Watchword

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.

Watchword is a roguelike deck builder about playing words to beat increasingly difficult trials with rule-breaking synergies and combos. <h2 class="bb_tag" >This is a demo for the full game where you play with a limited number of upgrades &amp; items available to you.</h2><video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3606170/extras/66c2441c776443a9cb39c0b62c1d6a9d.poster.avif?t=1761664057" width=800 height=214 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3606170/extras/66c2441c776443a9cb39c0b62c1d6a9d.webm?t=1761664057" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3606170/extras/66c2441c776443a9cb39c0b62c1d6a9d.mp4?t=1761664057" type="video/mp4"></video>A good vocabulary will certainly help, but it will mostly take careful planning and strategy to beat each trial. Invent crazy new words and use special symbols to play a board that scores massively! Fill your bag and customize your collection of pieces.<video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline crossorigin="anonymous" poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3606170/extras/24ebdaffd99343fc35a1c335233b931b.poster.avif?t=1761664057" width=750 height=422 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3606170/extras/24ebdaffd99343fc35a1c335233b931b.webm?t=1761664057" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"></video><h2 class="bb_tag" >Purchase books to ramp up your point scoring. </h2>Each book has a unique power that can help (or potentially hinder) depending on what pieces you use. Some books completely change the rules of the game. Explore, and discover clever combinations!<img class="bb_img" src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3606170/extras/d72c11dd5ca66f6241d13bbcd123286f.avif?t=1761664057" data-big-src=https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3606170/extras_big/d72c11dd5ca66f6241d13bbcd123286f.avif?t=1761664057 width=800 height=208 />Endlessly re-playable no two runs are the same. After each trial, visit the Forum where you'll be able to upgrade your run, buy new items, and prepare for your next trial. <video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3606170/extras/0b02e902ff7b650ce3b0a4a415ed7afd.poster.avif?t=1761664057" width=616 height=360 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3606170/extras/0b02e902ff7b650ce3b0a4a415ed7afd.webm?t=1761664057" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3606170/extras/0b02e902ff7b650ce3b0a4a415ed7afd.mp4?t=1761664057" type="video/mp4"></video><h2 class="bb_tag" >Demo Includes: </h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li>35 Unique book relics: No two powers are the same. Add infinite repeat letters to words with &quot;The Good Book&quot; or focus on using new words with &quot;Thesaurus&quot;. Each book has a unique strength that combos well with other books.</li><li>Hundreds of piece variations: Every letter in the alphabet + custom bigrams (Two-letter tiles like QU, CH, or EE). You can even find mysterious Symbol tiles like &quot;!&quot;, &quot;?&quot; or &quot;&amp;&quot; that have strange abilities.</li><li>100,000+ Possible Watchwords: Try to spell a special word to expand the size of your board to make room for more powerful words in future trials. </li><li>8 Watchguards: Each watchguard has a unique strategy to make their trial more difficult. Watch your wallet against the Greedy watchguard and make sure you plan ahead for the Patient Watchguard.</li><li>15 run upgrades: Permanently upgrade your draws, discards, hand size, and much more!</li><li>Made-Up Words: Watchword is the only word game where you can make up words to fit your strategy. Find forbidden books that completely blow the dictionary wide open.</li><li>Check your stats and shoot for new high scores: Go infinite and see your high scores go into the hundred of billions of points.</li><li>Endless replayability: Watch minutes become hours as you try to fit just one more word into your board and beat just one more run.</li><li>Full runs with limited content. (NO RUN LIMIT!)</li></ul>

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