Games Like Prose & Codes

Prose & Codes

Explore the wonderful world of books through deceptively simple cryptograms. 10% of every purchase benefits Project Gutenberg, an online library of over 60,000 free ebooks.

★ 2025: MOSAIC RETROSPECTIVE ★ JUUFUUTEI RADEN™'S GUIDE FOR PIXEL MUSEUM ★ MINI WORDS - MINIMALIST PUZZLE ★ MYTHS OF RULES ★ LETTER QUEST: GRIMM'S JOURNEY REMASTERED ★ 7 DAYS TO END WITH YOU ★ THE APOTHECARY OF TRUBIZ ★ PAPER BRIDE 5 TWO LIFETIMES ★ CHANTS OF SENNAAR ★ LOK DIGITAL ★ TYPOMAN ★ NOUN TOWN LANGUAGE LEARNING ★ WE ♥ IT 
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2025: Mosaic Retrospective

74% 👍 OF 396
About This Game

2025: Mosaic Retrospective is a picross/minesweeper hybrid featuring a single ENORMOUS puzzle inspired by global news stories from throughout the year.

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Mini Words - minimalist puzzle

93% 👍 OF 182
About This Game

721 words. That is enough to cover 90% of conversations in English. Unscramble those words in Mini Words - a unique mix of puzzle, word search and hangman.

In this game, you can…

  • …choose between multiple valid traces for the same word, knowing one path can block the rest of the puzzle
  • …get a word accepted, then realize your "correct" trace boxed you in and you have to reroute it to keep the level solvable
  • …reuse the same letter tile multiple times in one word's path
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Myths of Rules

88% 👍 OF 1.0K
About This Game

This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.

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Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered

91% 👍 OF 562
About This Game

The grim reapers Grimm and Rose need your help to defeat a legion of monsters, ghosts, and evil bunnies using the power of words! Letter Quest Remastered is the remake of the Bacon Bandits' first game, now with an endless mode, new soundtrack, and fully animated monsters!

In this game, you can…

  • …spell words to attack monsters in turn-based fights.
  • …get hit with tile curses where letters flip, change every turn, spread disease, or get corrupted until your best word becomes a survival puzzle.
  • …play stages with wild rules like double letters doing quadruple damage, or 4-letter words doing zero damage.
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The Apothecary of Trubiz

94% 👍 OF 532
About This Game

A short puzzle game where you decipher a fictional language, mix potions, and treat patients. Enjoy the thrill of understanding and the small stories that unfold from each cure.

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Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes

84% 👍 OF 683
About This Game

"Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes" is the 5th work in the "Paper Bride' series. Our cast from Zangling Village return to the stage to welcome players back to the world of paper bride...

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Chants of Sennaar

98% 👍 OF 33K
About This Game

In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.

In this game, you can…

  • …translate between two different peoples so a conversation can happen between groups that can't understand each other.
  • …build your own dictionary by annotating unknown glyphs, then lock in meanings by matching them to drawings.
  • …reach the top, watch the symbols rotate and transform, then escape a collapsing dreamlike world using the combined languages you rebuilt.
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Noun Town Language Learning

85% 👍 OF 724
About This Game

Learn 1,000+ words and phrases in 12 languages - including Japanese & Spanish - with no subscription and no ads. Explore a colorful open world, beat vocab mini-games, and speak to NPCs using real speech recognition. Language learning that actually sticks, and actually feels like a game.