Cardinal Chains is a minimalist puzzle game centering on the concept of non-decreasing sequences.
Each puzzle begins with a monochrome grid of numbers, plus a few colored cells marked with an X. Starting at these cells, you must link up numbers in non-decreasing order until the whole grid is filled with color.
• 500 unique, carefully handcrafted puzzles of varying difficulty, each with a single solution
• Beautiful, lengthy chill-out soundtrack created by accomplished professional artists
• Minimalist, elegant design without timers, ads, purchases or other hassles - just pure gameplay
• Several built-in color themes, including colorblind options. Or...
• ...make your own color themes - right from within the game!
• Features achievements and cloud saves
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Cardinal Chains FAQ
Is Cardinal Chains free?
Yes, Cardinal Chains is completely free and it doesn't have any in-app purchases or subscriptions.
Is Cardinal Chains legit?
✅ The Cardinal Chains app appears to be high-quality and legitimate. Users are very satisfied.
Good music, visuals, and satisfying sound effects. Puzzle logic is simple and fair. Got this on Linux from itch.io a few years back. It’s so good buying again to replay on the go now that I have an iPhone.
Highly recommended.
Entertaining
Simple concept. I honestly didn’t think I’d enjoy this much. Seemed too easy, but they put together quite the variety of challenging puzzles that kept me engaged. Just wish there was a way I could skip a level and go back to it later. Gets kind of frustrating when you get stuck on one, but I always figure it out eventually.
Great easy and challenging puzzle mix
This game is so much fun. It starts easy. Afterward there is a mix of easy and hard puzzles — so that you can get a rest with an easy puzzle after solving a harder one. They’re challenging put not so hard as to be frustrating. Just get it if you like puzzles.
Great game, lovely interface
The puzzle style has surprising depth, and is satisfying to solve- this is amplified by how well the interface works. Spend $2 on this instead of spending hours of your life watching ads on a free game.
Quality and quantity
Well worth the money. You get a ton of puzzles. The description says 500 and I’ve been playing it for a few weeks and am only on 150. Highly recommended!
Simple Mechanics, Great Puzzle
Not much to it, but a simply great puzzle game. Can find myself blasting through feeling like a genius then getting stuck on something so simple. Great mix and great fun.
Very clean design, excellent level progression
The only negative thing is “cloud saves” don’t seem to work? Do I have to sign into Game Center (bleck) for that?
Fun relaxing puzzle game
It’s just as the title says - this is a great little puzzle game that I love playing when I have a free moment. Nice sound effects and the visuals are clean and minimal. Love it!
NerdCubed was right
NerdCubed set me onto this with a recommends video. I love it
worth the price
A nice casual puzzle game. Not too complicated, but good for a diversion.
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