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Poems & Codes
Explore the wonderful world of poetry through deceptively simple cryptograms. 10% of every purchase benefits Project Gutenberg, an online library of over 60,000 free ebooks.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“A good variety of quotes and difficulty. Some of the graphic overlays weren't great”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“great game from great people”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Just as good as the first one!”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-03 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 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 2026-09-28.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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2025-09-09 Patch Notes (v1.9 for Windows and Mac)
We've updated the Mac and Windows versions of the game to v1.9: * Updated the cipher screen alpha determination to hopefully fix a bug where the cipher would turn invisible (while the background and '
2025-01-06 v1.7 Update notes (cont.)
Hello code-breakers! Also as part of patch v1.7, we've updated the game engine from LOVE2D 11.4 to 11.5. Hopefully this will resolve some of the long-standing driver/OS level issues some of our player
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Puzzle · Relaxing · Word Game · Logic · Casual · Education · Emotional · Historical · Philosophical · Atmospheric · Stylized · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Adjustable Difficulty · Mouse Only Option |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 4 |
| Official site | https://www.herogameco.com/poems-and-codes |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ 32bit Processor: Intel Celeron Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics Storage: 250 MB available space