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{{Image|Cypher launcher.png|Launcher settings.}}
 
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Latest revision as of 12:04, 13 April 2023

Cypher
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Developers
Matthew Brown
Engines
Unity 5[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows February 20, 2018
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Relaxed
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Puzzle
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary
Cypher on HowLongToBeat
Cypher on IGDB
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Cypher on MobyGames

Cypher is a singleplayer first-person puzzle game.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
 Can be played without Steam running.[1]
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Matthew Brown\Cypher
<path-to-game>\Saves\main.save[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/746710/pfx/[Note 3]
Graphics settings are saved in registry, all the other are in the save file.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Saves\main.save[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/746710/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher settings.
Launcher settings.
In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Launcher offers only widescreen resolutions.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Fullscreen is always borderless.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
No setting available, high level of anisotropy is always present.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Depends on Graphics quality setting in the Launcher.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Switch with LCtrl+i.[2]
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound
Surround sound
2.0 Stereo[3]
Subtitles
No speech.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9, 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 250 MB
Video card (GPU) Shader model 3.0 support
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. ↑ Unity engine build: 5.6.3f1[1]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Mastan on 2020-09-01
  2. ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/746710/discussions/0/1693788384130385889/#c1736589519987015387
  3. ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2020-09-01
    Tested using Orban Loudness Meter.