Games Like Wordfright

The purpose of the puzzle is to guess the unknown word by adding the correct letters. For every unsuccessful attempt, a part of the human body will appear on the gallows.

Why similar: Word Game 28%, Typing 26.1% ★, Point & Click 11.8%, Dark 8.4%, Horror 7.2%

A grim sequel to the puzzle of guessing words. The rules are the same - you need to guess the word, and you have the right to make a mistake 6 times, otherwise the man will be in the noose. And be careful - the game contains many secrets...

Why similar: Typing 25.9% ★, Word Game 25.2%, Point & Click 10.8%, Dark 6.9%, Simulation 6.3%

Complete your last draft before sunrise while enduring increasing paranormal activities and relentless monster stalks. Use your typing skills to progress and your instincts to hide, surviving 7 days of pure psychological horror.

Why similar: Typing 32.3% ★, Word Game 18.8%, Thriller 7.6%, Survival Horror 7.5%, First-Person 5.7%

Become a Legend! Dive into the world of Kanji and demonstrate your knowledge against challenging trials.

Why similar: Typing 37.7% ★, Word Game 27%, Point & Click 11.9%, Puzzle 6.7%, Simulation 6.2%

A compact sci-fi experience where you manage a spaceship shop through a terminal interface.

Why similar: Word Game 31%, Typing 28.3% ★, Simulation 12.2%, Puzzle 8.5%, Realistic 6.9%

Don't Text and Drive is a challenging single-player horror game where you text for help as you are driving.

Why similar: Typing 51.6% ★, Horror 11.2%, Realistic 9.1%, First-Person 7.7%, Dark 6.7%

A minimalist typing game where every 10 seconds is a year of your life. Balance Work, Family, and Health as time runs out.

Why similar: Typing 50.5% ★, Word Game 36.2%, Simulation 10%, Atmospheric 3.1%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Constriction is a sinister reimagining of the classic game "Hangman". Solve the unknown words faster than your opponents to stay alive. Each correctly guessed letter tightens the noose of the person on the other end. First to suffocate loses.

Why similar: Typing 33.1% ★, Word Game 32.1%, Dark 7.5%, Thriller 6.8%, Puzzle 5.7%

Hangman was a children's game on paper. Here, you don't draw the hanged man — you are him. Search an abandoned graveyard for letter stones, carry them to the altar, and spell the word before seven mistakes tighten the noose.

Why similar: Word Game 48.4%, Puzzle 13.4%, First-Person 9.5%, Dark 9.2%, 3D 7%

Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?

Why similar: Typing 31% ★, Word Game 27.5%, Point & Click 13%, Puzzle 7.2%, Realistic 6.9%

Wordish takes word games to the next level! Find the proper words in this challenging and customizable puzzle game. Challenge your friends through codes or even with live multiplayer!

Why similar: Word Game 50%, Typing 30.5% ★, Puzzle 10.5%, First-Person 4.8%, 3D 3.7%

Type Pressure is a simple, arcade style word game where you type words based on the prompts you are given.

Why similar: Typing 51.1% ★, Word Game 48.7%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Walk along your keyboard to spell out a swirly story. In Duckscape you will need to contort your fingers to move around your keyboard in this oddly controlled game. Unlock levels, game modes and modifiers, and an endless mode. Spell out a quaint tale of friendship in the modern age.

Why similar: Typing 53.7% ★, Word Game 36.1%, 3D 4.8%, Atmospheric 2.3%, Text-Based 1.8%

Your words are your only weapon. Banish the restless dead in this Malaysian folklore typing horror. Face the Pocong and Pontianak in an abandoned school using fast-paced typing combat and ritual crafting. Can you find the words to survive? Start typing now.

Why similar: Typing 49.2% ★, Word Game 14.8%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, Horror 10.4%, Puzzle 6.8%

Shuffled Words is a casual word guessing game!

Why similar: Typing 56.4% ★, Word Game 39.9%, Text-Based 3.6%, Singleplayer 0.2%

The classic Hangman game is now on Steam! Help Balloon Boy guess the correct words and phrases to avoid being eaten by the beast.

Why similar: Word Game 48.7%, Typing 40.9% ★, Puzzle 10.2%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Type to attack. Discover hidden moves. Win. Master 15 unique fighters, uncover 150+ secret techniques, and prove you're the ultimate Type Fighter.

