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Cardinal: Compass Sudoku – Board Game Review
Cardinal: Compass Sudoku is a Board/Puzzle game from Connor Corde, first launched in 10th August 2020.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 67+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Cardinal: Compass Sudoku Stand Out
Relax and challenge yourself with Cardinal: Compass Sudoku – a puzzle game in the vein of classic sudoku with a colorful twist!
Hone your skills as you journey through the levels to unlock Freeplay mode, a never-ending source of interesting and unique puzzles.
New features and levels to be added monthly. Colorblind mode included.
This Board game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Cardinal: Compass Sudoku is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 18th August 2020
Recent improvements include:
Quality of life improvements to help you enjoy the game more:
- Hints now allow you to fill in numbers on compasses with blanks
- The previous hint functionality has become the Highlighter tool
- You can now press a compass to select that color
- Improved puzzle generation in Freeplay mode
- Smarter text scaling for older devices
- Rules rundown is now found in Settings
- Hotfix for purchases
Download & Availability
Cardinal: Compass Sudoku is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Cardinal: Compass Sudoku on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This is a great game and safe for little ones to play. Colors are relaxing and non-stimming before bed. Good for sleepless nights.
Its very pretty and very frustrating, which, distressingly, we find very appealing.
Well-designed puzzles and a beautiful interface.
Very fun once you get the hang of it. Much better than the many brain dead find the word thats missing games. Hope you can play offline.
This is a unique and fun puzzle/game. Its increasingly challenging so we dont get bored. The colors, design, and music are soothing, as well. Our first time playing we completed stages 1 and 2. Looking forward to continuing. The puzzles remind us of Sudoku and a game called Flow Free. Two of our favorites. Cardinal offers a new combined twist to these. If you like Flow Free, youll definitely like this game.
Great game to zone out and take a break from the day with.
Love this! This is for the mind game lover who hates looking at the black and white boxes of regular sudoku!! It is such an interesting twist on the game and the colors make it really calming. A must download.
Wow! Amazing game for amazing boys and amazing girls! Download and play this very good game.
One of the most simple yet polished games Ive played on the App Store. Everything from the sound to the subtle visual effects when you complete a puzzle just creates a truly flawless experience. Ive been playing this game for about 3 months now and still find it just as relaxing and entertaining as we did the first time we picked it up. If you want a relaxing challenge with a truly polished experience this is the app for you.
What a lovely, fresh take on logic puzzles. Im a huge sudoku fan and this is a great addition to the puzzle category. Relaxing, simple in concept but still challenging enough to keep you engaged, and aesthetically pleasing. Well done.
Cardinal is a very fun twist on Sudoku. The right level of challenge to keep you engaged.
The most beautiful and calming puzzle app Ive downloaded to date. Thoughtful design (love the simplicity and the color palette) that gives your brain a bit of a challenge without being overwhelming. Overall, very impressed and pleased with this game.
Very fun logic puzzle. Makes our commute go by faster! Has a kind of meditative feel. Lovely aesthetic and nice smooth, gradual progression of difficulty. And just hard enough to be challenging and not frustrating or boring. Looking forward to lots more levels.
We love visual puzzles so we were really excited to download this one after seeing it! It feels like a combination of Flow, Nonogram, and sudoku. Lots of fun and really gets your mind thinking. Cardinal in a few words can be described as: colorful, open, light, intuitive, neat, simplistic, ultimate challenge, keen, and stylistic.
Really amazing concept and very well thought out design and gameplay. We have spent a lot of time on a lot of apps to pass time at work and we have to tell you that this takes the cake. Im so used to the same mind numbing solitaire, sodoku, etc. This is different and it makes you think. Youll get the puzzle wrong and each time you get it wrong the more you want to play. The game isn't easy but it isnt very difficult either, it just makes you use your head.
Easy to learn yet endlessly challenging, Cardinal is a colorful twist on the traditional Sudoku grid. Visually pleasing gameplay and soothing music means fans of puzzles and color matching games will find Cardinal especially stimulating. It even has colorblind mode! Check it out, puzzlers.
The concept for puzzle is a nice brain challenge that gets progressively more difficult but the experience itself is also nice because the color palette/aesthetic makes it relaxing too. Somehow it is equaling brain testing and relaxing at the same time. A nice way to unwind.
Very relaxing! Soothing music and pleasing visuals.
Im only about 15 or so levels in, but its been a while since Ive seen such a clever little puzzle game. It evokes many of the same thought processes as Sudoku and Kakuro but is a far more visual type of game. You dont need to keep track of numbers as much so its far more manageable and relaxing when you want to enjoy some puzzles but dont have the capacity for more effort.
The design looks great and the puzzles are addicting. A great app to unwind with.
A quick puzzle game thats fun, pretty, easy to learn, and gradually challenging; recommend.
The color choice and design of the app is spectacular. Takes quite a few levels to get the hang of it, but once you do, it's a relaxing challenge.
Great puzzle game like Sudoku or Nonogram. Love it to pass time. Would recommend.
We downloaded this game and it is so mentally stimulating yet calming at the same time! Love the graphics, colors, music and concept! Awesome game.
Super interesting concept, easy to understand, and satisfying to play.
Well designed and a fun and relaxing game for those who like sudoku or probably any puzzle game. Definitely worth trying out.
Challenging enough to be engaging but not so hard that you get frustrated – a nice relaxing game that you can get wander off into.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.1.2
- Size: 23.94 MB
- iOS: 12.4 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Connor Corde
Last updated: 18th August 2020 | Genre: Board, Puzzle | Developer: Connor Corde