
A word-guessing roguelike where you cast spells by solving five-letter word puzzles. Battle your way through terrifying enemies, and obtain powerful runes and items to aid you in your journey.
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A word-guessing roguelike where you cast spells by solving five-letter word puzzles. Battle your way through terrifying enemies, and obtain powerful runes and items to aid you in your journey.

Spellstrife
Plants Vs. Zombies meets Scrabble! Spell words to summon monsters in a tactically deep turn-based battle system. Roguelike runs last about an hour each--choose your upgrades carefully as you climb the Spelltower with a variety of classes.

Letterbane
A dark fantasy roguelite where words are your weapons. Draw magical letter stones, build words to attack, collect powerful items and combine elemental synergies as you fight your way through increasingly dangerous enemies.
Plants Vs. Zombies meets Scrabble! Spell words to summon monsters in a tactically deep turn-based battle system. Roguelike runs last about an hour each--choose your upgrades carefully as you climb the Spelltower with a variety of classes.
Why similar: Word Game 29.8%, Spelling 26.2% ★, Roguelike 15%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%, Magic 8.5%
A dark fantasy roguelite where words are your weapons. Draw magical letter stones, build words to attack, collect powerful items and combine elemental synergies as you fight your way through increasingly dangerous enemies.
Why similar: Word Game 27.1%, Spelling 25.3% ★, Roguelike 10.8%, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%
Strategy meets physics, in this roguelike word game, where you combine spelling with cool upgrades to score high. Spell, m€rge, upgr@de, coz¥, combinati*ns, high$core, hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia!
Why similar: Word Game 35.9%, Spelling 32.9% ★, Roguelike 15.1%, Strategy 7.5%, Relaxing 3.5%
SPELLCAST combines the strategy and deckbuilding of a card battler with the dynamic gameplay of word games. Battle through 10 different scenarios or the roguelite campaign!
Why similar: Word Game 31.1%, Spelling 29.5% ★, Turn-Based Combat 13.4%, Roguelike 10.8%, Perma Death 4.5%
Video game trivia crosswords. Items, NPCs, locations, mechanics, designers, and terms pulled out of hundreds of worlds; the vocabulary that comes with playing and lore. Built for gamers who notice the minutiae in their games.
Why similar: Word Game 37.6%, Spelling 34.8% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Stylized 3.1%
Bringing roguelike mechanics to classic word games. Use relics to create powerful combos, play boons to craft your tiles and board, use your powers to defeat a host of tricky opponents.
Why similar: Word Game 38.7%, Spelling 25.1% ★, Roguelike 19.8%, Hand-drawn 8.4%, Strategy 6.4%
A fantastical deckbuilding rouguelike, all packed into a traditional word game. Play as a Lexomancer, a magic user who can channel their power through Runic Tiles, and venture fourth on a quest to find the ever elusive Necrolexicon
Why similar: Word Game 39.5%, Roguelike 16.9%, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%, Magic 9.9%, Strategy 9.6%
A word-battler roguelite: spell words to cast spells, exploit each monster's elemental weakness, and build a run from talents named Verbose, Loquacious and Archsage
Why similar: Word Game 33.7%, Spelling 25.8% ★, Turn-Based Combat 15.3%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Magic 8.4%
A roguelike word game that combines Balatro with Scrabble. Power up letters and use 100+ passive abilities to defeat bosses and rack up high scores!
Why similar: Word Game 47%, Spelling 20.4% ★, Roguelike 19.4%, Strategy 12.5%, Indie 0.8%
Embark on an epic linguistic adventure in Letters & Legends, where words and wits are your greatest weapons! Sharpen your tongue and show your enemies who the true wordsmith is!
Why similar: Word Game 39.5%, Spelling 37.1% ★, Strategy 5.3%, Turn-Based Combat 4.7%, Fantasy 4.2%
This is a roguelike game where you explore a dungeon through a word chain. You can move and attack by entering words. Use your vocabulary skills to reach the deepest level of the dungeon!
Why similar: Spelling 39.1% ★, Word Game 34.3%, Roguelike 15.3%, Strategy 7.8%, Procedural Generation 2%
Spell a word. Smash an enemy. Turn random letters into attacks and stack strange items into ridiculous builds. Make rare letters hit harder or long words pay off in this turn-based word-combat roguelite, solo or with up to three friends in online co-op.
Why similar: Word Game 37.2%, Spelling 27.2% ★, Turn-Based Combat 15.2%, Roguelike 9.1%, Magic 4.6%
An art-deco deckbuilder by the book, a roguelike to the letter: Draw letters instead of cards, build words instead of combos, cast spells by spelling spell-casting words and most importantly spell death to whatever the city throws at you in your crusade against an illiterate city run by demons.
