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Store data
- UK price
- £7.15
- US price
- $6.79
- Positive reviews
- 81%
- Total reviews
- 43
- Release date
- 7 September 2026
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Steam player data · App 4304820
Locktale
- Single-player
- Steam Achievements
- Custom Volume Controls
- Adjustable Difficulty
- #category_playable_at_your_own_pace
- Playable without Timed Input
- Family Sharing
Concurrent players2Most recent successful sample
Today's peak533/144 samples
Tracked peak73Highest retained daily peak
Steam rating81%43 reviews
Steam metadata
Game information
Details supplied by the Steam store
- App ID
- 4304820
- App type
- Game
- Developer
- Mina Pêcheux ↗
- Publisher
- Mina Pêcheux ↗
- Supported systems
- Windows · macOS · Linux
- Genres
- Strategy
- Release date
- 7 September 2026
- Last player update
- 24 Oct · 12:20 UTC
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System requirements
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Windows
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-9750H
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Integrated graphics with full Vulkan 1.0 support
- Storage
- 150 MB available space
macOS
Minimum
- OS
- 10.12
- Processor
- Apple M1 or Intel Core
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Integrated graphics with full Vulkan 1.0 support
- Storage
- 250 MB available space
Linux
Minimum
- Processor
- x86_32 CPU with SSE2 instructions, x86_64 CPU, ARMv7 or ARMv8 CPU
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Integrated graphics with full Vulkan 1.0 support
- Storage
- 150 MB available space
Launch window
Released 7 September 2026 · Tracking from 7 September 2026
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- Player peak
- 73
- Steam reviews
- 2100% positive
- Twitch peak
- Not recorded
- Price observed
- £6.07
- Top Sellers
- No appearanceNo ranked days
1 player-data day recorded in this window.
- Player peak
- 73
- Steam reviews
- 2781% positive
- Twitch peak
- Not recorded
- Price observed
- £6.07
- Top Sellers
- No appearanceNo ranked days
7 player-data days recorded in this window.
Peak 5Average 3Latest 4
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Twitch
Twitch stats
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Long-term history
Monthly players breakdown
Calculated from SteamWatch samples
| Month | Peak | Gain | % gain | Average | Avg % gain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 8 | -65 | -89.0% | 2 | -86.0% |
| October 2026 | 8 | -65 | -89.0% | 2 | -82.7% |
| September 2026 | 73 | — | — | 12 | — |
Store price Regular price
Daily regional sweep
Regional prices
25 regions checked
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| United KingdomGBP · GB | GBP | £7.15 | £6.07 | 15% | £6.07 | No change recorded |
| United StatesUSD · US | USD | US$7.99 | $6.79 | 15% | $6.79 | No change recorded |
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| United Arab EmiratesAED · AE | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
| AustraliaAUD · AU | AUD | A$11.50 | A$ 9.77 | 15% | A$ 9.77 | No change recorded |
| BrazilBRL · BR | BRL | R$29.99 | R$ 25,49 | 15% | R$ 25,49 | No change recorded |
| CanadaCAD · CA | CAD | CA$9.65 | CDN$ 8.20 | 15% | CDN$ 8.20 | No change recorded |
| SwitzerlandCHF · CH | CHF | CHF 7.19 | CHF 6.11 | 15% | CHF 6.11 | No change recorded |
| ChileCLP · CL | CLP | CLP 5,399 | CLP$ 4.589 | 15% | CLP$ 4.589 | No change recorded |
| ChinaCNY · CN | CNY | CN¥33.00 | ¥ 28.05 | 15% | ¥ 28.05 | No change recorded |
| ColombiaCOP · CO | COP | COP 21,999.00 | COL$ 18.699 | 15% | COL$ 18.699 | No change recorded |
| Costa RicaCRC · CR | CRC | CRC 4,250.00 | ₡3.610 | 15% | ₡3.610 | No change recorded |
| Hong KongHKD · HK | HKD | HK$48.00 | HK$ 40.80 | 15% | HK$ 40.80 | No change recorded |
| IndonesiaIDR · ID | IDR | IDR 76,999.00 | Rp 65 449 | 15% | Rp 65 449 | No change recorded |
