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Games similar to Cypher (2023)

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Our thinky games database has lots of hand-curated, detailed information about every game, so we're able to make great recommendations for other games you might enjoy. This includes other language deciphering games and other games with narrative.

Take a look at some of the most similar games below.

  • Heaven's Vault
    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    Decipher an ancient language to discover the fate of a lost civilization.
  • Fez
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    Explore the third dimension in this retro-style 2D puzzle platformer.
  • Sethian
    Windows
    MacOS
    Write questions in an alien language to get answers from an abandoned computer.
  • Pikku Adventure
    Windows
    MacOS
    Learn the words and script of an alien language to deliver an important message.
  • Outer Wilds
    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    Explore a solar system and unravel its mysteries.
  • Chants of Sennaar
    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    iPad
    iPhone
    Ascend a tower, deciphering the languages of its inhabitants.
  • Maelstrom Legacy: The Tesla Mystery
    Windows
    MacOS
    Join a young inventor looking into the disappearance of a scientist in Paris, one puzzle at a time.
  • The Gostak
    Web
    Learn to function in a textual world you have no basis for imagining.
  • There's Nothing Underground
    Windows
    Find creative uses for random tools to descend into the heart of an asteroid.
  • Golden Idol Investigations: The Lemurian Phoenix
    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    Unravel five additional tales of power and deceit that shaped the troubled history of Lemuria.
  • Homicipher
    Windows
    MacOS
    Escape a terrifying basement using the language of its frightening (but possibly kind) residents.
  • Of the Devil
    Windows
    Call the witnesses' bluff to defend clients throughout an episodic cyberpunk mystery adventure.
  • The Archives of Trevosa
    Web
    Translate the cultural terms within reports, decrees and letters to untangle a complex royal family tree.
  • The Land Forgotten
    Windows
    Translate a manuscript from a lost civilization to investigate an entrancing watercolor world.
  • Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
    Help the puzzle-solving team expose the villainous Masked Gentleman.
  • Samuel Prince Attorney at Law
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Solve criminal cases as a rookie lawyer defending his clients.
  • Hotel Dusk: Room 215
    Searching for a missing friend, an ex-cop eventually finds his way to a lonesome hotel in rural Nevada.
  • Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy
    Tackle an eclectic collection of puzzles as you go after the artifacts of a mythical civilization.
  • Professor Layton and the Last Specter
    Meet young Luke and investigate a paranormal mystery through a new collection of brain teasers.
  • No Anglerfish
    Windows
    Explore and unlock islands by playing mysterious arcade machines in this puzzle adventure.
  • Forbidden Solitaire
    Windows
    Escape the bloody horrors of a haunted CD by playing cursed games of solitaire.
  • Blue Prince
    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Search for Room 46 in a mysterious manor where the rooms are different each time you enter.
  • The Séance of Blake Manor
    Windows
    Linux
    Investigate the disappearance of an aspirant occultist in a sinister hotel.
  • Her Story
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    Android
    Search through live action interrogation footage to unravel a detective mystery.
  • Spider and Web
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Web
    Retrace the actions of a captured spy to a menacing interrogator.
  • Staffer Case
    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    Arrange clues to solve a series of murders involving supernatural abilities.
  • Parallel Experiment
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Hunt down the Cryptic Killer through a series of co-op challenges in noir scenes.
  • Obduction
    Windows
    MacOS
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    Explore a broken alien landscape in this first-person adventure from the creators of Myst.
  • Black Jacket
    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Play twisted games of strategic blackjack against restless souls.
  • Utter a Name
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Open windows into the past to figure out the stories of several blighted souls.

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