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Watchword

88% positive of 34 Steam reviews

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Released
2025
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by Big Quail Games.

About the game

Watchword is the anagram roguelike. Strategically spell real and made-up words while using magical rule-bending books to score massively satisfying combos. Build your deck of letter tiles and find synergies in this endlessly re-playable twist on classic word games.

Tagged by players

  • Roguelike Deckbuilder
  • Spelling
  • Deckbuilding
  • Word Game
  • Board Game
  • Roguelike
  • Turn-Based Tactics
  • Roguelite
  • Choices Matter
  • Hand-drawn
  • Perma Death
  • Turn-Based

What players say

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    I really like word games, and I've enjoyed Balatro, so when I saw this, I tried the demo. The demo crashed several times, but I thought 'Eh, it's the demo, surely the full game would be fixed, they might not have updated the demo since it came out.' I was wrong. In the 40 minutes I've played it, it has crashed 4 times. I can not continue my game. I'm on the first one. halfway through a run (6 out of 12), and every…

    43 min played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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