| IsraelILS · IL | ILS | ₪28.75 | ₪24.43 | 15% | ₪24.43 | No change recorded |
| IndiaINR · IN | INR | ₹415.00 | ₹ 352 | 15% | ₹ 352 | No change recorded |
| JapanJPY · JP | JPY | JP¥1,050 | ¥ 892 | 15% | ¥ 892 | No change recorded |
| South KoreaKRW · KR | KRW | ₩8,700 | ₩ 7,390 | 15% | ₩ 7,390 | No change recorded |
| KuwaitKWD · KW | KWD | KWD 1.900 | 1.61 KD | 15% | 1.61 KD | No change recorded |
| KazakhstanKZT · KZ | KZT | KZT 2,530.00 | 2 150₸ | 15% | 2 150₸ | No change recorded |
| MexicoMXN · MX | MXN | MX$114.99 | Mex$ 97.74 | 15% | Mex$ 97.74 | No change recorded |
| MalaysiaMYR · MY | MYR | MYR 20.75 | RM17.63 | 15% | RM17.63 | No change recorded |
| NorwayNOK · NO | NOK | 95,50 kr | 95,50 kr | 0% | 95,50 kr | No change recorded |
| New ZealandNZD · NZ | NZD | NZ$ 12.49 | NZ$ 12.49 | 0% | NZ$ 12.49 | No change recorded |
| PeruPEN · PE | PEN | S/.21.49 | S/.21.49 | 0% | S/.21.49 | No change recorded |
| PhilippinesPHP · PH | PHP | P269.00 | P269.00 | 0% | P269.00 | No change recorded |
| PolandPLN · PL | PLN | 34,49 zł | 34,49 zł | 0% | 34,49 zł | No change recorded |
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| Latin America (regional USD)USD_LATAM · AR | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
| Middle East & North Africa (regional USD)USD_MENA · EG | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
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Positive rating81.4%
Positive reviews35
Negative reviews8
Review history is not available for this range yet.
Recent views use Steam's daily review activity. Longer views use weekly totals, retained by SteamWatch.
About this game
Description
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Step into a cozy tale where words love to play hide-and-seek!
Locktale is a no-pressure, story-driven puzzle game that invites you to decode secret messages using ciphers, symbols, visual tricks, and (more or less...) gentle logic challenges. Each level uses a new unique encoding technique for you to understand and crack - so take your time, experiment, and enjoy uncovering a story that slowly reveals itself, one decoded message at a time :)
Adaptive difficulty
Even if some ciphers are pretty advanced, I wanted to make this game accessible to anyone who's curious about ciphers, no matter how new you are to the domain - that's why every level has three levels of hints, from "minimal" to "detailed", that will give you different clues to decipher the message.
A wide range of ciphers
In Locktale , each level presents you with a new challenge - no two puzzles use the same trick! Throughout the 50+ levels, you'll thus get to learn about a bunch of common ciphers, from basic ones used during the Antiquity up to the tools of modern cryptography. (Oh, and there are also some techniques or symbol-based ciphers I invented just for this game!)
Stay meta
All the puzzles are meant to be solvable using only the info in the game, no need to go and scour the net for cryptography databases... but that doesn't mean all the info will be easy to find! Some levels will require you to go back to previously solved puzzles to find extra keys and data; others will ask you to study the given hints or change the game's UI theme to gather more clues; others yet will build on methods you've already discovered to create even more complex ciphers.
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6 available
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Steam store extras
Demos
1 available
Steam global stats
Achievements
71 achievements
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Completed Puzzle 00 | 96.0% |
| 02 | Completed Puzzle 01 | 94.1% |
| 03 | Completed Puzzle 02 | 92.3% |
| 04 | Completed Puzzle 03 | 91.2% |
| 05 | Completed Puzzle 04 | 87.9% |
| 06 | Completed Puzzle 05 | 82.0% |
| 07 | Completed Puzzle 06 | 78.5% |
| 08 | Completed Puzzle 07 | 76.8% |
