About the Game
The Black Cipher is a World War II codebreaking puzzle adventure for iPhone and iPad. Inspired by real wartime cryptography, players intercept secret messages, decode enemy communications, solve historical puzzles, and uncover the stories hidden behind the ciphers that shaped the war.
Drawing inspiration from real code systems including Enigma, PURPLE, Vigenère, substitution ciphers, JN-25, and JN-40, The Black Cipher blends history, logic, and deduction into an immersive puzzle experience.
Historical Codebreaking
Learn how wartime cryptanalysts worked, discover the techniques used to break enemy codes, and solve increasingly challenging cipher puzzles inspired by real events from World War II.
The Daily Cipher
Every day presents a new challenge. The Daily Cipher highlights a real event that occurred between 1941 and 1945. Solve the cipher, reveal the hidden message, and learn what happened on that day during the Second World War.
Hundreds of historical events are included, making each day an opportunity to test your codebreaking skills while learning a piece of history.
The Pacific Campaign
Follow the war across the Pacific through nine major campaign puzzles. Decode messages, unlock battle intelligence, and uncover the story behind famous operations from Pearl Harbor through the final campaigns of 1945.
Each campaign introduces new cipher systems, new historical challenges, and increasingly complex codebreaking techniques.
The European Campaign
Journey through the European Theater from the invasion of Poland to the fall of Berlin. The European Campaign contains eighty-nine historical campaign puzzles inspired by the events, intelligence operations, and codebreaking efforts that shaped the war.
Solve military communications, break secret messages, and uncover hidden intelligence while progressing through the largest campaign in the game.
Designed for Puzzle Enthusiasts
The Black Cipher rewards observation, logic, deduction, and persistence. Whether you are a history enthusiast, a fan of classic puzzle games, or a lover of cryptography, each challenge is designed to provide a satisfying and authentic codebreaking experience.