
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.

Lexispell
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$core, hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia!
Plants Vs. Zombies meets Scrabble! Spell words to summon monsters in a tactically deep turn-based battle system. Roguelike runs last about an hour each--choose your upgrades carefully as you climb the Spelltower with a variety of classes.
Why similar: Word Game 29.8%, Spelling 26% ★, Roguelike 15.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%, Magic 8.5%
Strategy meets physics, in this roguelike word game, where you combine spelling with cool upgrades to score high. Spell, m€rge, upgr@de, coz¥, combinati*ns, high$core, hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia!
Why similar: Word Game 35.9%, Spelling 32.7% ★, Roguelike 15.3%, 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 29.3% ★, Turn-Based Combat 13.5%, Roguelike 11%, Perma Death 4.5%
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 24.9% ★, Roguelike 20%, Hand-drawn 8.3%, Strategy 6.5%
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 46.8%, Spelling 20.2% ★, Roguelike 19.6%, Strategy 12.6%, 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 39.6%, Spelling 36.9% ★, Strategy 5.4%, 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 38.8% ★, Word Game 34.3%, Roguelike 15.5%, Strategy 7.9%, Procedural Generation 2%
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 24.2% ★, Roguelike 10.5%, Turn-Based Combat 7.3%, Dark Fantasy 6.7%
Lexomancer blends the satisfaction of word games with the tension of turn-based combat, wrapped in a stylized fantasy world where language itself is the ultimate magic.
Why similar: Word Game 35.3%, Spelling 33.6% ★, Magic 10.1%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Fantasy 4.5%
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% ★, Roguelike 14%, Magic 8.3%, Strategy 7.1%
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 36.2%, Spelling 28.7% ★, Roguelike 18%, Strategy 8.6%, Perma Death 6.9%
Solve word puzzles. Rescue your owner. Get fed!
Why similar: Word Game 29.5%, Spelling 29% ★, Roguelike 15.4%, Magic 8%, Strategy 7.6%
Perish Parade is a roguelike dungeon-crawler RPG with positional turn-based combat, and an entirely hand-drawn art style. Manage your resources carefully as you explore and fight your way through each area. Create powerful synergies between your party and skills to reach the end. Prepare or perish.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 22.4%, Roguelike 18.5%, Dark Fantasy 18.3%, Perma Death 12.9%, Strategy 9.4%
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 37.2% ★, Roguelike 17.8%, Relaxing 3%, 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% ★, Strategy 11.8%, Relaxing 5.8%, Stylized 2.7%
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 34.8%, Spelling 27% ★, Roguelike 18.1%, Strategy 12.2%, Perma Death 6.2%
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 20.3%, Dark Fantasy 19%, Magic 11.9%, Perma Death 11.2%
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 32.5% ★, Roguelike 10.8%, Turn-Based Combat 10.7%, Strategy 5.8%
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 42.2% ★, Word Game 40.5%, Strategy 8.3%, Relaxing 6.4%, 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 53.2%, Spelling 26.5% ★, Strategy 11.2%, Relaxing 6.8%, Indie 1.2%
Buy Chinese character components, place them on a 5x5 board, and earn coins over time. Adjacent parts form valid hanzi, trigger upgrades, and grow your income. Rearrange your layout, unlock more choices, and turn the board into a self-growing character machine.
Why similar: Word Game 37%, Spelling 26.8% ★, Roguelike 16.7%, Strategy 13.2%, 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 34.2%, Spelling 26.9% ★, Roguelike 15.6%, Perma Death 8.9%, Strategy 6.5%
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 37.8% ★, Word Game 36.5%, Roguelike 16.9%, Strategy 4.7%, Perma Death 3.2%
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 21.3%, Roguelike 18.3%, Lovecraftian 13.8%, 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. Future updates will include multiplayer rooms and puzzle creation features.
Why similar: Spelling 46.3% ★, Word Game 42.8%, Strategy 5.3%, Relaxing 4.1%, 2D 1.7%
Find hidden words using unique researchers with different skills that test your strategy. English only.
Why similar: Word Game 49%, Spelling 39.3% ★, Strategy 4.6%, Stylized 3.4%, Fantasy 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 47.9%, Roguelike 20.5%, Spelling 18.1% ★, Strategy 12%, Indie 0.9%
Dive into the dark world of a Dying Earth, in this Idle exploration rougelike with turn based combat
Why similar: Roguelike 26%, Turn-Based Combat 24.9%, Dark Fantasy 23.4%, Strategy 14.6%, Adventure 5.2%
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 37.1% ★, Strategy 12.5%, 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 ;) ).
