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Locktale

79% positive of 39 Steam reviews

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Released
2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by Mina Pêcheux.

About the game

Discover a tale about identity and love in this game of ciphers and puzzles... that may force you to think outside the (text)box.

Tagged by players

  • Language Learning
  • Word Game
  • LGBTQ+
  • Logic
  • Typing
  • Detective
  • Magic
  • Difficult
  • Female Protagonist
  • Puzzle
  • Minimalist
  • Fantasy

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    Honestly was excited at the start, since it seemed like a fun way to learn about ciphers. The problem for me came when at a certain point outside knowledge was expected or required. At some point it no longer was a puzzle game, but throwing your head against the wall trying to figure out what the cryptic hints mean until you brute force it and get a fun story about how the cipher that was just used was from some…

    5 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    EDIT: Update on 2026-10-07 resolves the following problem by specifying the variant. Part of puzzle 46's detailed hint is EXTREMELY misleading, and eventually forces a brute-force search through all variants of the intended cipher until you chance on an intelligible message. Please encode the message using the variant that was used in previous levels or at least fix the on-screen image. That said, this is mostly a…

    8.4 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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