How to Play Cipher Breaker

Cipher Breaker is a code-breaking game. A message made of shapes has been scrambled: every shape was replaced by a different symbol. Your job is to work out which symbol stands for which shape.

The setup

Each puzzle shows three things: a scrambled message (a row of symbols), the pattern type of the hidden message, and a palette of the eight possible shapes. A few mappings are revealed for free at the start — those symbols already show their true shape.

The four pattern types

Palindrome — the hidden message reads the same forwards and backwards. If you crack the first half, the second half comes free.
Repeating pair — the message alternates between two shapes, like ABABAB. Find the two shapes and you are nearly done.
Stepping run — each next shape advances one step in a fixed order. Once you know two neighbors, the rest follow.
Pairs — every shape in the message appears exactly twice. Counting helps: a shape you have placed twice cannot appear again.

How to play

Tap a scrambled symbol to select it, then tap a shape in the palette to assign it.
Your decoding appears under the scrambled message as you go.
Press Check key. If every position is right, you win. If not, the game tells you how many positions are correct — but not which ones.
Stuck? Hint reveals one true mapping, but each hint costs points.
Giving up is allowed: Reveal solution shows the full key.

Scoring

Your score starts at 1000 and drops by 10 points per second and 50 points per hint. Fast, hint-free solves score highest, and your best score is saved in your browser.