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CIPHER ZERO
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A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?

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Fall is here!

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September 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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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.

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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.
September 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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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).

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September 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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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!

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September 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Take that extra minute or five for yourself.

#BeLateForSomethingDay #CipherZero #IndieDev #SolveForX
September 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Today's a great day for a picnic.

#EatOutsideDay #CipherZero #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev
August 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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We're in the Rules Discovery Games Bundle!

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August 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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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!

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Steam announcement: Back to School Games Celebration Celebrate the school year with educational games to enhance learning and productivity for all. August 25th to September 1st. In the background, the Lo-Fi Girl's desk, covered in various objects. On the right, the CIPHER ZERO logo.
August 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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It's hot outside. Stay inside and read a bit.

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August 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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CIPHER ZERO and other great games are in the Debut Festival run by gamedev.ist/

Check them out here: store.steampowered.com/developer/gm...

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August 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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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.

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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.
August 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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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.

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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.
July 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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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!

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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!"
July 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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July 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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"Were we overly-ambitious? For sure. [...] We wanted our soundtrack to be dynamic in a unique way... and I think we succeeded."

Join Ian in how he wove the sounds of CIPHER ZERO into its dynamic score.

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A screenshot from CIPHER ZERO done in minimal style, a varied color palette, and layered in textures. Inside a train, a booth's table is littered with random objects, such as a lava lamp, a camera with film next to it, an open CD players, an old school monitor with blue text. In the background, out the window, the background of a city and its pier can be seen.
July 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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It's #ScreenshotSaturday!

Show us your favorite spots!

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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 screenshot of CIPHER ZERO's Powerplant, done in a minimalist design and colors. Fields of wheat are colored yellow and gold, diamond patterns in the wheat. Stray strands of wheat stand just in front of the mian fields. In the background, a dilapidated observatory is seen, parts of a dome missing panels while parts are replaced with thin scaffolding. A dark billboard is just in front of it. The CIPHER ZERO logo sits in the bottom right corner. A screenshot of a school set in a suburb area. The school is decorated in a skyscrapper motif with a rainbow running down one side. The windows run a large length of this portion, showing an empty cafeteria inside. An open stairwell is seen to the right. An apartment building is seen on the left in the foreground with a parking lot next to it. The moon hangs in the sky nearly full. The CIPHER ZERO logo sits in the corner in white. 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.
July 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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CIPHER ZERO is now Steam Deck Verified ✅

Take your logic puzzles on the go! No settings to tweak, just pure brain-bending bliss.

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July 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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QRT with your starry art ✨🌙

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July 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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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.

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July 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Come join our artist Annie and senior engineer Ian on how animations and the details of each of them brought the unique worlds of CIPHER ZERO to life!

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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.
July 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Now the adventure starts.

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July 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Who's buying?

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July 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Meet you here.

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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.
July 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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"There are two truths we must face when we look at nostalgia: first, that memories aren’t necessarily identical to reality; and second, most of us firmly believe that it is." -- @nyanfood.bsky.social

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A screenshot from CIPHER ZERO of the Road section, done in minimalist colors and designs. A road crosses the screen from left to right, open dumpsters in the foreground along a chain link fence. An elevated train platform can be seen behind the road, as well as an elevated highway, lined with street lights.
July 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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This stop is only temporary.

Take the time to enjoy the sounds around you today on #WorldListeningDay.

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July 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM