Glyphos

Deciphering a language

Glyphos is a PC puzzle game about learning a language with no dictionary, tutorial, or dialogue. You compare glyphs carved on steles with the small pictures beside them, then use those clues to work out what each glyph means.

Matching and writing

You pair glyphs with meanings in a journal. Each page confirms only when every pairing is correct, with no hints for individual slots. At gates, you study a picture and write its sentence using the glyphs you’ve learned. Each gate has three stages, with each stage harder than the last.