Cracking the Cryptic overview

Overview

Cracking the Cryptic comes from Studio Goya and is published by Studio Goya. It arrived on Steam on Aug 1, 2022, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Cracking the Cryptic's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 8 players at 25 September 2026 - 04:08:11 UTC, with a tracked peak near 68. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 92% positive across 241 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Cracking the Cryptic is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Cracking the Cryptic has sold up to 7,350 units and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Cracking the Cryptic overview details

Cracking the Cryptic combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Line Sudoku Line Sudoku is a pack devoted to sudokus involving… LINES! Each puzzle features one or more of the popular “lines constraints” that often feature in variant puzzles on Cracking The Cryptic, including Renban, German Whispers, Palindromes, Region Sum and Ten Lines! We’re thrilled that Line Sudoku includes puzzles by Phistomefel, Qodec, Clover, zetamath, Jay Dyer, Tallcat, Mr Menace, Peter Veenis, Joseph Nehme, Richard Stolk, Prasanna Seshadri, Tyrgannus and Full Deck & Missing A Few Cards! In addition, Mark and Simon have written hints for the challenging puzzles themselves so these hints are meaningful and, above all, educational. -------------------- Welcome to the brand new Sudoku app from YouTube’s most popular Sudoku channel, Cracking The Cryptic. Unlike other Sudoku apps, we feature handcrafted and curated puzzles from the world’s best Sudoku constructors. Each collection features puzzles made by various authors that are now familiar names to those who follow the channel. Authors like Phistomefel, Clover, Sam Cappleman-Lynes, Christoph Seeliger, Richard Stolk, jovi_al, Qodec, Prasanna Seshadri and of course, Simon and Mark! Downloading Cracking the Cryptic will give you access to our two launch packs. Our first free collection is a variety pack by Prasanna Seshadri featuring 7 puzzles inspired from our previous Sudoku apps; Sandwich, Classic, Chess, Thermo, Miracle, Killer and Arrow Sudoku. Our first paid collection is Domino Sudoku, a new variant not featured in our previous apps with puzzles from our amazing constructors. We’ll be releasing more free and…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Cracking the Cryptic is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows and macOS, belongs to Single-player, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Casual, Indie, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 8 players at 25 September 2026 - 04:08:11 UTC, a tracked peak of 68, and 92% positive reviews.

Support and legal notes

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.