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Cracking the Cryptic Curated Sudoku puzzles from YouTube's most popular Sudoku channel, Cracking the Cryptic!
Players on Steam, last 48 hours| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 15:03 UTC | 12 |
| 28 Oct, 14:54 UTC | 7 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
Player Retention| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchAugust 2022 | 49 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onNovember 2022 | 35 | 72% | Holds players well (better than 89% of 7,559 other games) |
| 12 months onAugust 2023 | 27 | 56% | Holds players well (better than 82% of 6,583 other games) |
Cracking the Cryptic kept 72% of the average players it had at its launch in August 2022 after 3 months and 56% after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
Players By Month| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026Oct 2026 (so far) | 9 | −5 | −36.5% | 17 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 14 | 0 | +3% | 30 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 14 | 0 | +0.2% | 26 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 14 | −1 | −7.7% | 29 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 15 | −2 | −9.9% | 28 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 17 | 0 | +0.1% | 33 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 17 | +1 | +3.1% | 36 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 16 | −5 | −22.7% | 33 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 21 | 0 | +0.3% | 41 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 21 | −2 | −7.6% | 43 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 23 | −2 | −8.3% | 42 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 25 | +4 | +17.6% | 56 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 21 | −3 | −13.8% | 39 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 24 | 0 | −0.5% | 45 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 24 | 0 | −0.9% | 44 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 25 | −9 | −26.8% | 48 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 34 | +4 | +13.4% | 67 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 30 | 0 | −0.9% | 50 |
| April 2025Apr 2025 | 30 | 0 | −1.2% | 59 |
| March 2025Mar 2025 | 30 | −6 | −15.9% | 63 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 36 | −1 | −3.6% | 64 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 37 | −8 | −17.2% | 69 |
| December 2024Dec 2024 | 45 | −5 | −9.5% | 87 |
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 50 | +22 | +76.8% | 108 |
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 28 | −5 | −14.1% | 58 |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 33 | +3 | +8.9% | 63 |
| August 2024Aug 2024 | 30 | +6 | +23.1% | 74 |
| July 2024Jul 2024 | 25 | −2 | −8% | 48 |
| June 2024Jun 2024 | 27 | 0 | +0.2% | 55 |
| May 2024May 2024 | 27 | −1 | −2.3% | 54 |
| April 2024Apr 2024 | 27 | 0 | −0.8% | 49 |
| March 2024Mar 2024 | 27 | −4 | −13.7% | 57 |
| February 2024Feb 2024 | 32 | +1 | +4.6% | 63 |
| January 2024Jan 2024 | 30 | +2 | +5.2% | 54 |
| December 2023Dec 2023 | 29 | 0 | −1.3% | 65 |
| November 2023Nov 2023 | 29 | −9 | −23.3% | 58 |
| October 2023Oct 2023 | 38 | +17 | +79.2% | 84 |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 21 | −6 | −22.1% | 40 |
| August 2023Aug 2023 | 27 | 0 | 0% | 50 |
| July 2023Jul 2023 | 27 | +2 | +7.7% | 55 |
| June 2023Jun 2023 | 25 | 0 | −0.3% | 55 |
| May 2023May 2023 | 25 | −1 | −4.4% | 50 |
| April 2023Apr 2023 | 27 | +3 | +10.4% | 55 |
| March 2023Mar 2023 | 24 | −2 | −9.1% | 63 |
| February 2023Feb 2023 | 27 | +1 | +2.7% | 67 |
| January 2023Jan 2023 | 26 | −1 | −2.8% | 54 |
| December 2022Dec 2022 | 27 | −8 | −24.3% | 58 |
| November 2022Nov 2022 | 35 | +2 | +5.1% | 78 |
| October 2022Oct 2022 | 33 | −15 | −31.5% | 64 |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 49 | +26 | +115.5% | 96 |
| August 2022Aug 2022 | 23 | — | — | 92 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.