Why similar: Spelling 28.4% ★, Word Game 24.3%, Perma Death 12%, Roguelike 10.2%, Turn-Based Combat 6.6%
A Roguelike where you cast spells with words-literally. Combine them horizontally and vertically (rarer letters make for more powerful sorceries), while you obsess about the perfect skillbuild and hunt for the best possible item.
Why similar: Word Game 38.9%, Spelling 24.4% ★, Roguelike 10.3%, Turn-Based Combat 7.3%, Dark Fantasy 6.7%
Harness the power of your wits and vocabulary to conquer the rich fantasy world of Wordsmith! A word-game based roguelike with a plethora of enemies, biomes, events, items, and more to make every playthrough unique and compelling.
Why similar: Word Game 30.5%, Spelling 27.2% ★, Roguelike 13.8%, Magic 8.4%, Strategy 7%
Letterlike is a challenging roguelike word game that's all about collecting cards, upgrading words, and upgrading letter tiles to make the strongest synergies and reach the highest scores!
Why similar: Word Game 36.3%, Spelling 29% ★, Roguelike 17.7%, Strategy 8.5%, Perma Death 6.9%
Pronoun Palace is a word-spelling roguelike set in a dystopian future where the government has taken your pronouns. Use spells to manipulate letter tiles, catch fish, and abuse amphetamines to defeat the Party and get your pronouns back!
Why similar: Spelling 38% ★, Word Game 36.5%, Roguelike 16.8%, Strategy 4.7%, Perma Death 3.1%
A roguelike deckbuilder where the cards are letters. Draft runes, spell real words to cast spells, collect powerful relics and scrolls and fight your way up the tower. Seven modes, including an asynchronous online Arena. Play in English or Greek: two dictionaries, two different games.
Why similar: Word Game 38%, Spelling 28.6% ★, Roguelike 17.1%, Strategy 13%, Stylized 2.8%
Solve word puzzles. Rescue your owner. Get fed!
Why similar: Word Game 29.5%, Spelling 29.2% ★, Roguelike 15.2%, Magic 8.1%, Strategy 7.5%
Spell words, pick perks, score points, and survive until the end. Every round is different. How far can you make it?
Why similar: Word Game 40.9%, Spelling 37.5% ★, Roguelike 17.6%, Relaxing 2.9%, 2D 1.1%
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 47.8%, Spelling 27.2% ★, Strategy 11.7%, Relaxing 5.7%, Stylized 2.7%
The roguelike RPG where you die in one hit. Upend turn-based combat to defy your fate: Steal turns. Stack buffs. Amass overkill to slay your judges and escape in one PERFECT EXECUTION.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 23.2%, Roguelike 20%, Dark Fantasy 19%, Magic 12.1%, Perma Death 11.3%
ROGLE is the classic game of Wordle with a mix of rogue-like elements, that increases in difficulty as you succeed. As you play, you will gain abilities that will increase your chances of finding the word while the difficulty increases and you challenge enemies that will attempt to stop you.
Why similar: Word Game 34.9%, Spelling 27.3% ★, Roguelike 17.9%, Strategy 12.1%, Perma Death 6.2%
Sternly Worded Adventures is a roguelite word puzzle RPG inspired by Bookworm Adventures where you travel through a forested peninsula with Yorkshire-sounding place names fighting monsters with the power of words to uncover whatever dark secrets may be lurking beyond.
Why similar: Word Game 34.8%, Spelling 32.8% ★, Turn-Based Combat 10.7%, Roguelike 10.7%, Strategy 5.7%
ULTRACRACK is a fun word puzzle game where you need to combine available letters to form words without leaving anything behind. Enjoy daily challenges and other game modes in this addictive word game.
Why similar: Word Game 49.8%, Spelling 43.2% ★, Strategy 4.8%, 2D 1.4%, Indie 0.8%
A casual strategy word game. Spell words, score points, and avoid filling up the board. Enjoy the satisfying and relaxing game play.
Why similar: Spelling 42.5% ★, Word Game 40.5%, Strategy 8.2%, Relaxing 6.3%, 2D 1.4%
Super Words is a relaxing and innovative crossword puzzle game. Place and connect words on the board based on the given clues. Perfect for refreshing your mind and forgetting everything else.
Why similar: Word Game 53.3%, Spelling 26.7% ★, Strategy 11.1%, Relaxing 6.7%, Indie 1.2%
WordJoy is a relaxing solitaire-inspired puzzle game about building Chinese characters. Move and stack components by stroke count, uncover the pieces you need, and reconstruct more than 3,000 characters through logic, planning, and experimentation.
