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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · 31/01/2026

CIPHER ZERO has been nominated for Best Puzzle Design in the 3rd Annual Thinky Awards hosted by @thinkygames.com! Stop by to support us and check out the other great games in every category. February 4th, 1pm EST at youtu.be/6Cwr9UBQUUQ

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david.reviews @david.reviews · 31/12/2025

(5/31) Cipher Zero (@cipherzerogame.com) was one of the games I reviewed in in an article earlier this year. Great puzzle design and some nice (if minimal) animations. store.steampowered.com/app/1332180/...

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · 18/12/2025

CIPHER ZERO is under $10 for the Steam Winter Sale! Happy Holidays from everyone on the team. :)

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 01/12/2025

It'd be cool if ya'll considered CIPHER ZERO (@cipherzerogame.com ) for the following categories! • Game of the Year • Best Approachable Game • Best Challenging Game • Best Puzzle Design • Most Innovative Game • Best Art Direction I'm still so incredibly proud of this game. 💜

A screenshot of CIPHER ZERO's opening area, Lake, done in a minimalist design and colors.

A grey and lonely lake, vague shapes of mountains in the distance, multiple phases of the moon is seen in the grey sky.. Rocks of hard edges jut out of the water's surface, as sunbeams cast themselves over one of the rocks. A green train races across the surface and continues on off screen. A telescope sits in the foreground, aimed out towards the open lake.

A solved puzzle from CIPHER ZERO. A 3x3 square grid, missing the center square. A dot sits in the center of it. The left column has a single horizontal dash above it, the right column has two. The center row has a single vertical dash to the left of tie, and the bottom row has two. The bottom left square is lit up green while the bottom right and center right are as well.

The background is an upside-down landscape of a farm area, done in shades of green and black to match to green of the puzzle.

An incorrectly solved puzzle from CIPHER ZERO. It's a 5x5 squared, grid-like puzzle, done in shades of black, white, grey, and orange. Some of the symbols on the puzzle are lit up with that orange, while parts of the grid is a lighter gray over other darker parts.

A screenshot from CIPHER ZERO's City level, done in a minimalist design.

A large apartment building sits center of the view, a large blue and faint orange sign with illegible text. Below that is an empty restaurant and bar. A covered train track runs behind it, as more skyscrapers are seen in the background with various billboards.

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Josh Galecki @jgalecki.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Last month, @bsushi.bsky.social and I talked about @zapdot.com's Cipher Zero - a puzzle game that explains without using words. It's a great study in elegance and minimalism in game design. Check out the game, and hear our thoughts on it at www.pixelatedplaygrounds.com/bookclub/cip...

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CIPHER ZERO — Pixelated Playgrounds

In this episode of Pixelated Playgrounds, Bryan and Josh dive into Cipher Zero, the minimalist logic puzzler developed by Boston-based indie studio Zapdot and released in July 2025. Beginning life as ...

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Pizza Yeti @pizzayeti.blacksky.app · 22/09/2025

My newsletter came out today! Talking about video games (@cipherzerogame.com, Frogsong by @frogteam.games, and others), making things, and a new lil challenge that I set for myself. Would love if yall checked it out! pizzayeti-makes.kit.com/posts/fall-g...

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Fall Got Here Way Too Soon - August & September 2025

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Unity3D @unity.com · 10/09/2025

CIPHER ZERO by @zapdot.com challenges you with 300+ logic puzzles, evolving worlds, and a reactive soundtrack. CODE GIVEAWAY 🎮🗝️ What game pushed your brain the hardest? We’ll drop codes to some of our favorite replies. Available now! on.unity.com/3K36zS5 #MadeWithUnity #indiegame #gamedev

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · 09/09/2025

From smoke tests to playtests, accessibility to empathy, QA for CIPHER ZERO was more than just bug-hunting. Join Emma and Rose as they lift the curtain on hundreds of hours of the care behind CIPHER ZERO. #GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #DevLog notes.cipherzerogame.com/posts/06-whe...

A close up of an office building from CIPHER ZERO's City biome. Three floors are shown, each with their own empty meeting rooms as a couple of trees poke up from the bottom of vision.

