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202 games like Word Play

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01 Bronze Age Cover

2017 · Android, Linux, Mac

Bronze Age

58%

Two small classics from Clarus Victoria published in 2013, Stone Age and Bronze Age, are now available on Steam! Manage an ancient tribe in the African Savannah, build the first city in the Fertile Crescent, guide your people across prehistory and lead them to...

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Word Play

58% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Strategy Genre Single player Mode
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

02 Beyond Words Cover

2026 · Linux, Switch, PC

Beyond Words

54%

From the creators of GoldenEye & TimeSplitters comes Beyond Words, the genre-defining fusion of roguelike strategy and word-crafting. Build powerful combos, unlock upgrades, and master a challenge where victory is spelled one letter at a time.

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Word Play

54% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Card & Board Game Genre Indie Genre Single player Mode Text Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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03 Boggle Plus Cover

1992 · Game Boy

Boggle Plus

51%

Boggle Plus is an adaptation of the word construction game in which players must form words from adjacent letters in a randomly assigned grid within a time limit. The game includes Boggle (4x4 grid) and Big Boggle (5x5 grid) variants, along with three additio...

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Word Play

51% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Card & Board Game Genre Single player Mode Text Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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04 Molecano Cover

2023 · Android, Switch, iOS

Molecano

51%

Molecano is an all-new word puzzle game from the creator of Dadish! Help Molene the mole explore volcanoes using words as a bridge. String words together so Molene can cross safely and collect all the delicious food strewn across the lava loaded levels.

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Word Play

51% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Card & Board Game Genre Single player Mode Side view Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

05 Hangman Cover

1978 · Atari2600

Hangman

47%

Hangman was one of the eleven Atari 2600 titles that were part of the second wave of games released in 1978. It is based on the old words guessing game played with paper and pen. The player must guess which letters compose a word. Every wrong guess adds to the...

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Word Play

47% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Strategy Genre Single player Mode Side view Perspective Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

06 Braid Cover

2008 · Linux, Mac, PC

Braid

44%

Braid is a puzzle-platformer, drawn in a painterly style, where you can manipulate the flow of time in strange and unusual ways. From a house in the city, journey to a series of worlds and solve puzzles to rescue an abducted princess. In each world, you have a...

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Word Play

44% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Strategy Genre Single player Mode Side view Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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07 99 Spirits Cover

2012 · PC

99 Spirits

44%

"99 Spirits is an RPG/Puzzle game that revolves around the popular Japanese folklore of Tsukumogami, everyday objects coming alive on their 100th birthday. The Game Features an original battle system where players will have to puzzle out the true identity of...

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Word Play

44% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Strategy Genre Single player Mode Text Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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08 Alphabear: Hardcover Edition Cover
44%

Alphabear is an award-winning, original English word puzzle game by Spry Fox. Spell words, collect bears!

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Word Play

44% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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09 Alphabear Cover

2015 · Android, iOS

Alphabear

43%

Alphabear is a word puzzle game in which you spell words and collect cute bears whose powers boost your score.

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Word Play

43% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

10 Pogo Island Cover

2007 · NDS

Pogo Island

43%

Get ready to be transported to a tropical island full of adventure and puzzle-solving fun in Pogo Island, a unique title featuring the five most popular games from Pogo.com. When everyone's favorite Pogo mascots are shipwrecked on a deserted island, it's up to...

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Word Play

43% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Strategy Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

11 Super Scrabble Cover

1991 · Game Boy

Super Scrabble

43%

With all that Super Scrabble has to offer, even the most traditional Scrabble player will smile with delight. Watch the computer scan its 40,000+ word dictionary! ZOOM to any part of the game board for a close-up view. Think your opponent's trying to pull a fa...

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Word Play

43% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Card & Board Game Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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12 Boggle Cover

1997 · PC

Boggle

42%

A computer version of the classic word finding game. 16 lettered dice are rolled and arranged in a square. The player then has a limited amount of time to find as many words as possible in the grid. New game variations for the computer include a 4X4X4 cube of...

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Word Play

42% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Card & Board Game Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

13 Supreme Ruler Ultimate Cover

2014 · Mac, PC

Supreme Ruler Ultimate

41%

Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make ev...

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Word Play

41% Mutiger Treffer
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Indie Genre Strategy Genre Single player Mode
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14 Celeste Cover

2018 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

Celeste

40%

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mount...

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Word Play

40% Mutiger Treffer
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Indie Genre Single player Mode Side view Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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15 Wordle Cover

2021 · browser

Wordle

40%

A daily puzzle game in which players must guess the five-letter word of the day within six attempts, with each failed guess giving them information as to whether the letters they have used appear in the correct word, and where.

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Word Play

40% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Single player Mode Text Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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16 Puddle Cover

2012 · Android, Linux, Mac

Puddle

40%

Dive into Puddle, a game unlike any other where you have to guide a puddle of fluid by tilting the environment to the left or right! Play carefully taking friction, gravity and temperature into account, and by using the unique properties of each type of fluid...

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Word Play

40% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Single player Mode Side view Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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17 Bookworm Deluxe Cover

2006 · PC

Bookworm Deluxe

40%

BookWorm brings you great word-building action! Link letters and create words to feed the hungry BookWorm -- but watch out for fiery red letters, because they'll burn your library down if you're not careful!

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Word Play

40% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Single player Mode Side view Perspective Text Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

18 Bookworm Adventures Volume 2 Cover

Stop the presses! The walls of fiction are collapsing as characters run wild through the Great Library, and only Lex the Bookworm can save the world from certain doom! Build words and battle monsters to survive three storybooks with 10 chapters each. Trade bar...

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Word Play

40% Mutiger Treffer
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Strategy Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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19 Undertale Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Undertale

39%

A small child falls into the Underground, where monsters have long been banished by humans and are hunting every human that they find. The player controls the child as they try to make it back to the Surface through hostile environments, all the while engaging...

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Word Play

39% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Single player Mode Side view Perspective Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

20 Inside Cover

2016 · Mac, Switch, PC

Inside

39%

Inside is a puzzle-platformer developed by Playdead, presented in a 2.5D side-scrolling format with a dark, predominantly monochromatic visual style. The player controls an unnamed boy navigating a dystopian environment, solving environmental puzzles, avoiding...

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Word Play

39% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Single player Mode Side view Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

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