Word Game
Fair · RPG · 2022
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a BANGER price before.
Today
$34.99Fair
On its price record
$7.12BANGER
- Length
- 6.9h
- Value
- $5.07/hr
- Reviews
- 93% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Support OpenGL 3.0 (1280x720), 3 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $20.99. That was March 2026. 28 discounts in the 5 years on record. They run about 20 percent off, roughly 9 weeks apart. No sale on record has reached $7.12, the price it would take to be a BANGER.
Value puts it in the top 11 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Word Game: Episode 0 (free, scores 89) beats it on value, while it beats Pathway ($15.99, scores 43).
This site sampled 693 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written January 2022 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 88 percent of the 483 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
78% start to 4% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
6 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 04:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
The game has its geniuses and has its flaws. Overall probably a 7.5/10 and potentially can get into my 'good stuff' collection of games. Good: - The concept is intriguing and most of the wordplays are very smart. The core gameplay and the word construction / manipulation is very well done. - There are enough twists in the plot to keep me engaged. - It started as a classic JRPG-style-save-the-princess kind of story...
This is the best game I have played on Stream as a vTuber in the past 3 years. Full of suprises, Full of plot twists, and full of creativitiy. basically CLS Makes me ultra proud of myself for being able to read traditional Chinese. CRAAAZYYY . CLS again. Must play if you are a gamer (somehow). Incredible.
全成就以后来评价的。简单来说就两个字：神作。 游戏一开始进入解谜过程就会给人以一种 mind blowing 的感觉。与此同时，也会有一种担心：这样类似的同种谜题堆积起来，会不会觉得厌烦。很多 puzzle game 的问题就在所谓的"难"的关卡，只是基于同一种机制做复杂度的堆叠.虽然难，但解谜过程并不觉得享受，只是觉得心累,因为没有创意。但是，《文字游戏》出人意料地做到了在整个故事行进过程中，谜题在不断变化，总让我感觉惊艳，发现原来还能这样设计谜题。 整体谜题难度并不高，但却让我不断赞叹制作者的创意。 另一方面，就是游戏的创意不仅表现在谜题上，在很多时候，剧情推动过程的过程动画也让人拍案叫绝。你明明是在看毫无图形图案的屏幕，却能够不断被震撼到：原来只用文字也可以设计出这样有创意的动画。 游戏第三点让人惊艳的是音乐。这个游戏的音乐是在我印象里第二个能够让我在游戏中停下来，欣赏一下其中的音乐。（第一个是《八方旅人》）。...
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Cite this score
Word Game scores 57/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1109570/word-gameReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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