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 48%, Spelling 43.1% ★, Strategy 6.7%, 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 44.3%, Spelling 37.3% ★, Strategy 16.6%, 2D 1%, Indie 0.8%
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 27.8%, Roguelike 24%, Turn-Based Combat 17%, Strategy 15.4%, Magic 8.9%
Expand through an infinite galaxy by making words
Why similar: Word Game 43.9%, Spelling 28.3% ★, Roguelike 19.7%, Atmospheric 4.6%, Stylized 3.6%
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 49.5%, Spelling 45.5% ★, Atmospheric 4%, Indie 0.9%
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 57.1%, Spelling 41.1% ★, Adventure 1.2%, Indie 0.6%
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 57.9%, Spelling 19.6% ★, Strategy 15.2%, Relaxing 4.5%, 2D 1.9%
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 46.3%, Spelling 26.6% ★, Roguelike 20.3%, 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 50.5%, Spelling 43.6% ★, Fantasy 4.7%, 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 39.9%, Roguelike 20.3%, Strategy 13.2%, 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 35.7% ★, Roguelike 16%, Magic 6.1%, 2D 1.2%
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 42.6%, Spelling 39.5% ★, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Strategy 4.3%, Stylized 3%
100 handcrafted codewords designed to help you relax. Solve the code and reveal the answers.
Why similar: Word Game 46.2%, Spelling 27.6% ★, Strategy 12.3%, Relaxing 5%, Stylized 3.3%
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 43.8%, Spelling 40% ★, Strategy 15.4%, Indie 0.9%
Learn while playing! 🎉 Palavra Animada is a gamified educational game that helps children with literacy, focusing on dyslexia. Through word and object association, it enhances phonological awareness in a fun and interactive way. 📢 Available in PT, EN, and ES!
Why similar: Spelling 52.3% ★, Word Game 45.2%, 2D 1.6%, Indie 0.9%
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 19.9%, Spelling 18.8% ★, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Strategy 8.8%
A word game about migrating birds - inspired by Wordle and Balatro. Play cards, build your deck, trigger combos and guide your flock. From John August (Corpse Bride) and Corey Martin (Bonfire Peaks).
Why similar: Word Game 46.1%, Spelling 28.2% ★, Roguelike 20.2%, Relaxing 5.4%
Your vocabulary is your greatest weapon and your only defense. Delve into a cursed, procedurally generated castle where combat is a battle of words. Uncover secrets, solve puzzles, and fase monstrous foes in a unique blend of word-game tactics roguelike.
Why similar: Word Game 48.1%, Roguelike 19.3%, Turn-Based Combat 17.2%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, 2D 0.8%
In this word roguelite, collect and manage letters and items to solve puzzles and tackle challenging "final exams." Each run offers new puzzles, rewards, and opportunities for bonus "extra credit." With randomized levels and endless replayability, master the art of word manipulation to succeed!
Why similar: Word Game 58.5%, Roguelike 24.1%, Strategy 14.8%, 2D 1.7%, Indie 0.9%
In this fast-paced word game, build words from falling tiles before your game board fills up. Flex your vocabulary to build larger words and maximize the point multiplier.
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 42.7% ★, Stylized 4.1%, Relaxing 2.8%, Atmospheric 2.8%
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 28.4%, Spelling 23.5% ★, Roguelike 18.4%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Perma Death 8.7%
Draft words to craft unique tales with your demon ghostwriter 👿
Why similar: Word Game 37.2%, Spelling 23.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 15.2%, Roguelike 12%, Strategy 5%
Choose your general, build your team, customize your fighters, and battle your way to the Monolith in this strategic, turn-based roguelite game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 27.9%, Roguelike 24.1%, Strategy 18.3%, Perma Death 14.7%, Magic 8%
Five Letters Only is a fun, single-player, competitive word game. Submit 5-letter words to reach the top of each leaderboard. Unlock Steam Achievements and new button themes. Adjust the background music, click sounds and other audio. No ads or in app purchases. Solo dev, hand drawn art. No ads!
Why similar: Word Game 48.4%, Spelling 40.3% ★, Hand-drawn 8.1%, Relaxing 1.9%, 2D 1.2%
Wulin Chess is a turn-based strategy game set in a captivating dark fantasy world. Employ diverse characters across various boards/battlefields, and devise strategic thinking for victory. Strengthen your heroes by collecting equipment and enhancing attributes to face the challenges that lie ahead.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 17.9%, Roguelike 17%, Perma Death 15.9%, Dark Fantasy 15.2%, Hand-drawn 12.2%
A thrilling twist on classic word games! Plan your move, secretly plant bombs and watch the fun explode as opponents trigger your traps. Cross their booby-trapped words, and their hard work goes boom! Use your bomb to clear obstacles or sabotage rivals—every turn is a blast in this word puzzler!
Why similar: Word Game 52.9%, Spelling 43% ★, Fantasy 2.8%, Indie 1.3%
A word-puzzle roguelite where classic word games meet wild, rule-breaking builds.
Why similar: Word Game 29.1%, Spelling 26.8% ★, Roguelike 22%, Strategy 15.8%, Relaxing 2.3%
Squamations is a relaxing yet fast paced word game you can play at your own speed!
Why similar: Word Game 43.2%, Spelling 41% ★, Strategy 6.3%, Relaxing 5.6%, Stylized 3.9%
Waddle, spell, and honk your way to victory in this chaotic word game for 1–4 players!
Why similar: Word Game 48.9%, Spelling 45.8% ★, Atmospheric 3.5%, 2D 1.8%