Cipher Isles app icon, a compass rose on a hexagon

    Cipher Isles: decode glyphs, repair your ship

    A word puzzle game where every word decodes a glyph

    Swipe words across a hex grid, decode the lost glyphs of the Vael and repair your wrecked ship as you sail 12 islands. Word puzzles with a story, 300 tablets, 36 relics to collect and a daily voyage. It plays offline and needs no account. Made by John Osakwe (Etest Tech Hub) in Lagos, Nigeria for iPhone and Android phones. Audience: 13+ minimum, 16+ recommended.

    Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play

    Cipher Isles is not available to download yet. Want a note when it launches? Email info@etestweb.com.

    See Cipher Isles in action

    • Cipher Isles puzzle screen for tablet 13 of 25 on Salt Flats: swiping a path across a hex letter grid to spell CUR, with Letter, Word and Compass hint buttons below
      Swipe to decode glyphs
    • Cipher Isles Glyph decoded screen with the glyph for LUNCHER, all 12 words found, and the wrecked ship showing the hull restored at repair 2 of 6
      Every tablet reveals a glyph
    • Cipher Isles ship repair screen at repair 2 of 6 listing hull (done), masts (next at 60 tablets), rigging, sails and lantern (locked)
      Mend your ship
    • Cipher Isles voyage map on a parchment chart showing island 3 of 12, Salt Flats, with Lantern Harbor completed and Clock Tower, Jungle Ruin and Glacier locked
      Sail twelve islands
    • Cipher Isles relics screen showing 7 of 36 found and the Harbor Salvage set with one relic, a small anchor, found
      Collect 36 relics
    • Cipher Isles daily voyage screen with a 5 day streak, 'Day 7 earns a relic', today's Glacier Run puzzle and the voyage archive for Explorer Pass
      A new voyage daily

    Word puzzles with a voyage to finish

    Hex-grid swipe words

    Drag a path through neighboring letters on a hex grid to spell words. Each word fills a slot on the glyph tablet, and valid words that are not on the tablet count as bonus words for coins.

    Decode glyphs, repair your ship

    Fill a tablet to decode its glyph. Every 60 tablets you decode mend another part of your wrecked ship, and finishing all 25 tablets on an island lets you sail to the next.

    12 islands to sail

    Follow Mara across 12 islands and 300 tablets, 25 on each island, with a short story chapter at the end of every island. Finish an island and sail on to the next.

    36 relics to collect

    Find relics along the way across six sets, and earn coins for every completed set.

    A daily voyage

    One daily puzzle a day, the same for everyone and free to play. Keep your streak going and earn a relic on day seven.

    Three kinds of hints

    Letter, Word and Compass each keep their own count. One free hint a day is shared between them and spent first. Hint packs are split evenly and never expire. When none are left, a hint costs 30 coins, or you can watch an optional short video for one if you are short of coins.

    Offline, no account

    Open the game and play. There is no account, no sign-up, no Wi-Fi needed, and your progress stays on your device.

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