| 09 | Completed Puzzle 08 | 72.1% |
| 10 | Completed Puzzle 09 | 72.1% |
| 11 | Solved 10 Puzzles | 72.1% |
| 12 | Completed Puzzle 10 | 71.2% |
| 13 | Completed Puzzle 11 | 69.2% |
| 14 | Completed Puzzle 12 | 68.5% |
| 15 | Completed Puzzle 13 | 63.9% |
| 16 | Completed Puzzle 14 | 56.0% |
| 17 | Completed Puzzle 15 | 49.8% |
| 18 | Completed Puzzle 16 | 38.7% |
| 19 | Completed Puzzle 17 | 37.5% |
| 20 | Completed Puzzle 18 | 35.4% |
| 21 | Completed Puzzle 19 | 33.0% |
| 22 | Solved 20 Puzzles | 33.0% |
| 23 | Completed Puzzle 20 | 31.5% |
| 24 | Completed Puzzle 21 | 30.5% |
| 25 | Completed Puzzle 22 | 28.4% |
| 26 | Completed Puzzle 23 | 26.7% |
| 27 | Completed Puzzle 24 | 26.0% |
| 28 | Completed Puzzle 25 | 24.7% |
| 29 | Completed Puzzle 26 | 24.1% |
| 30 | Completed Puzzle 27 | 23.4% |
| 31 | First Secret Found | 23.3% |
| 32 | Completed Puzzle 28 | 23.1% |
| 33 | Completed Puzzle 29 | 22.6% |
| 34 | Solved 30 Puzzles | 22.6% |
| 35 | Completed Puzzle 30 | 21.8% |
| 36 | Completed Puzzle 31 | 21.3% |
| 37 | Completed Puzzle 32 | 21.1% |
| 38 | Completed Puzzle 33 | 20.9% |
| 39 | Completed Puzzle 34 | 20.5% |
| 40 | Completed Puzzle 35 | 19.6% |
| 41 | Completed Puzzle 36 | 18.5% |
| 42 | Completed Puzzle 37 | 18.0% |
| 43 | Completed Puzzle 38 | 17.9% |
| 44 | Completed Puzzle 39 | 17.4% |
| 45 | Solved 40 Puzzles | 17.4% |
| 46 | Found Secret 0 | 17.3% |
| 47 | Found Secret 1 | 16.9% |
| 48 | Completed Puzzle 40 | 16.0% |
| 49 | Found Secret 2 | 15.4% |
| 50 | Completed Puzzle 41 | 14.4% |
| 51 | Completed Puzzle 42 | 13.7% |
| 52 | Found Secret 5 | 13.5% |
| 53 | Completed Puzzle 43 | 13.2% |
| 54 | Completed Puzzle 44 | 12.6% |
| 55 | Completed Puzzle 45 | 11.9% |
| 56 | Completed Puzzle 46 | 11.7% |
| 57 | Completed Puzzle 47 | 11.4% |
| 58 | Completed Puzzle 48 | 11.0% |
| 59 | Completed Puzzle 49 | 11.0% |
| 60 | Completed Puzzle 50 | 11.0% |
| 61 | Completed Puzzle 51 | 11.0% |
| 62 | Found Secret 3 | 11.0% |
| 63 | Solved 50 Puzzles | 11.0% |
| 64 | Completed Puzzle 52 | 10.7% |
| 65 | Completed Puzzle 53 | 10.3% |
| 66 | Completed Puzzle 54 | 10.2% |
| 67 | Completed Puzzle 55 | 8.1% |
| 68 | Solved All Puzzles | 8.1% |
| 69 | Found Secret 4 | 8.0% |
| 70 | Found Secret 6 | 7.8% |
| 71 | Found All Secrets | 7.0% |
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Patches
14 tracked updates
v1.1.12 - QoL & Small fixes
Heya everyone!Today, here's a new small patch to fix a couple of things and add even more quality-of-life stuff :)FeaturesLanguage pinning: The "language" discovered in level 4 (\meaning the reversed alphabet of the Atbash cipher\) can now be used like the others from the list of completed levels, to pin it beneath the alphabet at the top of the screen.FixesLevel 53: The algorithm and hints have been reworked a little to allow for step-by-step deciphering (instead of enforcing guess-work and brute-force). Big thanks to the players, and in particular @Usra for their help with this! :)
Read full update on Steam ↗v1.1.11 - QoL & Small Fixes
Heya all!Today, here's a little update with various quality-of-life improvements and a few small fixes (in particular around the annotation tools) :)RefactorsLevels 23 and 32 switched: I've switched around those two levels to get a better diifficulty curve.FeaturesAnnotation "text" tool: I've finally implemented it! You were quite a few to request it: you can now click to place a text input, type in text, and then click-and-drag it around. Easier than writing letters by hand ;)Language pinning: Once you've discovered a specific language (i.e. symbols that replace letters with a 1-to-1 match, like the Pigpen cipher), you'll be able to go to the list of completed levels (marker in the top-left corner) and pin it to the alphabet at the top of your screen in future levels. A quick-and-easy way to re-use the language in new puzzles!Localized cipher info URLs: When solving a puzzle and chec...