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · 08/09/2025

We're honored to be part of the Games Against Living Miserably event on Steam! From Sept 8-15, join us in recognizing the positive impact of gaming on mental health to mark World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept 10). zpdt.co/GALM2025 #GALM2025 #SolveForX #IndieDev

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · 08/09/2025

Community items are now live! Collect all 7 trading cards and get yourself unique profile backgrounds, emoticons, and more! Cards are retroactive! Launch the game and get the ones you've earned! Save 15% from Sept 8-15! zpdt.co/playcz #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #CipherZero

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Indie Games Developer Magazine @igdmag.com · 05/09/2025

Our list is up.. If you launched an #IndieGame in 2025 and would like to be added, let us know! We'll be promoting our lists again, very soon. #indiegamedev go.bsky.app/5xSoQoM

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · 22/07/2025

A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙? ❓ Infer the rules of each glyph without hints 🧠 Over 300 handcrafted across evolving lands 🎶 Chill, reactive soundtrack as you play CIPHER ZERO. Out Now. zpdt.co/playcz #PlayCipherZero #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX

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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 02/09/2025

Nonograms with a twist in Cipher Zero!

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Blaž Urban Gracar (Letibus Design) @letibus.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Our word puzzler LOK Digital is now part of a 20% discount “Rule Discovery Games” bundle on Steam together with Strange Jigsaws by @flebpuzzles.bsky.social , Linelith by @cwpat.me and @cipherzerogame.com ! store.steampowered.com/bundle/58431...

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · 29/08/2025

We're in the Rules Discovery Games Bundle! Get 20% off on: 🧩 Strange Jigsaws (@flebpuzzles.bsky.social) 🔳 LOK Digital (@letibus.bsky.social) 🔲 CIPHER ZERO (@cipherzerogame.com) 🪨 Linelith (@cwpat.me) zpdt.co/RDGBundle202 #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · 25/08/2025

CIPHER ZERO is thrilled to be part of the Back to School Game Celebration from August 5th - September 1st, on Steam! Come prep for the school bells with games that teach and help you get through that work! zpdt.co/czbts2025 #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #BackToSchool

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PearDoll ~💚~ Indie Orchard @peardoll.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Is my brain big enough for this minimalist logic game? 🧠 Thanks to @pressengine.net & @zapdot.com for giving me access to @cipherzerogame.com! twitch.tv/peardoll youtube.com/@PearDoll 🍐🎨: #yummeiko

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · 25/08/2025

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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 19/08/2025

Rule discovery requires a bit of trial and error!

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · 30/07/2025

A huge thanks to everyone who’s taken the time to leave a review for CIPHER ZERO! We're sitting at Very Positive on Steam thanks to you! If you’ve played but haven’t left a review yet, we’d love to know what you thought! zpdt.co/playcz #CipherZero #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX

A yellow fire hydrant in the middle of a grey, rocky, barren area, with tiny star flower plants nearby it. A dark starry sky is seen in the back, the sides are littered with glowing thumbs up, and across the top center says "THANK YOU!"

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John • Gaming In The Wild @gaminginthewild.com · 15/08/2025

New podcast out now! redcircle.com/33888f45-ee1... The main review is #WheelWorld — a game of two halves, in a pretty unusual way — and there's some chat about Haste, Bananza, Cipher Zero, Death Stranding 2, and a bunch of new games that have joined my to-play list.

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Aelthan Ferragun @aelthan.fr · 14/08/2025

On tente de décrypter CIPHER ZERO avant les smoothies smooth de Fruitbus. >>> www.twitch.tv/aelthan

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Klaus von Hohenloe @dungeonnewbs.guide · 12/08/2025

I LOVE this game so much! You are presented with puzzles that have glyphs, and you have to figure out how the glyphs work and then use that knowledge to figure out more and more complicated puzzles. What you are doing is so simple, in theory, yet complex in such satisfying ways. PLAY IT!

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Indieformer @indieformer.com · 09/08/2025

Toggle hexes, chase glyph logic, and let a reactive chill soundtrack bloom as 300+ minimalist puzzles teach rules by revelation; every solved board subtly reshapes the world around you. @cipherzerogame.com → store.steampowered.com/app/1332180/...