Why similar: Typing 51.5% ★, Word Game 45.7%, Simulation 1.8%, Strategy 1%, Singleplayer 0.1%

HNI Industries is HIRING TODAY! Join a team where productivity is purpose and exhaustion is honor. Your worth will be measured by each word you successfully type. Can you handle the stress?

Why similar: Typing 49.9% ★, Word Game 34.3%, First-Person 6.9%, Thriller 4.5%, Dark 2.4%

Create as many words long words as possible within a minute using 7 random letters.

Why similar: Typing 42.4% ★, Word Game 39.8%, Point & Click 10.6%, Puzzle 7%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Typing Simulator is not a game, it's the future. Learn to type. Get fast. High scores, leader-boards and speed running, all in VR.

Why similar: Typing 53.6% ★, Word Game 34.2%, Simulation 12%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Congratulations! You have been selected to become a parser at MERCURIALCORP! Please follow all safety protocols when communicating with the entity. Keep the vault door closed. Translate messages efficiently, and know that you are being watched. A short morse code focused survival horror experience.

Why similar: Typing 32.8% ★, Survival Horror 15.1%, Point & Click 13.9%, Horror 11.4%, First-Person 9.2%

A typing game about meeting words worth keeping. What you type are 200 sayings left behind by writers East and West, appearing one at a time on still paper lit by a single light. Nothing rushes you, and the more you type, the more of it stays with you.

Why similar: Typing 53.2% ★, Word Game 38.8%, Atmospheric 5.8%, Text-Based 2%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Zombie Typing is a tense survival game where every action: moving, looting, reloading, and fighting off the undead, relies on your typing skills. Type fast and stay sharp, because one wrong key could mean the difference between survival and being devoured!

Why similar: Typing 50.3% ★, Word Game 36.5%, Survival Horror 10%, Atmospheric 3.1%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Play Hangman online! Test your word skills, solo or with friends.

Why similar: Typing 52.9% ★, Word Game 46.9%, Singleplayer 0.2%

The word guessing puzzle game that allows you to create and download custom word lists from the Steam Workshop. Challenge yourself with a new daily word each day and unlock achievements along the way! Make the words short or long, from experienced players to young ones just starting out.

Why similar: Word Game 43.6%, Typing 39.9% ★, Puzzle 9.6%, Point & Click 6.5%, Singleplayer 0.3%

HyakuTyping is a typing software with a Roman alphabet input only theme based on the Hyakunin Isshu poems. You can play by looking at the display from the top and typing the lower verse, or by looking at the card with the lower verse and typing the first two characters of the upper verse.

Why similar: Typing 72.1% ★, Word Game 27.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Survive horrific pressure as you try to guess words before being brutally drilled by an esoteric being. Utilizing only your wit and a handful of consumables, can you make it to the end alive?

Why similar: Typing 44.3% ★, Word Game 31.1%, Puzzle 8.7%, Thriller 5.9%, Horror 5.4%

Houshou Marine sets sail again, this time with typing! Due to Crazy Ollie's mischief, the captain's precious treasure has transformed into "Treasure Zombies"! Can the captain recover her original, adorable treasure? A typing game like no other, filled with Hololive's most memorable lines!

Why similar: Typing 44.3% ★, Word Game 40.4%, Puzzle 10.9%, Horror 3.4%, Text-Based 1%

The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.

Why similar: Typing 35.2% ★, Point & Click 16.6%, Horror 10.3%, Puzzle 9.3%, Simulation 8.7%

Words for Evil is a fast paced word game combined with a fantasy RPG. It features everything you expect from an RPG, including combat, hero progression, loot and more, all built on top of word game mechanics.

Why similar: Word Game 52.9%, Typing 47.1% ★

Quick Words is the bigger, better, 5 letter word guessing game that lets you play 5 words in the same game. Play it fast, play it slow, play it windowed, leave it in the background. Do as you please.

Why similar: Typing 44.5% ★, Word Game 43.9%, Puzzle 8.7%, 3D 2.8%, Singleplayer 0.1%

A keyboard based climbing game where you use your real hands to grab each rung. Be careful, because each mistake could spell your doom, and it's a long way down!

