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CiniCross

85% positive of 444 Steam reviews

Released: 2026
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam

Made by Hydrobates.

About the game

CiniCross is a dark fantasy roguelite where nonogram puzzles meet dungeon crawling. Solve increasingly complex puzzles, choose your path through a branching dungeon, and bend the rules using powerful artifacts. Each room is a puzzle. Each boss, a deadly challenge.

Tagged by players

Dungeon Crawler
Time Management
Roguelike
Dark Fantasy
Roguelite
Procedural Generation
Relaxing
Puzzle
Tactical
Retro
Pixel Graphics
Dark

What players say

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Very Positive

What players say

Not recommended
I feel like from the very start, CiniCross is a misguided idea. It tries to blend nonograms and luck-based gameplay of various roguelites, such as Balatro or Slay the Spire, but I don't think it succeeds. You might wonder how a skill-based puzzle works with various luck based rewards, and it kind of doesn't. The game is really, really easy, and then it becomes really, really hard through no fault of your own.…
13 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.
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Recommended
An interesting take on nonogram puzzles that took a short while for me to gel with - button controls felt a bit stiff at first, and I was prone to making mistakes due to misinputs, but once I got used to it, this has grown to become one of my favourite puzzle games overall. The roguelike elements do mean sometimes a run is just a bust, when a run clicks, it REALLY clicks, especially when you get lucky enough with…
4.9 h played when written, mostly on Steam Deck. 2 found it helpful.
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