据说发明这个游戏的是瑞士人。不过一直都没有引起人们的注意。八十年代日本杂志出版商把它引入日本，增加了游戏难度，当然也起了个日文名字，就是“sudoku” 数独。后来这个游戏就在日本和美国走红了。
jùshuō fāmíng zhège yóuxì de shì Ruìshìrén 。bùguò yīzhí dōu méiyǒu yǐnqǐ rénmen de zhùyì 。bāshí niándài Rìběn zázhì chūbǎnshāng bǎ tā yǐnrù Rìběn ，zēngjiā le yóuxì nándù ，dāngrán yě qǐ le ge rìwén míngzi ，jiùshì “sudoku” shùdú 。hòulái zhège yóuxì jiù zài Rìběn hé Měiguó zǒuhóng le 。
They say it was a Swiss person that invented the game, but it never attracted any attention. In the 80's a Japanese magazine publisher imported it to Japan, increased the difficulty of the game, and of course gave it a Japanese name: ``sudoku." Later the game got popular in Japan and the United States.