Words of Yendor

I've really come to appreciate the difficulty level presented in this game; it truly steps up the challenge as you play runs with longer and longer words. It does so honestly, with an AI that is good and not "cheaty"... Very important! Most word games will bore me by the 10-hour mark; Word of Yendor still has me hooked.

If you like word games, this is the best video game word game I've played. It is a bit intimidating at first, with many elements and game mechanics up front. The contextual tutorials are decent, and if you just keep playing, it makes sense pretty quickly. It's a roguelike with fresh runs each time, similar to Slay the Spire or FTL. I love the steampunk setting, and the music is exquisite. The art is perfect for the setting. I'm very glad I picked this up. Definitely worth $8 - 20 if you like word games!

Wrote this review after beating the game once on seven letters. The word puzzles are interesting, and the feeling of the game is great. You can feel that the devs really care about the game they made. the game has a couple of different "loadouts" you can start with that gives different consumable and equipable items to vary up your runs even more. the character creator is simple but very nice (I desperately want more hats and hairstyles, pretty please?). The duels are probably my favorite part of the game. The game lets you check out wiktionary for some of the stranger words, which is also very nice and a fun way to learn obscure antiquated vocabulary. I am not very good at word games but I still managed to scramble through the game as a non-native speaker and reader. I say give the demo a try, and if you like the two scenarios, definitely give the game a look, because the full game is a treat.

As someone who loves * crossword puzzles and word games like Scrabble and Wordle (to name just two of my all time favourites), as well as * dynamic, rogue-like text adventure games, and has been into storytelling tabletop roleplaying games, and, finally, * the steampunk and gothic genres and milieu, I found Words of Yendor to be an awesome amalgam of the above. It's an intriguing, multi-faceted game that will keep challenging you with various mini-games. Practically all of these games revolve around the core concept of battling your opponent in a word game (scoring victories by putting together higher value words from a set of letters than your opponent does). However, they're varied enough to not get boring. Sure, it follows from that you won't love each of them the same: you'll like some less, some more. But you'll like them all, nonetheless, if you're (somewhat) like me. Disclaimer: I did receive the review copy for free from the creator of the game, but I promise you that my review has not been influenced by that. And no, I did not receive additional compensation for the review. (Noting this here as per Steam's requirements.)

Super fun word-game! Unique elements added to it set it apart from others. Highly recommend giving it a try!

Words of Yendor is a pretty good word game with a roguelike game loop with permadeath, great writing and steampunk art. The battle system is pretty clever and I've had a lot of fun figuring out good word combinations. I'd say it's not endlessly replayable as after around 8 hours I started noticing some patterns and common words I could often reuse to great advantage, but 8 hours of fun for 8 bucks (or half that price on sale) seems pretty fair to me. Overall, if this looks appealing to you, I'd say you do give it a try - this game deserves more players and positive reviews!

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