Indie
Cypher
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 44% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 956
What the data shows
- 83% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (86%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 86% of games we track.
- Only 44% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 968 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 3.4h for positive, 2h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (43.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (7)
- Complete all steganography puzzles. 194,208,204,213,209,217,192,207,220,209 100%
- Complete all transposition puzzles. 209,201,210,193,213,201,186,206,201,217 51%
- Complete all monoalphabetic puzzles. 207,207,213,210,184,203,219,222,213,216 28%
- Complete all polyalphabetic puzzles. 205,221,201,215,222,208,216,192,208,188 19%
- Complete all mechanised cryptography puzzles. 200,216,200,198,186,189,216,190,195,209,214 15%
- Complete all digital cryptography puzzles. 207,200,211,215,217,208,186,195,212,204,209 14%
- Complete all challenge puzzles. 206,199,215,202,213,215,206,188,207,187,211 11%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.