Cracking the Cryptic
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.
Game Discussion
Steam User 4
My biggest qualm with typical sudoku puzzles is that at some point you're kind of emulating a computer going through a sequence of known patterns and it gets monotonous, but the way these are uniquely constructed by the talented setters hits my brain like how solving an escape room feels. Admittedly the smart hint has never worked once for me, and some of the rules can be overwhelming/confusing at times, but more often than not I find myself in awe of how mathematically harmonious the puzzles feel once things click
Steam User 2
Very straightforward and easy to use. The keyboard shortcuts make sense. The puzzle packs are sold separately but each one is absolutely worth it. ***The puzzles lean towards a more advanced level of difficulty***, so I would absolutely recommend starting with the "Approachable Sudoku" pack. I would NOT recommend this as someone's introduction to sudoku, period. A few minor criticisms:
- Certain custom rule explanations are a bit confusing or poorly worded (there are some r/CrackingtheCryptic threads with clarifications if you've found this comment; search for the exact puzzle name there).
- The color themes don't change the colors of various symbols, which can be confusing. For example, I found that using the only "dark mode" theme made the fortress arrows effectively invisible.
- Color accessibility should be improved. Especially with the lines pack where the colors of the lines are important. I'm not sure if my colorblind friend would be able to play certain puzzles
Steam User 0
I am required to put words in here in order to respond yes/no to the question of would I recommend this game to other players.
Steam User 0
With the flair of some of the BEST Constructors, and puzzles featured on the YouTube channel this is something to get the brain thinking and expand your logical thinking and problem solving. - I can honestly say as a fan of the cracking the cryptic YouTube channel some of these puzzles are a blast, getting the thrill of solving them for myself (even if it's a duck) - I look forward to expanding my knowledge of the Sudoku styles and logic.
Steam User 0
Best sudoku game on the platform!!! Love the youtube channel so much I became a kickstarter for their first book and pre-ordered the second :)
Steam User 0
The free puzzles are good, and the packs you buy are generally good as well.
Steam User 0
I really like it. A lot of clever variations on Sudoku. I'm currently playing the Fog of War DLC and really enjoying it. You start with a small portion of the puzzle and gain more information about it as you solve.