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Cracking the Cryptic

Cracking the Cryptic

Studio Goya · Studio Goya · Aug 1, 2022
Casual Indie Strategy
Delayed observation Observed
21
Last tracked
40
All-time peak
n/a
Δ 24h
Player count last observed
Live player data is temporarily unavailable; historical values remain visible for context.

Cracking the Cryptic - Steam Charts & Historical Stats

Curated Sudoku puzzles from YouTube's most popular Sudoku channel, Cracking the Cryptic! Explore historical player activity and pricing for Cracking the Cryptic. Player-count data was last observed Sep 28, 2026.

Genre
Casual
Developer
Studio Goya

Cracking the Cryptic player count and price summary

Current players
Unavailable
All-time peak
40
24-hour player change
Unavailable
Current US price
Price unavailable

Player count last observed . Values marked unavailable are not estimated.

Last Tracked Players

21
change unavailable (24h)

All-Time Peak

40
Feb 2026

Estimated Owners

0 .. 20,000
Estimate via SteamSpy

Genre Benchmarks

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Player count

Activity Heatmap

UTC+0 (Your Timezone)
26
Peak Activity
14
Avg Activity
128
Active Hours
77%
Sample coverage
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Sun
Sunday 0:00
19 players · 1 samples
Sunday 1:00
15 players · 2 samples
Sunday 2:00
No samples
Sunday 3:00
13 players · 3 samples
Sunday 4:00
13 players · 1 samples
Sunday 5:00
8 players · 1 samples
Sunday 6:00
12 players · 2 samples
Sunday 7:00
No samples
Sunday 8:00
10 players · 2 samples
Sunday 9:00
16 players · 2 samples
Sunday 10:00
14 players · 1 samples
Sunday 11:00
14 players · 2 samples
Sunday 12:00
No samples
Sunday 13:00
12 players · 2 samples
Sunday 14:00
No samples
Sunday 15:00
14 players · 3 samples
Sunday 16:00
No samples
Sunday 17:00
13 players · 2 samples
Sunday 18:00
21 players · 2 samples
Sunday 19:00
26 players · 1 samples
Sunday 20:00
20 players · 1 samples
Sunday 21:00
19 players · 1 samples
Sunday 22:00
22 players · 1 samples
Sunday 23:00
14 players · 2 samples
Mon 📍
Monday 0:00
No samples
Monday 1:00
12 players · 3 samples
Monday 2:00
No samples
Monday 3:00
16 players · 1 samples
Monday 4:00
14 players · 2 samples
Monday 5:00
14 players · 1 samples
Monday 6:00
10 players · 2 samples
Monday 7:00
9 players · 1 samples
Monday 8:00
11 players · 1 samples
Monday 9:00
11 players · 3 samples
Monday 10:00
No samples
Monday 11:00
12 players · 2 samples
Monday 12:00
10 players · 1 samples
Monday 13:00
15 players · 1 samples
Monday 14:00
16 players · 1 samples
Monday 15:00
19 players · 1 samples
Monday 16:00
20 players · 2 samples
Monday 17:00
21 players · 1 samples
Monday 18:00
No samples
Monday 19:00
25 players · 3 samples
Monday 20:00
No samples
Monday 21:00
24 players · 1 samples
Monday 22:00
15 players · 1 samples
Monday 23:00
17 players · 2 samples
Tue
Tuesday 0:00
16 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 1:00
11 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 2:00
14 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 3:00
11 players · 2 samples
Tuesday 4:00
No samples
Tuesday 5:00
9 players · 3 samples
Tuesday 6:00
8 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 7:00
10 players · 2 samples
Tuesday 8:00
13 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 9:00
No samples
Tuesday 10:00
13 players · 3 samples
Tuesday 11:00
17 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 12:00
10 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 13:00
17 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 14:00
10 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 15:00
13 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 16:00
18 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 17:00
16 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 18:00
20 players · 2 samples
Tuesday 19:00
No samples
Tuesday 20:00
23 players · 2 samples
Tuesday 21:00
15 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 22:00
13 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 23:00
No samples
Wed
Wednesday 0:00
12 players · 3 samples
Wednesday 1:00
No samples
Wednesday 2:00
13 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 3:00
11 players · 2 samples
Wednesday 4:00
14 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 5:00
9 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 6:00
14 players · 2 samples
Wednesday 7:00
No samples
Wednesday 8:00
14 players · 2 samples
Wednesday 9:00
16 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 10:00
15 players · 2 samples
Wednesday 11:00
11 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 12:00
No samples
Wednesday 13:00
16 players · 3 samples
Wednesday 14:00
No samples
Wednesday 15:00
No samples
Wednesday 16:00
17 players · 3 samples
Wednesday 17:00
14 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 18:00
No samples
Wednesday 19:00
26 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 20:00
20 players · 3 samples
Wednesday 21:00
No samples
Wednesday 22:00
15 players · 2 samples
Wednesday 23:00
No samples
Thu
Thursday 0:00
17 players · 1 samples
Thursday 1:00
20 players · 1 samples
Thursday 2:00
14 players · 1 samples
Thursday 3:00
14 players · 2 samples
Thursday 4:00
No samples
Thursday 5:00
16 players · 1 samples
Thursday 6:00
8 players · 2 samples
Thursday 7:00
11 players · 1 samples
Thursday 8:00
7 players · 1 samples
Thursday 9:00
12 players · 2 samples
Thursday 10:00
17 players · 1 samples
Thursday 11:00
11 players · 1 samples
Thursday 12:00
18 players · 1 samples
Thursday 13:00
18 players · 1 samples
Thursday 14:00
15 players · 1 samples
Thursday 15:00
No samples
Thursday 16:00
18 players · 3 samples
Thursday 17:00
No samples
Thursday 18:00
13 players · 1 samples
Thursday 19:00
23 players · 1 samples
Thursday 20:00
19 players · 1 samples
Thursday 21:00
17 players · 1 samples
Thursday 22:00
No samples
Thursday 23:00
15 players · 3 samples
Fri
Friday 0:00
No samples
Friday 1:00
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Friday 2:00
14 players · 3 samples
Friday 3:00
No samples
Friday 4:00
12 players · 1 samples
Friday 5:00
8 players · 2 samples
Friday 6:00
11 players · 1 samples
Friday 7:00
No samples
Friday 8:00
10 players · 3 samples
Friday 9:00
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Friday 10:00
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Friday 11:00
11 players · 3 samples
Friday 12:00
No samples
Friday 13:00
9 players · 1 samples
Friday 14:00
17 players · 1 samples
Friday 15:00
19 players · 2 samples
Friday 16:00
14 players · 1 samples
Friday 17:00
No samples
Friday 18:00
18 players · 4 samples
Friday 19:00
No samples
Friday 20:00
18 players · 1 samples
Friday 21:00
21 players · 2 samples
Friday 22:00
18 players · 2 samples
Friday 23:00
12 players · 1 samples
Sat
Saturday 0:00
16 players · 2 samples
Saturday 1:00
19 players · 1 samples
Saturday 2:00
14 players · 2 samples
Saturday 3:00
14 players · 1 samples
Saturday 4:00
12 players · 1 samples
Saturday 5:00
14 players · 2 samples
Saturday 6:00
11 players · 1 samples
Saturday 7:00
10 players · 2 samples
Saturday 8:00
16 players · 1 samples
Saturday 9:00
14 players · 1 samples
Saturday 10:00
11 players · 2 samples
Saturday 11:00
12 players · 2 samples
Saturday 12:00
No samples
Saturday 13:00
8 players · 1 samples
Saturday 14:00
14 players · 2 samples
Saturday 15:00
14 players · 1 samples
Saturday 16:00
No samples
Saturday 17:00
18 players · 3 samples
Saturday 18:00
No samples
Saturday 19:00
No samples
Saturday 20:00
18 players · 3 samples
Saturday 21:00
19 players · 1 samples
Saturday 22:00
17 players · 1 samples
Saturday 23:00
12 players · 1 samples

