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CiniCross

CiniCross

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.

Released Feb 11, 2026 Developer Hydrobates Platforms Windows · Linux RoguelikeDungeon CrawlerPuzzleSingleplayerRelaxing
View on Steam ↗ $11.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

84.9%positive476 reviews
Recommended · 19 found this helpful

“Please send help. They found my kryptonite. My one weakness. You are looking at a woman who has at least 5000 cumulative hours wasted across dozens of nonogram games and hundreds of hours playing rogue style game. Peanut butter in my chocolate? Rogue elements in my nonograms? I…”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“This game is good but it could be great. The glaring issue for me it's using time as tax: it currently scales too harshly in higher difficulties, and having tested playing without it in peaceful runs makes the game too easy. It's probably not an easy thing to balance. Some…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Not recommended · 16 found this helpful

“I love this game, but hate the gameplay after you save and exit. When I save and exit, I expect my game to keep the powerups and timer as it was after I left. When I save and exit, it keeps my power ups, but the time saved does not carry over and it resets it instead. When…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

356all-time peak
0 100 200 162 avg · Feb 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

35achievements
52.7%median completion
4.3%rarest: Beyond Solvable
92.1% of players 83.0% of players 81.9% of players 79.4% of players 78.0% of players 73.6% of players 73.2% of players 72.2% of players 69.6% of players 64.8% of players 63.7% of players 62.9% of players 56.1% of players 55.9% of players 55.6% of players 54.8% of players 54.6% of players 52.7% of players 46.1% of players 44.9% of players 44.3% of players 43.8% of players 40.9% of players 31.4% of players 27.5% of players 27.2% of players 27.2% of players 26.7% of players 26.1% of players 20.4% of players 14.0% of players 12.6% of players 10.1% of players 8.9% of players 4.3% of players 92.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
92.1%First Bloodlines — You have completed 10 puzzles.
83.0%First Fortune — You have earned 1,000 Gold.
81.9%Ink on Stone — You have filled 1,000 cells.
Rarest badges of honor
4.3%Beyond Solvable — You have completed Difficulty 12 on any class.
8.9%Relic Profanation — You have looted 3 legendary artifacts in the altar.
10.1%Puzzlebreaker — You have completed Difficulty 8 on any class.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$11.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$11.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US11.99 USD
EU11.79 EUR
UK9.99 GBP
Australia17.75 AUD
Canada15.49 CAD
Japan1,400 JPY
Brazil38.49 BRL
China48.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$7.2 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$13

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 26, 2026
Update 1.1.3 (Free items in rewards) + Steam Summer Sale

Hello! Patch 1.1.3 adds a chance to receive free artefacts with every reward, and fixes a bug that could prevent some players from completing the tutorial. Thank you for your support, and feel free to

Jun 23, 2026
Update 1.1.2 (Artifacts balance, reroll)

Hello! Patch 1.1.2 revises the balancing of artefacts, as well as the reroll mechanic. It should be a bit less of a challenge with this patch. Thank you for your support, and feel free to share your f

Jun 20, 2026
Update 1.1.1 (Artifact prices, rating adjustments)

Hello, I’ve taken note of your prompt feedback and thank you for sharing it. The difficulty has increased far too much across all difficulty levels without exception. Update 1.1 is designed to prevent

Jun 19, 2026
1.1 Companion Update is Available!

CiniCross Update 1.1 brings new content, balance adjustments, bug fixes, and a brand-new language: Japanese. Most of the new content revolves around the new Companion mechanic, featuring several new a

Apr 19, 2026
Demo Update 1.0.8 (Steam Deck, Languages, Difficulty, QoL, …)

Hello, This update brings a large portion of the improvements added to the game since its release to the demo. The demo will now be updated more regularly, whenever certain additions are also relevant

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresCasual, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsRoguelike · Dungeon Crawler · Puzzle · Singleplayer · Relaxing · Time Management · Pixel Graphics · Replay Value · Strategy · Indie · Casual · Roguelite (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Japanese
Achievements35
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: 2 GHz dual-core processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1Gb Video Memory Storage: 500 MB available space