Cardinal Chains
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About Cardinal Chains
Cardinal Chains is a minimalist puzzle game built around non-decreasing sequences. Each puzzle gives you a monochrome grid of numbers and several colored cells marked with an X. Starting from those cells, you link numbers in non-decreasing order until the entire grid is colored.
Puzzles
The game contains 500 handcrafted puzzles of varying difficulty, each with a single solution. There are no timers or scores, so you can focus on solving each grid.
Themes and soundtrack
You can choose from several built-in color themes, including options for colorblind players, or create your own themes in the game. A lengthy chill-out soundtrack accompanies the puzzles.
Additional features
The game also includes achievements, cloud saves and quality-of-life options.
Frequently asked questions
The best price for Cardinal Chains is $2.99 at Steam. It is the only shop with an offer that activates in your country.
The minimum requirements for Cardinal Chains are: Windows 10, 2 GB RAM, 200 MB storage. It also runs on macOS. The recommended specs are in the System requirements section.
No. Cardinal Chains is a single-player game.
Mostly, yes. Valve rates Cardinal Chains as Playable on the Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual setup.
Yes. Cardinal Chains is the full base game. You need nothing else to play it.
Steam lets publishers create keys to sell in other shops. Once you activate a key, the game is yours to keep, just like a store purchase.
Disclaimer: CD keys have an inherent 1–2% average failure rate. Check the shop terms for buyer protection info. Steam offers no buyer protection for keys bought in other shops and doesn't refund them.











