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Games like CIPHER ZERO
Zapdot · 2025 · Windows, macOS, Linux
Steam: 88 % positive of 169 reviews, as of Oct 28
A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?
24 games that play like CIPHER ZERO and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Hexcells, LYNE and SquareCells.
Player tags
By gameplay
Plays like CIPHER ZERO
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

Hexcells
96 % positive of 5,100
Shared: Puzzle · Logic · Minimalist

LYNE
95 % positive of 7,185
Shared: Puzzle · Logic · Minimalist

SquareCells
90 % positive of 1,234
Shared: Puzzle · Logic · Minimalist

Wayout 2: Hex
86 % positive of 358
Shared: Puzzle · Minimalist · Atmospheric

hexceed
88 % positive of 2,780
Shared: Puzzle · Logic · Minimalist

Understand
90 % positive of 833
Shared: Puzzle · Logic · Minimalist

Wayout
88 % positive of 979
Shared: Puzzle · Minimalist · Relaxing

Hexcells Infinite
95 % positive of 4,143
Shared: Puzzle · Logic · Minimalist

Hexologic
95 % positive of 690
Shared: Puzzle · Logic · Minimalist

Hexcells Plus
95 % positive of 2,280
Shared: Puzzle · Logic · Minimalist

CrossCells
83 % positive of 914
Shared: Puzzle · Logic · Minimalist

Cypher
89 % positive of 904
Shared: Puzzle · Minimalist · Difficult
More matches
- Hook96 % positive of 7,925Shared: Puzzle · Logic · Minimalist
- Linelith97 % positive of 1,484Shared: Puzzle · Logic · Minimalist
- Delete95 % positive of 1,602Shared: Puzzle · Logic · Minimalist
- Turn on the light94 % positive of 171Shared: Puzzle · Logic · Minimalist
- Hade88 % positive of 307Shared: Puzzle · Minimalist · Relaxing
- Unium93 % positive of 227Shared: Puzzle · Minimalist · Difficult
- Taiji92 % positive of 1,154Shared: Puzzle · Logic · Minimalist
- Linelight95 % positive of 949Shared: Puzzle · Minimalist · Relaxing
- 20 Small Mazes98 % positive of 9,672Shared: Puzzle · Logic · Minimalist
- Zerko95 % positive of 163Shared: Puzzle · Logic · Minimalist
- Tametsi96 % positive of 1,456Shared: Puzzle · Logic · Minimalist
- Up Left Out92 % positive of 440Shared: Puzzle · Minimalist · Relaxing
By look
Looks like CIPHER ZERO
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

Thomas Was Alone
91 % positive of 4,149

Will You Snail?
97 % positive of 2,514

Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia)
95 % positive of 2,529

To The Core
91 % positive of 5,111

Just Shapes & Beats
97 % positive of 24,212

OneShot: World Machine Edition
98 % positive of 5,505

qomp
97 % positive of 440

Escape the Game
82 % positive of 1,893

ETHEREAL
90 % positive of 87

Lucah: Born of a Dream
91 % positive of 423

Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum
97 % positive of 848

The Rewinder
94 % positive of 6,855
More matches
- HoPiKo87 % positive of 56
- Break the Game71 % positive of 634
- Temp Zero94 % positive of 156
- ENTROPOLY94 % positive of 189
- I wanna be the Creator93 % positive of 2,860
- UNREAL LIFE94 % positive of 1,879
- Active Neurons - Wonders Of The World92 % positive of 209
- I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!196 % positive of 1,859
- 1000 Amps77 % positive of 135
- BAIONLENJA97 % positive of 540
- D'LIRIUM96 % positive of 986
- Electronic Super Joy88 % positive of 2,470
At a glance
What games like CIPHER ZERO have in common
- The tags they share most often with CIPHER ZERO: Puzzle (24 of 24), Minimalist (24) and Logic (17).
- They came out between 2014 and 2024, none of them after CIPHER ZERO (2025).
- Best rated by Steam players: 20 Small Mazes (98 % positive of 9,672).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