Read full update on Steam ↗v1.1.10 - QoL improvements
Heya all!Today, here's a little update with some tweaks and quality-of-life improvements to boost Locktale even more. Big thanks to everyone's who's played and sent feedback 🙏FeaturesLevel 32: The hints give a bit more info on how to use the level-specific tool :)UI: Improved the "Reveal Cipher Info" panel that pops after 3 minutes, if you haven't solved the cipher. Up til now, it could be closed by clicking on the background behind it, which sometimes caused people to misclick and close it before they'd even had a chance to read it. Now, you'll need to click an explicit "ok" button - this should make it easier to check out the info in this panel!FixesLevel 11: Improvement on the color-blind mode + Small fix in FR translation of the cipher description.Settings: Settings are now properly saved when you go back using the arrow in the top-left corner + The progress reset option (in the...
Read full update on Steam ↗v1.1.9 - QoL Improvements
Heya everyone!Here's a new small update with just some quality-of-life features and little improvements :)FeaturesLevel 19: There are now more detailed hints to help understand how the cipher works.FixesEnigma hints: The showing letter pair hint will keep showing even if the puzzle has already been solved.Autofill letters: When this option is disabled, special levels that dynamically reload the message won't autofill the letters anymore upon reload.UI: The list of controls in the main menu settings panel now properly switches color depending on the active theme (dark/light).
Read full update on Steam ↗v1.1.8 - QoL & Fixes
Heya!Quick update with some improvements and quality-of-life features :)FeaturesLocking alphabet: You can now lock the alphabet at the top of the screen to keep it open when you move your mouse away.Tracking revealed secrets: If you go back to where you found them, you'll see the secrets you've already revealed in semi-transparency (along with their hints).FixesLevel 45: The algorithm has been modified to be easier to solve by hand :)
Read full update on Steam ↗v1.1.7 - QoL & Fixes
Heya all!Here's a new batch of little fixes and mostly quality-of-life improvements:FeaturesList of controls: You can now access the full list of controls (read-only, for now) from the main menu settings (in the new "controls" section).Extra "util" hints: In early levels, there are now little hints to tell you about specific game options (like the possibility to reset your current level, or to toggle on/off some settings) :)FixesMisc: Various small fixes in UI, hints and/or algo computation.Thanks again to everyone in the Steam discussions board for their help ❤️
Read full update on Steam ↗v1.1.6 - Small fixes & QoL
Heya all!Here's today's small patch/improvement update, with a few fixes and small QoL stuff :)FeaturesInput: You can use + to input a in a letter slot.Level 9: A hint now explicitly shows that you can toggle off the "autofill letters" option when you want - typically increased difficulty, or for puzzles like this one where you prefer to input letters in the right position manually ;)FixesLevel 40: Small fix on the computation.Digit inputs: In special cases (like level 55) where you have numeric inputs (instead of letters), you can now use the keypad too!Thanks to you all for your continued support and help!
Read full update on Steam ↗More QoL & Fixes!
Hello everyone!Here's today's new update, with various little fixes and quality-of-life improvements... thanks to everyone from the discussions board for your help with improving the game!FeaturesLevel 12 - Color-blind mode: A new "color-blind" option since the puzzle relies on colors for completion. (For now, the option is only local to this puzzle... but are you color-blind and have experienced difficulties in other places in Locktale! Please tell me in the discussions and I'll make sure to work on accessibility! ⭐️)FixesPuzzle fixes: Some puzzles algorithms and/or hints have been fixed.Extra help - Various fixes: When using the "Extra help?" hint level, you shouldn't get bugs anymore where the revealed letters disappear or the extra inputs vanish after inputting "?".Not "keeping words" - Various fixes: When you toggle off the "keep words" option (for extra difficulty 🌶🌶), you sho...
Read full update on Steam ↗v1.1.4 - QoL & Fixes
Heya!Quick end-of-day update :)FeaturesSteam Rich Presence: The game will now show if you're currently in the menus or in a specific puzzle while playing Locktale for your Steam friends (it's a basic implementation of the Enhanced Rich Presence feature) :)Annotations clear confirm: When using the trash icon to clear all annotations in the current level, the game will now prompt you to confirm (to avoid misclicking the button and losing your annotation work!).FixesLevel 42: The data and hint has been fixed according to the rules of the cipher.Streamer mode: Enabling the "Streamer Mode" from the main menu's settings now hides all info related to the current Steam account (username and avatar).Thank you all for your feedback, notes and bug reports in the Steam discussions board - I'm super grateful for your help in making the game better 🙏
Read full update on Steam ↗v1.1.3 - QoL & Fixes
Heya everyone!So, continuing on the post-release improvements and fixes for Locktale: thanks to all of the nice players who gave me feedback or bug reports in the discussions board, I managed to track down a few additional issues and I added some quality-of-life features for the annotations tool :)FeaturesAnnotations toolbar - Minimize: The toolbar can now be minimized to the border of the screen. This allows you to see what's behind it, and put annotations in this zone of the screen if you want.Annotations toolbar - Shortcut: Also, you can now use (as shown next to the pencil icon) to cycle between the 3 states of the annotation toolbar: OFF (= hidden and you don't annotate), ON (= shown in full and you annotate), MINIMIZED (= shown on the border of the screen and you annotate).FixesLevel 26: The hint and algorithm had a little bug. It's now fixed :)"Autofill letters" setting: When i...