Why similar: Word Game 37.1%, Spelling 27.1% ★, Roguelike 16.5%, Strategy 13.1%, Relaxing 2.9%
Letterally is a deck-building roguelite where you craft words and your deck of letter tiles. Build powerful synergies, collect game-breaking items, and outsmart rule-bending bosses in this turn-based strategic word game.
Why similar: Word Game 31%, Spelling 25.7% ★, Roguelike 14.4%, Perma Death 11%, Turn-Based Combat 9.4%
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 25.7%, Dark Fantasy 21.2%, Roguelike 18.1%, Lovecraftian 14.1%, Perma Death 10.3%
Think you can guess the answer from a few emojis? Emoji Guess Party is a lighthearted emoji puzzle game filled with idioms, wordplay, internet slang, and brain-teasing riddles. Play solo or guess together with friends.
Why similar: Spelling 46.5% ★, Word Game 42.7%, Strategy 5.2%, Relaxing 4%, 2D 1.6%
Look at two pictures. Guess wrong ten times. Then suddenly realize the terrible joke was there all along. Pun-ishment is a playful picture puzzle game about puns, wordplay, and lateral thinking, built for quick laughs, shared guesses, and “just one more” moments.
Why similar: Word Game 50.8%, Spelling 38% ★, Hand-drawn 8.2%, Relaxing 1.7%, 2D 1.2%
Find hidden words using unique researchers with different skills that test your strategy. English only.
Why similar: Word Game 48.9%, Spelling 39.5% ★, Strategy 4.5%, Stylized 3.3%, Fantasy 3%
Words are bridges in this chill puzzle game! Help Motapon the dog find their new home, unlock hats and collect fishes along the way !
Why similar: Spelling 37.6% ★, Word Game 35.4%, Roguelike 14.6%, Strategy 5.6%, Relaxing 2.9%
Func Key is a spelling roguelike deck builder where your keyboard is the deck! Customize your keyboard to be the ultimate spelling machine, or leave words behind with rule breaking mods. Spell, build, and relax, all to the soothing thock of the keyboard.
Why similar: Word Game 48%, Roguelike 20.2%, Spelling 18.3% ★, Strategy 11.9%, Indie 0.9%
Dive into the dark world of a Dying Earth, in this Idle exploration rougelike with turn based combat
Why similar: Roguelike 25.8%, Turn-Based Combat 25%, Dark Fantasy 23.4%, Strategy 14.5%, Adventure 5.4%
WordTactics is a single-player strategic word puzzle game. You place letter tiles in a grid, then select adjacent letters to form words and score points. WordTactics is more strategic than most word puzzle games because it requires players to think critically to obtain the highest scores.
Why similar: Word Game 48.7%, Spelling 37.3% ★, Strategy 12.4%, 2D 0.9%, Indie 0.7%
Do you like word search games? In Word Mesh, you have to find more than 3000 words in 10 languages ( 27000 Words if you play all ;) ).
A fast-paced multiplayer word game. Chain letters across a shared board, bank coins, and spend them on abilities that swap, change, or shuffle tiles. Race the clock in Bullet, take your time in Rapid, or host a private lobby with friends. In English and Spanish.
Why similar: Word Game 39.1%, Spelling 36.5% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 6.4%, Relaxing 2.9%
You are Mr. Hangman's latest victim! In this dark and thrilling roguelike you must use a combination of your wits and life-saving powerups to defeat his twisted version of the classic word game, hangman. Can you make it out alive?
Why similar: Word Game 38.9%, Spelling 24.5% ★, Roguelike 16.1%, Perma Death 11.4%, Dark 3.7%
Word Forward isn’t about spelling the longest words or the most clever. It’s about using chess-like strategy to clear every tile and declare victory in 500 puzzles. It requires cunning and strategy - Word Forward is a brain teaser that will really make you think!
Why similar: Word Game 47.9%, Spelling 43.3% ★, Strategy 6.6%, Relaxing 2.1%
Alpha Shift is a word puzzle game where players rearrange letters to solve challenges across themed levels. With unique mechanics like "CUT" and "BECOME," intuitive controls, and beautiful visuals, Alpha Shift offers a fresh blend of logic and creativity, unlocking achievements as you progress.
Why similar: Word Game 44.2%, Spelling 37.6% ★, Strategy 16.4%, 2D 1%, Indie 0.8%
Game with two languages included Spanish and English. Almost eighty thousand words included in Spanish and more than 55 thousand words in English .. Learn vocabulary in two languages, casual game, where to spend a while, or lose hours.
Why similar: Word Game 49.4%, Spelling 45.7% ★, Atmospheric 4%, Indie 0.9%
A daily word game. Find words, clear rows and columns, aim for the highest score you can. A new board every day!
