Spell words, pick perks, score points, and survive until the end. Every round is different. How far can you make it?
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About
Word Play is a brain-busting spelling game about making words, getting perks, and scoring big.
Imagine your favourite word game - but where you get to change the rules and the tiles as you play!
Spelling
Click, drag, or type to spell the best and biggest words you can find.
Scoring
Score points based on the value of each letter, and the length of the word.
Perks
Score enough points to clear the round and you'll get a chance to pick from more than 150 perks!
Modifiers
Modifiers change the rules of the game, in your favour. Add more tile spaces, build Bonus Points, make Q tiles become QU tiles, and more.
Upgrades
Upgrades let you improve, destroy, discard, or duplicate tiles.
Gifts
Gifts add new tiles to your letter bag. Like wildcards, mirror tiles, and the legendary + tile.
Special Tiles
Upgrade tiles to special forms like Golden, Diamond, Emerald, and Potion, to score more points.
Synergies and Strategies
Combine modifiers, upgrades, gifts, and special tiles in clever ways to score big!
Special Rounds
Watch out for devious Special Rounds that require perfect play.
Roguelike Structure
Can you reach the end of the game without running out of "Plays"? Or will you have to start again from scratch?
Difficulty Settings
Learn the ropes with Easy mode, then try Normal, Hard, Legendary, and Marathon modes.
Casual Mode
Play with fewer strategic elements in Quick Play - just spell words and try to win medals!
Accessibility Features
Play with mouse, keyboard, or controller. Use dyslexic fonts and / or high contrast mode. Get spelling suggestions. And more.
Steam Achievements and Steam Cloud
Unlock more than 20 achievements. Sync your save games across devices using Steam Cloud.
Steam Deck Verified
Play with gamepad controls, or fluid touchscreen input. Graphics and options are tweaked and tuned for the Steam Deck.
Custom Dictionaries
Use experimental modding features to import custom dictionaries in different languages. (Note: in-game text will remain in English. Game is only balanced for English words).
Genres
Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 45 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
Why do your points, when I you do exceptionally well and go over the point limit, get reset each round? If you gain 120 points for a 60 point round, then why do you start the next round with 0 points and not 60? Punishing the player for doing well is frustrating.
Really good - well-balanced and gives upgrades that are meaningful but still encourage you to try to spell more complex words. Great for Steam Deck
FUN DOPE ♥♥♥♥ UP YOUR VOCAB GAME DYOOODDDDDD
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Trends
Concurrent players on Steam, sampled daily since tracking started.
Languages: English
Hours played at review time, across 45 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
v awesome v cool.. uhm... key remapping please... like 2 and 3 are right next to each other and its really easy to slip up.. like id rather 2 be tab or something
It's a fun little timewaster. Got it on sale and it was worth the price I paid.
A ton of enjoyment here if you like scrabble and anagrams. Combine that with some varied multipliers and other kinds of bonus tiles to make a kind of Balatro-lite for people who like words. I've done hard mode at this point, looking forward to tackling legendary next. I can't see this taking over my life but I can see it as something I'll come back to semi-regularly. Good fun.
I wanted to support GMT so I gave this a go. If you're a better wordsmith than me, I think you'll enjoy it. I am bad a spelling
Do you love word games? Do you ever wish they were MORE addicting? Then boy do I have a game for you... All joking aside this game is really enjoyable. I've been playing it somewhat co-op on the couch with my spouse helping come up with words. Tons of fun.
scrabble balatro
solid time waster
Audience
Estimated from the language of this game's reviews — a proxy for where players are, not official Steam demographics.
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