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Use Your Words

Use Your Words

Use Your Words is the new party game for funny people and their unfunny friends! Laugh your way through four hilarious mini-games! Use your smartphone to fill in the blank, or try your luck using one of our answers to get laughs! No matter your strategy, Use Your Words brings comedy home!

Released Apr 3, 2017 Developer Smiling Buddha Games, LLC Publisher Screenwave Media Platforms Windows · Mac Local MultiplayerCasualParty GameIndieFunny
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

89.4%positive849 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Don't play this often, but when I have it's been a fun game with friends.”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“its a good party game. a few drinks will make more things more interesting!”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“One of the best games in my Steam library. Great investement, especailly if you have a group of online friends (or real life friends who are happy to hop on a call). I've lost count of the amount of nights my friends and I have sent on VCs playing this. I unfortunately almost…”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.

464all-time peak
0 25 50 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 41 avg · Apr 2020

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

22achievements
0.7%median completion
0.2%rarest: Party Like It's 1999!
86.8% of players 57.2% of players 33.2% of players 22.1% of players 17.3% of players 16.0% of players 9.5% of players 2.2% of players 1.8% of players 1.5% of players 1.0% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.2% of players 86.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
86.8%Party On! — Complete your first Party Match!
57.2%Emoji-noji — Use an emoji in an answer.
33.2%Sweep Stakes — Have a single answer get five votes in a six-player game.
Rarest badges of honor
0.2%Party Like It's 1999! — Play 1999 mini-games!
0.3%Ultra Synchronicity — Hidden achievement
0.3%The Silver Jester — Score 45,000 points or more in a single session.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US14.99 USD
EU12.99 EUR
UK10.99 GBP
Australia21.50 AUD
Canada16.99 CAD
Japan1,480 JPY
Brazil27.99 BRL
China48.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$5.4 China Japan Canada UK EU US Australia≈$15

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Dec 30, 2024
"USE YOUR WORDS 2" IS FINALLY HERE!

OUR SEQUEL IS HERE! After nearly 7 years since we launched Use Your Words , we're finally releasing a sequel, Use Your Words 2 ! Grab it right now by clicking HERE . Want more info? Read below! LET'S

Apr 28, 2022
USE YOUR WORDS 2 IS COMING!

That's right! At long last, we're working on a sequel with 2x the mini-games, 2x the features, and 2x the fun! We haven't launched our crowdfunding campaign yet, but you can help us out by following o

Oct 29, 2019
Small Update - Silver Jester Achievement Fix

Hello all, It was recently brought to our attention that the Silver Jester achievement was not triggering on Steam. This has been addressed and should now trigger when the criteria of 45k points in a

Oct 16, 2018
Use Your Words v1.1 FREE CONTENT UPDATE!

Hello again, Wordsmiths! We know we've been pretty quiet around here, but we’re very excited to release this update! Here’s what’s new: New Content We’ve added 100 new prompts across all four mini-gam

Jun 16, 2017
Use Your Words 1.02 Patch

Hi Wordsmiths! We've pushed a new patch and this one comes with a whole bunch of fixes and adjustments based on the feedback you've given us. So, here's what's changed: New Content First and foremost,

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresCasual, Indie
Player tagsLocal Multiplayer · Casual · Party Game · Indie · Funny · Co-op · Comedy · Party · Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Stats · Remote Play on TV
LanguagesEnglish * , French * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements22
Official sitehttp://www.useyourwords.lol
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 Processor: 2 Ghz Dual Core or higher Memory: 1 GB RAM DirectX: Version 9.0 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 1 GB available space