio behind Cipher Monk. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    BlackJack Math is a game about mixing the cards to match the correct formula in order to get 21 as a result. Swap the cards in order to find the correct order to solve the puzzles.

    2020Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. BlackJack Math Cross Numbers

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Heavy Sheep, the studio behind Cipher Monk. Shares Casual with Cipher Monk.

    Tease your brain in this ambient logic game where you have to make the math match 21 as a result horizontal and vertically (because we're talking about blackjack, right?) Swap the cards, make the math, repeat. That's all you'll need in order to complete this game!

    2021IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Cipher Monk

How much does Cipher Monk cost?
Cipher Monk is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Cipher Monk?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cipher Monk are Color Pathways, Paint Puzzle Quest, Vectors.
Who developed Cipher Monk?
Cipher Monk was developed by Heavy Sheep.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Cipher Monk.

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