Why similar: Typing 51.8% ★, Horror 11.5%, Simulation 8.8%, Puzzle 8.4%, First-Person 7.1%

Ever wondered what would happen if you crossed Scrabble with an RPG? Now you don't have to, because Letter Quest is here! Help Grimm and Rose, a couple of adorable grim reapers, defeat monsters, ghosts, evil bunnies and more using the power of words!

Why similar: Word Game 62.6%, Typing 24.7% ★, Puzzle 12.5%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Welcome to the planet, Triangulus. Can you solve the hidden mysteries of each island and escape with your brain intact? Scan these ancient runes to decode a new alien language. Use this alien language to grow plants, move trains, and even save the Trilings of the planet.

Why similar: Typing 58.6% ★, Puzzle 13.2%, First-Person 10.3%, Nonlinear 6.6%, 3D 6.4%

A dangerous bomb game up to 12 players where you'll have to type words fast to save yourself from exploding. Use power-up cards to control the game, only the last player standing wins.

Why similar: Typing 47.8% ★, Word Game 22.8%, Dark 12.8%, Horror 9.6%, First-Person 4.7%

God of Word is an exciting twist on classic word & typing games, fusing together multiple game modes with the enchanting setting of Greek Mythology to create the ultimate word game for PC and Mac!

Why similar: Typing 50.7% ★, Word Game 41.5%, Puzzle 7.5%, Singleplayer 0.2%

A challenging puzzle adventure about learning an alien language. Explore a strange world and meet its cute inhabitants. Decipher the language and earn their trust. With every word learned, you will uncover more secrets. Can you solve the mystery of this world and decide the fate of the Pikku?

Why similar: Word Game 33.9%, Typing 31.1% ★, Point & Click 14.2%, Puzzle 8.4%, Atmospheric 5.5%

Get ready for some word-finding fun game in Text Twist Classic! Around 1800 different words to learn! Look at the jumbled letters and find all the word combinations. Over 8000 levels. Two different modes to play: Untimed and Timed.

Why similar: Word Game 38.8%, Typing 34% ★, Point & Click 17.3%, Nonlinear 8.4%, Strategy 0.7%

Hidden Words is an interactive word guessing game that can be played with your Twitch chat! Your viewers will try to find the hidden words in a picture by just typing to your chat. There is also a solo game mode to challange yourself.

Why similar: Typing 47.4% ★, Word Game 40.4%, Puzzle 10.7%, Text-Based 1.5%

It's 1991. You work alone on the night shift at a remote cargo facility. As you sort shipments and complete your tasks, unexplained noises from the hallways, strange images appearing on security cameras, and a growing sense of unease begin to turn your shift into a nightmare.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.5%, Simulation 13.5%, Horror 11.7%, Realistic 9.6%, Thriller 9.3%

No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?

Why similar: Typing 33% ★, Word Game 30.8%, Realistic 8.7%, Puzzle 8.6%, Simulation 6.9%

Type words to battle enemy books in this fast-paced spelling game! Unlock characters and perks to explore new strategies!

Why similar: Typing 54.1% ★, Word Game 41.5%, Resource Management 2.3%, Strategy 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system. Tear through suspects' alibis, look beyond the text, and extract hidden threads from seemingly unrelated intel. Will you find the ultimate truth, or a trap?

Why similar: Typing 35.1% ★, Word Game 30.6%, Point & Click 12.5%, Simulation 6.8%, Puzzle 5.1%

Wordies is bringing a word game you've most likely played & enjoyed to Steam. But it's harder than before, with only 5 guesses you're given the not so easy task of guessing a common American word! Guess the daily word & build up highstreaks to compete against the world in our global leaderboards!

Why similar: Word Game 49.3%, Typing 31.8% ★, Puzzle 9.1%, Dark 4.9%, Atmospheric 3.2%

A subway typing race powered by station knowledge. From Seoul Line 2 to Paris Métro — 94 lines, 2,361 stations across 19 countries. Type the next station to finish the run. All you need is route knowledge and typing speed.

Why similar: Typing 45.6% ★, Word Game 40.4%, Puzzle 11.2%, Text-Based 2.5%, Singleplayer 0.2%

In The Unsolved, be a detective in an endless world of instantly AI-generated crimes. Investigate freely, interrogate suspects who hide secrets, and bring your own trusted AI engine to drive the narrative — all alongside your exclusive assistant, Aya.

