Further atmospheric detail is provided throughout the game in the form of background music and sound effects, as well as an animated image of the player character on the righthand side of the screen.

[2] The game is set in NeoSushi City, formerly Tokyo, several years after a catastrophe saw a portion of the moon impact the earth's surface, destroying much of civilisation, including the internet.

Cypher received a degree of media coverage prior to its release, largely focussing on the unusual choice to publish a text based game in the modern day,[6] with PC Gamer referring to it as a "colourful, text-based throwback.

"[8] Gamezebo were only mildly critical of the text parser, calling it "rather demanding in terms of how you write commands", and summarised their review by saying that "Cypher's well-crafted atmosphere will have you typing like a madman in no time.

[12] Armaan Khan of True PC Gaming gave Cypher a positive review, stating that "the story is strong enough to make these typos seem inconsequential.

"[13] IndieGames named Cypher one of the Top 10 Indie Adventures of 2012, stating that "Quite shockingly and despite its flaws it actually succeeded; must have been those amazing visuals, that interesting story and the incredible selection of feelies.".