Read full update on Steam ↗v1.1.1 - QoL & Fixes
Hi (again)!Here's a quick follow-up patch with a few extra fixes, and some quality-of-life improvements :)I've mainly:added sounds for the secret-related stufftweaked some hints in the last puzzlesdecided to show the info about the cipher directly in-game after you've completed a puzzle (with optionally extra URL links to learn even more on the net). So, for the most simple ciphers you'll just get a direct explanation in the panel and for more complex/famous ones you'll also get an extra link to a Wikipedia page or an online website that explains more about this cipher :)Stay tuned for more in the days to come - I'm sure the community still has a lot to discover... and to report to me ❤️ 😉Cheers!
Read full update on Steam ↗v1.1.0 - Post-release Fixes & Improvements!
Heya everyone! 👋So, yesterday I released Locktale and - wow, your feedback and support has been so amazing! The game already sold over 800 copies, and I just can't believe it ⭐️By the way, did you know? Leaving a review on the game's page really helps me and the project!Also, thanks to several of you I tracked down a few bugs and to-improve features... hence today's quick update 😀Here's the summary of what this v1.1.0 brings:FeaturesStreamer mode: In the main menu setttings, you can now enable the streamer mode from the "data" section to hide your Steam username!4k resolution: 3840x2160 screen resolution is now available in the graphics settings :)FixesPuzzle achievements: You'll automatically get the Steam achievements matching the levels you've already completed if you don't have them yet - typically, if you completed the first 9 levels in the demo, you'll be granted the matching...
Read full update on Steam ↗Official release - the v1.0.0 is out!
Well, here we are!Today, after 9 months of prod, Locktale is finally out ⭐️For the official release v1.0.0 version, I’ve mostly fixed some remaining bugs and added a couple of quality-of-life features...... and I’m already thinking of some content stuff I could add in the future to keep the game alive 😀But what do you think: got any ideas for Locktale updates? Found any bugs?Don’t hesitate to keep filling the discussions board and give me your feedback ❤️And of course, big thanks to every one of you who supported me and made this whole thing possible!I hope you’ll enjoy diving into this world of magic and ciphers with me… 😉
Read full update on Steam ↗v0.5.0 - QoL, Fixes & Various improvements !
Heya all! 👋Thanks to the amazing feedback I got from my playtesters this week during the Steam Next Fest, I added/improved/fixed a bunch of little things in Locktale. These are mostly quality-of-life (QoL) features, but there are also a few bigger changes - namely puzzles 4 and 7 now use different ciphers! :)Below is a full list of what's changed.FeaturesCipher updates: Puzzles 4 and 7 now use different ciphers. I did this after receiving several remarks on puzzle 4 that used an alphagram cipher... which isn't very fun to decipher - so it got replaced by something else! :DCopy message: I've reintegrated a feature that was removed a while ago - the "copy message" button. So, now, if the puzzle allows it, you'll get a copy button in the top-right corner that you can click to directly get the encoded message in your clipboard; perfect for the hardcore decryptors who like to paste the pu...
Read full update on Steam ↗
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- SteamPatch
v1.1.12 - QoL & Small fixes ↗
Heya everyone!Today, here's a new small patch to fix a couple of things and add even more quality-of-life stuff :)FeaturesLanguage pinning: The "language" discovered in level 4 (\meaning the reversed alphabet of the A…
- SteamReview activity
2 new Steam reviews
1 positive · 1 negative.
- SteamPatch
v1.1.11 - QoL & Small Fixes ↗
Heya all!Today, here's a little update with various quality-of-life improvements and a few small fixes (in particular around the annotation tools) :)RefactorsLevels 23 and 32 switched: I've switched around those two l…
- SteamReview activity
2 new Steam reviews
1 positive · 1 negative.
- SteamPatch
v1.1.10 - QoL improvements ↗
Heya all!Today, here's a little update with some tweaks and quality-of-life improvements to boost Locktale even more. Big thanks to everyone's who's played and sent feedback 🙏FeaturesLevel 32: The hints give a bit mo…
- SteamReview activity
2 new Steam reviews
2 positive · 0 negative.