
- Player reviews
- 98% positive319 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- Price
- US$4.99
Where to get it

2022 · Hero Game Co · Puzzle · Indie
Prose & Codes
Prose & Codes is an indie puzzle game. Decode the wit, wisdom, and wonder of literature's finest works through deceptively simple ciphers. Decode 350 hand-selected excerpts from literary classics both well-known and obscure and get a taste of 7 beloved genres, from nostalgic children's stories to bone-chilling horror.
- Released
- 11 February 2022
- Platforms
- LinuxWindowsmacOS
- Genres
- PuzzleIndie
- Developers
- Hero Game Co
- Publishers
- Hero Game Co
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Text
- Themes
- HistoricalDramaEducational
- Engine
- LÖVE
- Languages
- English
- Features
- Family SharingSingle-playerSteam achievementsSteam trading cards
- Time to beat
- 1hmain story17hcompletionist
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