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · 07/08/2025

CIPHER ZERO and other great games are in the Debut Festival run by gamedev.ist/ Check them out here: store.steampowered.com/developer/gm... #GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX

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Rachel Watts @rachelwatts.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Cipher Zero is great because for me anyway I either solve a puzzle in like 10 seconds or spend 20 mins agonising over it theres no in between

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · 05/08/2025

Join Annie (@nyanfood.bsky.social) and Saul (@saulamander.bsky.social) in how they brought the moon — a constant, ever-shifting presence during your journey — to life in the sky above CIPHER ZERO's worlds. notes.cipherzerogame.com/posts/05-fra... #GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #DevLog

A cropped screenshot from CIPHER ZERO's Suburb's level, done in minimalist designs, soft colors, and paper-like textures.

An elevated, covered train track runs across the bottom, a couple of squared off tree tops in front, various shades of green. The sky is a smattering of green, blue, pink, orange, and golds. A waxing moon is in the center of the sky, a geometric glitch haze around it.

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PressEngine @pressengine.net · 05/08/2025

CIPHER ZERO is a minimalist logic game. Experiment with curious glyphs to infer their rules. Delve into over 300 hand-crafted puzzles to solve at your own pace. 🔑 Key requests on #PressEngine 🔗 pressengine.games/cipher-zero #gamedev #indiegames #games @cipherzerogame.com @zapdot.com

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Ctrlr @ctrlruk.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

A plentiful number of interesting rules, wrapped around an elegantly minimalist aesthetic, makes Cipher Zero an easy recommendation for logic-tinkering, puzzle fans. Review: www.ctrlr.net/p/822bdb5d-e... @cipherzerogame.com @zapdot.com

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Review: Cipher Zero

A plentiful number of interesting rules, wrapped around an elegantly minimalist aesthetic, makes Cipher Zero an easy recommendation for logic-tinkering, puzzle fans. Its communication isn't flawless, ...

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John • Gaming In The Wild @gaminginthewild.com · 02/08/2025

If you like Scrabble, and you like Balatro... have I got the game for you. Made by @gamemakerstoolkit.com in under a year, Word Play has dominated my evening game time this week. In the roundup: Cipher Zero, Wheel World, Ritual of Raven, and more.

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Games With Morgan @gameswithmorgan.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

In CIPHER ZERO you have to discover the rules and apply them to puzzle panels as they grow in complexity. This game really reminded me of how you learn and solve the puzzle panels in The Witness. youtu.be/C0qPXJCHBv8 #puzzlegame #logicgame #let'splay @cipherzerogame.com

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CIPHER ZERO is like The Witness puzzle panels

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/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

On this week's Crewcast, a slew of small indies get a shoutout, Danny races downhill in MAVRIX by Matt Jones, Frank recounts time with Anamanaguchi, and the crew discuss the case of censorship and payment processors on Steam and itch.io. youtu.be/x9SJTqFdFj4

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Cipher Zero (@cipherzerogame.com) is a stunningly clever puzzle game, where you have to figure out the ever-growing number of rules entirely for yourself. It's also utterly beautiful. buried-treasure.org/2025/08/ciph... Support me finding these incredible games: www.patreon.com/c/buriedtrea...

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · 31/07/2025

Against a wealth of advice to chase fads and virality, we set out to create a highly-polished experience that invisibly led a player through a challenging, solitary experience. notes.cipherzerogame.com/posts/04-we-... #GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #DevLog

A wide screenshot from CIPHER ZERO. A telescope sits in a barren area, a greyed out bicycle nearby it, as well as squared off ruins. The sky is littered with stars as a star trail runs along the left hand side. In the center of the sky is the Earth, the telescope pointed at it.

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JulesGingerHell @julesgingerhell.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Tenemos cositas re lindas para lo que queda de la semana!🥰 📆Jueves: arrancamos Mashina, estrategia y pozoles! 📆Viernes: mucho pozole y un juego de mesa con Hogtie, Cipher Zero y Wingspan! 💟Nos vemos por Twitch y YouTube! -- #streams #twitch #gaming #gamingcommunity #entretenimiento #twitchstreamer

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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 31/07/2025

Going live now! Come check out some interesting new thinky games.

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