Why similar: Typing 43.8% ★, Word Game 31.7%, Lore-Rich 8.8%, Puzzle 7.8%, Simulation 3.6%

Welcome to the polar station, where a mysterious timer counts down every hour! Your task is to decipher and input codes on an old terminal, but beware: the polar night holds many secrets. Can you face the horrors that might become reality?

Why similar: Typing 38.5% ★, Realistic 10%, Simulation 9.3%, Puzzle 8.9%, Horror 8.4%

Each word fuels the tower's assault. Catch the missing word from the audio, type it out, and a cannon blast strikes the lead enemy. The sharper your listening and the faster your fingers, the deadlier your firepower!

Why similar: Typing 67.3% ★, Word Game 29.1%, Resource Management 2.3%, Strategy 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Try and survive working as a corporate drone while typing your anger away, making money hand over fist.

Why similar: Typing 42% ★, Word Game 26.3%, Lore-Rich 9.4%, Nonlinear 6.2%, First-Person 5.2%

Typer Survivor is a fast-paced typing roguelike that will push your typing to the limit. Battle through monster-filled dungeons, level up, and build a run from dozens of upgrades. Earn letters by defeating enemies and spend them at the shop to unlock new characters and character alterations.

Why similar: Typing 71.1% ★, Word Game 28.7%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Embark on the ultimate cosmic quest where your typing prowess holds the key to victory! Prepare for an adrenaline-fueled voyage through the stars in Type Galaxy, the definitive typing adventure that will leave your fingers itching for more!

Why similar: Typing 52.8% ★, Word Game 47%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Running out of ammo during a raid, a police officer escapes into a sealed tunnel. But the end leads not to daylight, but to the darkest corners of his mind. Miles to Nowhere is an intense psychological horror where survival instincts collide with crushing trauma.

Why similar: Realistic 19.3%, Simulation 16.1%, Thriller 12.6%, Horror 11.7%, Puzzle 10.7%

A single-player psychological horror puzzle built around memory and words. Solve hidden clues by spelling them out with the doors in the correct sequence, but as letters fade and resets occur, only your understanding of the maze will let you escape.

Why similar: Word Game 49.8%, Puzzle 15.7%, Horror 12.3%, Realistic 8.4%, First-Person 8.1%

Draw prompts in seconds, clear your memory with quick distractions, then decipher your own wonderfully confusing sketches. Play solo or join friends over LAN for voting, shared drawing challenges, and hilarious chains of drawings that drift farther from the original idea.

Why similar: Word Game 39.7%, Typing 37.1% ★, Simulation 14.2%, Puzzle 9%

The next victim is you. Mother Ghoul is a horror and thriller game in which you try to survive against a cursed ghost to whom you are offered as a sacrifice. To escape the curse, you must find and destroy her stillborn children through a ritual. This is the only way...

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.1%, Thriller 16.5%, Horror 12.4%, Realistic 11.8%, Simulation 11.8%

You’re playing a game in the dark. Something in your room is not. In this Sit & Survive type psychological horror game, you're a child playing on your console, while something roams your room. Observe your surroundings, listen carefully and manage your stress to survive this nightmarish night.

Why similar: Point & Click 17.5%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Dark 14.2%, Horror 9%

Runners is a game where you have to continuously type to progress through the game without stopping, and the goal is for the main character Jinwoo to complete the track! Not a single mistake is allowed, and the moment Jinwoo stops, the game is over. Can you help Jinwoo pass safely?

Why similar: Typing 55.1% ★, Word Game 36.8%, First-Person 6%, Text-Based 2%, Singleplayer 0.1%

An AI-powered detective mystery where you question suspects in your own words. Investigate scenes, collect evidence, compare testimony, expose contradictions, and solve each case through your own reasoning.

Why similar: Typing 52.7% ★, Word Game 26.3%, Lore-Rich 8.4%, Puzzle 6.4%, Simulation 3.6%

Press a key and check it, as in "It is N." But the next time you press it, will it still mean the same thing? Now, let's check the key. Because it's so much fun.

Why similar: Typing 49.4% ★, Word Game 36.2%, Puzzle 8.8%, Text-Based 2.9%, Atmospheric 1.8%

A space themed typing tutor. Learn traditional touch typing.

Why similar: Typing 61.9% ★, Word Game 37.8%, Singleplayer 0.3%