Can I Play This?

Steam declarations and Valve's Steam Deck compatibility result. Missing data is shown as unknown, never unsupported.

Sources fresh
Native Steam builds
Windows: unknown
macOS: unknown
Linux: unknown
Steam Deck
verified
Valve compatibility test
Input
Controller support: unknown
Structured language support (1)
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishYesNoNo
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System Requirements

Platform Support
Windows macOS
Windows Requirements
Minimum:
Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows 7 or newer
  • Processor: Intel Core i3 2.00 GHz
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 100 MB available space
macOS Requirements
Minimum:
Minimum:
  • OS: Mac OS X v10.7
  • Processor: 2.3 GHz Dual Core
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
Pricing
Free to Play

Additional Information

Categories
Single-player Steam Cloud Family Sharing
Supported Languages
English

Additional Information

🇧🇷 DEJUS Rating
l
Brazilian rating
🇩🇪 Steam Germany
0
German classification
📦 DLC Available
4
downloadable content
🆘 Support

Developer Analytics

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About This Game

Curated Sudoku puzzles from YouTube's most popular Sudoku channel, Cracking the Cryptic!

Detailed 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.



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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 paid packs in the future so keep an eye on the app for more Sudoku content from Cracking The Cryptic!



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Domino Sudoku



Domino Sudoku is named after its domino-like appearance with X's, V's, white dots and black dots placed between cells on the grid. Each puzzle features one or more of these domino types with them all having a different effect: an X means digits in the two cells in the domino must sum to 10; a V means they sum to 5; a white dot means the digits are consecutive; and, finally, a black dot means the digits must be in a 1:2 ratio (ie one of the digits must be double the other).



As you can imagine, when you allow the world’s best Sudoku makers to use these rules they are in their element and they’ve made another set of masterpieces for this collection with a huge amount of variety! We’re thrilled that Domino Sudoku includes puzzles by Christoph Seeliger, Sam Cappleman-Lynes, Richard Stolk, Prasanna Seshadri, Phistomefel, Qodec, Clover and jovi_al. In addition, Mark and Simon have written hints for the challenging puzzles themselves so these hints are meaningful and, above all, educational.



As a bonus, Studio Goya has curated 10 generated beginner puzzles so that players of all skill levels can enjoy Domino Sudoku!



In Cracking The Cryptic’s games, players start with zero stars and earn stars by solving puzzles. The more puzzles you solve, the more stars you earn and the more puzzles you get to play. Only the most dedicated (and cleverest) sudoku players will finish all the puzzles. Of course the difficulty is carefully calibrated to ensure lots of puzzles at every level (from easy through to extreme).



So do join us as we continue to try to revolutionize Sudoku app genre.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Cracking the Cryptic free to play?
Yes, Cracking the Cryptic is free to play on Steam.
What genre is Cracking the Cryptic?
Cracking the Cryptic is a Casual, Indie, Strategy game.
Who developed Cracking the Cryptic?
Cracking the Cryptic was developed by Studio Goya and published by Studio Goya.
What platforms does Cracking the Cryptic support?
Available on Steam for Windows, macOS.