Calcul8²

Calcul8²

Lord Sharpe · December 17, 2018 · Casual, Puzzle, 2D, Touch-Friendly, Education

Calcul8² is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Calcul8² price

Calcul8² is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Calcul8²

Calcul8² is a quick fire number-crunching puzzle game, based on our old friend the calculator and aptly named Calculate Squared.



Successor to the popular original, Calcul8. It's the perfect quick pick-up puzzler.

Super easy to pick up, hard to put down.



The aim is simple, reach 0 by tapping buttons to deduct from the goal number shown on the display.

Playable via mouse, touch screen, or keys.


Keys: arrow keys / wasd to select buttons. Space or Enter to tap the buttons.

Do you have what it takes to master the Calcul8tor?



How to play:
  • Play by mouse, touch screen, or keys.
  • Reach 0 by tapping numbers to subtract from your goal number.
  • Press the 'C' button to clear your selected buttons, or 'CE' to choose a new goal.
  • Save / Load using the Disk / Folder icon in the bottom left.

Calcul8² — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Calcul8² is a free math puzzle game with simple mechanics where players select numbers to reach a target sum, and it can be completed in about 20 minutes. The main criticism is that puzzles frequently have no solutions with no way to mark them as unsolvable, which undermines the puzzle experience, while some players also report UI bugs on Linux and find the core concept unrealistic or oversimplified.

Recommended Apr 1, 2024
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8 found this helpful
Not recommended Aug 16, 2023
[h1]Free math puzzle game[/h1] I like math puzzles. That's why it's a shame that [i]Calcul8²[/i] does not quite cut it, though it's something okay for a very short session. The idea is that, given a bunch of numbers, you need to pick ones that sum into the given number. Simple, right? [h1]The Flaw[/h1] My main gripe is that the (random, as they are) puzzles do not always have any solutions. This is pretty bad for a puzzle game. This could be amended if there was a button to proclaim the puzzle as unsolvable, and the game would then either give you a win or a lose after checking it for any existing solutions. This (or similar resolution) is missing though. [h1]Fast to complete[/h1] For me, completion (with 100% achievements) lasted 20 minutes. Not too bad for a free game. There's a set of simple achievements for winning enough times in a row, as well as making the sum with X number picks (you can only pick each number once, though there can be duplicates). Quite nice, for the theme! It's not quite enough to alleviate the flaw I described above. Just take that as a warning if you decide to tackle the game anyway. It's free after all. [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curat…
3 found this helpful
Not recommended Nov 27, 2024
The game mechanics are bare-bones and simple. And the User Interface is buggy on Linux with images missing and random scrollbar top right.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 6, 2025
Игра 'Calcul8²' — увлекательная головоломка с математической тематикой. Геймплей основан на решении задач через логику и стратегию, что делает её идеальной для развития мышления. Графика минималистична, но яркая, а звуки добавляют атмосферу. Управление интуитивно, но сложность задач быстро растёт, что может отпугнуть новичков. Повторяемость высока благодаря разнообразию уровней, но отсутствие сюжета снижает глубину. Рекомендую тем, кто ценит интеллектуальные вызовы.
Not recommended Mar 24, 2025
That’s not how calculators work in real life. This game is spreadoing fake news.
Not recommended Oct 28, 2023
A puzzle game where the puzzle sometimes has no solution..

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