Why similar: Word Game 58%, Spelling 19.8% ★, Strategy 15%, Relaxing 4.5%, 2D 1.8%
Wildmagic Wizardry is a Spell Mixing strategy rogue-like. Combine elements rolled on magical dice into powerful spells to fight your way through different enemy encounters. Collect unique items along your journey that will enhance your abilities and ensure that no two runs are the same.
Why similar: Perma Death 27.9%, Roguelike 23.8%, Turn-Based Combat 17.1%, Strategy 15.3%, Magic 9%
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 56.9%, Spelling 41.2% ★, Adventure 1.3%, Indie 0.6%
Chocoletters is a cozy roguelike deckbuilding word game with a milky-smooth twist. Fill your Collection with tasty chocolate treats, spell the best words you can, and combine sweet bonuses to whip up deliciously absurd scores.
Why similar: Word Game 39.7%, Spelling 24.6% ★, Roguelike 22.7%, Strategy 11.5%, 2D 1%
Expand through an infinite galaxy by making words
Why similar: Word Game 43.9%, Spelling 28.6% ★, Roguelike 19.5%, Atmospheric 4.6%, Stylized 3.5%
Collect words, find powerful combinations of boosters, and achieve the highest score! In this dynamic word game, you will find dozens of artifacts, unusual upgrades, and colorful characters who are ready to raise a ruckus!
Why similar: Word Game 46.4%, Spelling 26.9% ★, Roguelike 20.1%, Relaxing 4.1%, 2D 1.5%
How do you like your English words? Scrambled? Then you're going to love this one. Save the generic fantasy setting from scrambled word monsters using the best weapon you have -- a keyboard. Type words, gain experience, level up, upgrade skills, unlock achievements, and post to leaderboards.
Why similar: Word Game 50.4%, Spelling 43.8% ★, Fantasy 4.8%, 2D 1.1%
Etymancy is a dark fantasy roguelike dungeon crawler where every spell is a word. Craft your pile of magic letter tiles, collect strange grimoires to grow stronger, smite enemies, and descend deeper into the Lexicon.
Why similar: Word Game 40.1%, Roguelike 20.1%, Strategy 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 8.2%, Turn-Based Combat 6.7%
This is a collection of several word mini-games designed to make memorizing English words fun and unforgettable, while achieving the sense of satisfaction from high scores. Each mini-game acts like a mini-lab, offering different way such as playing, dictation, or speaking to improve your level.
Why similar: Word Game 40%, Spelling 35.9% ★, Roguelike 15.8%, Magic 6.1%, 2D 1.2%
A cozy word puzzle. Trace neighbouring letters to spell hidden words and clear the grid — calm, unhurried and impossible to lose. Themed packs, daily puzzles, endless and time-attack modes, and three stars to chase on every level.
Why similar: Word Game 45.9%, Spelling 43% ★, Stylized 4%, Atmospheric 2.8%, Relaxing 2.8%
Can you tell which definitions are fake and which aren't? OneMore combines traditional word-building games with rounds where you try to pick the one true definition out of four - three of them built by an AI.
Why similar: Word Game 42.5%, Spelling 39.7% ★, Hand-drawn 10%, Strategy 4.2%, Stylized 2.9%
Score points by playing words that complement your finely-curated art gallery. Come up with the right words to win over even the most challenging critics. Can you make it to the final exhibition?
Why similar: Word Game 36.2%, Roguelike 19.6%, Spelling 19% ★, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Strategy 8.7%
Hanzi Grimoire is a single-player deduction puzzle where Chinese characters become spells. Combine glyph cards, study failed rituals, and use two catalyst systems to overcome eight arcane laws. Uncover alternate characters, seven schools of magic, and more than 2,800 unique spells.
Why similar: Spelling 48.9% ★, Word Game 40.1%, Magic 5.2%, Stylized 2.6%, Atmospheric 1.5%
A 4D Word Battler in space! An engaging variant on everyone's favourite word game that forces the player to play strategically. Challenge yourself against the unending high score mode or unlock the story mode and help save humanity from a cosmic menace.
Why similar: Word Game 43.7%, Spelling 40.2% ★, Strategy 15.2%, Indie 0.9%
100 handcrafted codewords designed to help you relax. Solve the code and reveal the answers.
Why similar: Word Game 46.3%, Spelling 27.9% ★, Strategy 12.2%, Relaxing 4.9%, Stylized 3.2%
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.
Why similar: Word Game 28.5%, Spelling 23.7% ★, Roguelike 18.1%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Perma Death 8.7%
Draft words to craft unique tales with your demon ghostwriter 👿
Why similar: Word Game 37.2%, Spelling 24.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 15.1%, Roguelike 11.8%, Strategy 4.9%