Words for Evil
Fair · Action · 2014
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $2.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 4h 15h to 100%
- Value
- $0.75/hr
- Reviews
- 80% of 476 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 4 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 207 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Words for Evil is a fast paced word game combined with a fantasy RPG. It features everything you expect from an RPG, including combat, hero progression, loot and more, all built on top of word game mechanics.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, GeForce 8800 or Radeon HD4800 series, 512 MB, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
It has been discounted 22 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 22 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 30 weeks ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 9 percent on value. It is cheaper than 74 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 78 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Type:Rider ($4.99, scores 56) beats it on value, while it beats Influent Language Learning Game ($19.99, scores 24).
More about Words for Evil
Inside the two-hour refund window, 58 percent of the 109 reviews written there were positive, against 80 percent overall, and those are 31 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 4 hours; clearing it takes 15, which is 3.8 times the campaign.
What players say
Words for Evil is a very good word-game for short sessions where you want to entertain yourself whilst not having access to a mouse or sound. The sounds are nice and the sprites are cute.
2 more reviews
quick fun little game for time-killing purposes. definitely feels like it's a bit lacking in features i won't lie, but as an easy to pick up/come back to time-killing game for word nerds specifically? it's nice enough and has a solid variety of things to do with the concept. it could be better, and if you're looking for a particularly in-depth mix of RPG elements and typing/boggle-esque gameplay, this probably won't...
In WORDS OF EVIL, the aim is to lead a party of up to 3 adventurers through various lands while defeating deadly creatures, finding treasure, and avoiding traps. Unlike most standard RPG games, however, here the arena is not a sprawling dungeon but a grid of 35 squares each representing a random letter of the alphabet! After selecting an initial party, the characters go on a "run" across the landscape where random...
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Words for Evil scores 55/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/335790/words-for-evilReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.