Copy Editor: A RegEx Puzzle cover
Copy Editor: A RegEx Puzzle screenshot
Genre: Simulator, Strategy, Indie

Copy Editor: A RegEx Puzzle

Steam Winter Sale

Cinq-Mars Media games are 20-70% off till January 2! Happy Holidays!

Whether you want to learn and practice Regular Expressions for programming, or you are a casual gamer looking for a fun challenge, play Copy Editor!

No familiarity with advanced or even intermediate concepts is assumed. Rudiments are learned through gentle tutorials, but the focus is always on tactics and lateral thinking. While you will no doubt learn valuable RegEx skills, it is primarily used a pretext for these sophisticated and rewarding logic puzzles.

Copy Editor discounted in the Steam Autumn Sale!

Copy Editor is an addicting puzzle game that teaches you Regular Expressions, commonly used in computer science and language theory.

Word game aficionados should also try our newest game, CrossAbout!

Copy Editor trailer:

New Level in Celebration of a New Game Release!

We just released a new game, CrossAbout, so in celebration we've updated Copy Editor with the latest frameworks and a brand new level! We tried to be even more diabolical with this puzzle than the last, and even tease one of the several games we have planned for 2025. As always, thank you for your feedback and support of our non-profit and helping us do what we love most. And check out our newest project, CrossAbout. It's free to play!

Steam Summer Sale

Find a new favorite and save now!

  • Copy Editor
  • Trade Bots
  • Lazy Chess
  • The Devil's Calculator
  • Synonymy

Always free to educators and students!

Steam Spring Sale

Including Copy Editor, Trade Bots, Lazy Chess, The Devil’s Calculator, and Synonymy

Play demos, find your new favorite, and buy it at a low price!

Proceeds benefit the Cinq-Mars Media Nonprofit mission of developing educational games and technology. Our games are always free to students and educators.

Cinq-Mars Media is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization based in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Steam Winter Sale

Copy Editor, a game of Regular Expressions, is just one of the games from Cinq-Mars Media, all on sale now!

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Copy Editor and other Cinq-Mars Media games discounted

Try a free demo and get Copy Editor at a discounted price now!

Cinq-Mars Media games are always free to educators and students who contact us.

Steam Summer Sale

All Cinq-Mars Media games are on sale during Steam's summer event!

Try a demo and find a new favorite!

New Levels, Features, Bug Fixes & Performance + Stability Improvements!

In celebration of our non-profit's latest release, Trade Bots, our team has made a long overdue update to the project.

Along with several bug fixes (shout out to @vapier on github for his awesome pull requests and suggestions), performance improvements and upgrades to modern frameworks, we've added the following new content:


  • Two new levels!
  • Integration with one of our favorite tools, regexper. This allows players to visualize their regex. There is a new icon to the left of the input box that opens this.
  • Discord Integration - once a player has five stars, they can engage with discord natively within the game.
  • Various UI improvements including a way to move the lower right box out of the way to have more room for your regex.


Thank you all so much for playing and for your continued support of educational gaming. Please consider trying the free demo of our latest game, Trade Bots and reading about its development here.

Copy Editor 60% off during Steam Puzzle Fest!

Get Copy Editor at 60% off during the Steam Puzzle Fest!

Copy Editor is an addicting game which teaches Regular Expressions, commonly used in computer science and language theory. Build complex rules that process and revise famous texts for your wacky and demanding publishers!

Whether you are new to using Regular Expressions or want to test your proficiency, Copy Editor promises a fun and challenging puzzle experience.