
From letters to lunacy, Cursed Words is a roguelike chasing ever-stronger synergies. Start with simple words like BUY or THIS or GAME, then use game-altering combos to break the rules. Before long you’ll be ¼♖♙K5XNG the ⅗H♗4 out of these 83VK??7?!
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Starts as Boggle, ends as Schrödinger - Cursed Words is a roguelike adventure about writing words... for a while…until words become NUM83R5, or ♔♘♙, or the infinite void.
Each run is shaped by four pillars: your Character, your Sticker upgrades, your Stamp loadout and the consumable Tiles you bring into each fight. Every attempt becomes its own cursed experiment.
In Cursed Words you build powerful synergies using Stamps and Stickers, face tricky boss encounters and push your score higher with every stage. A base level run features five stages, each one with two encounters and a boss. Beat Stage 5 to win the run, then take on special Challenges and Crown difficulty tiers that redefine the rules and push your creativity.

Blaze a path through cursed bosses and uncover secret items and challenges that completely change the way the game is played. How about all consonants? Maybe all vowels? How about no letters at all?
A whopping 300 stickers and stamps to boost your scores and break the game
11 characters with dramatically different playstyles
20 bosses that’ll try to sabotage your runs, or can be manipulated into multiplying your score even higher
26 unique challenges that completely change the rules of the game

And if all that wasn't enough, mastering each Character's Pin and playstyle is only the beginning. You can prove it wasn't just a fluke by taking on the Challenge Crowns, where Score Targets are bigger, Shops are more expensive, and you'll have to really break the rules if you want to succeed; or you can take on Quests, specific modifiers to the game's rules that will really put your skills to the test...
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Languages: English
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按数字排好,至于是什么单词,系统自会为我辩经
It's a mess. Very poor performance and I'm on a fast computer. Plus some of the scoring is broken. A few good ideas, but poor execution.
Now you too can learn how to spell Q??4?♜S? E: There is, unfortunately, a light hissing / breathing noise that you have totally mute the otherwise good sound effects to get rid of, it's not great on headphones
michael
Boggle on drugs. And just like drugs, I can't stop!
I rarely do reviews but goshdarn this game is nice. Its like the perfect amount of difficulty to be challenging but not make me crash out on losing. The secret final boss i was also hesitant about what the additional final phase would be like to the lead up, but the final final boss mechanic is actually delightful and its one of the most creative implementations I've ever seen. Very good purchase and insanely underrated.
A great game that sucked me in for a month straight. Great community on discord that is very helpful to explain to me some complex mecanics. A great mix between boggle and balatro. One the best roguelikes I had the opportunity to play. Le dictionnaire en français est très pratique pour les personnes ne parlant pas anglais même si le jeu n'a pas été équilibré pour notre dictionnaire (+- facile de caler les lettres).
Hey this game is absolutely amazing. No notes. Worth every penny.
There's been a wave of Balatro-likes recently, but Cursed Words is the best of them. The gameplay is playful and innovative, and there's a deep list of interesting challenges to work through. Art design and soundtrack are on point too. A game I'm going to keep coming back to, and a 2026 GOTY contender for me.
It's actually pretty fun to unlock everything. Just too hard to beat a boss. As of now, there are only like 5 perks that I can see that will get you enough points to beat a boss. I'm sure more unlocks will open the game up. I only throw up the negative review in attempts to offset the overwhelmingly positive . . . because it ain't all that.
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