Watchword
88% positive of 34 Steam reviews
- Released
- 2025
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Platforms
- Steam
Made by Big Quail Games.
About the game
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.
Tagged by players
- Roguelike Deckbuilder
- Deckbuilding
- Spelling
- Word Game
- Roguelike
- Board Game
- Turn-Based Tactics
- Roguelite
- Choices Matter
- Hand-drawn
- Perma Death
- Strategy
What players say
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