DECRYPTO Project

[h1]Codes & AIs[/h1] I'm just gonna go ahead and write an early review of DECRYPTO Project because the game has just been released, it didn't get much visibility, I only found it thanks to manually checking out Steam's "New Releases," it's cheap and, most importantly, [i]really good[/i]. DECRYPTO Project has kind of a Papers, Please vibe to it, because you play the role of someone working for an employer of dubious morality, operating directly at your workstation. It's also exactly what you expect it to be by looking at the screenshots up there: you crack messages encrypted with several different (and real) cyphers, using a few different methods. Everything takes place in your OS's desktop, where you can also access your e-mail, the news, the "App Store," and other softwares. I haven't finished the game yet, but I'm having a great time with it. It is exactly what I expected it to be, which includes some nice little surprises that, of course, I couldn't anticipate but hoped for. All the text is plausible and well written, the "satiric on-the-nose" humor (found mainly in the news and in the decrypted messages themselves) works, and your job and how you do it make sense. In othe…

I enjoyed this game a lot, very fun to play through. It also teaches you some basic cryptography methods which I thought was cool.

I got this game for free, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. This is a very solid puzzle game, especially for the price, and if you're a cryptography nerd in any capacity you'll adore it. It jsut does actual cryptography (probably at a relatively entry level, but actual cypher names and techniques) is a way that is very approachable and easy to follow, and with some overarching choice-based narrative ala Papers Please. It feels like a love letter to cryptography that is very contagious and the vibes and visual aspect are immaculate.

Love this got a key from a friend of mine and played all the way thought in one sitting (5 hours) so i think that's a good sign of a good game.

A short but fun game that uses its surprisingly multi-layered story to cleverly extend the run time. The price is very fair for what you will get.

It deserves much more attention.***