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Words Can Kill

Words Can Kill

Just another boring word game? No. Words Can Kill is a roguelike deckbuilder. Travel through the world trying to build the strongest deck from letter tiles and find the perfect gear. And remember, here your tactical decisions matter, not your vocabulary!

Released Sep 29, 2022 Developer Typing Monkey Platforms Windows · Linux Roguelike DeckbuilderCard BattlerDeckbuildingRogue-likeCard Game
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-05-18)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

72.3%positive101 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A neat little scrabble-adjacent type game. It's a little clunky and slow in certain moves, but it's entertaining.”

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

“Words Can Kill is an inventive combination of word puzzle, roguelike progression, and tactical deckbuilding that manages to turn vocabulary into a genuine combat system. Instead of relying on conventional cards representing attacks, spells, or defenses, the game gives players…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Not recommended · 4 found this helpful

“everything's a roguelike deckbuilder these days, even if they aren't or shouldn't be. this plays like letter quest (the undisputable king of the genre) or bookworm adventures (also good but no word definitions, just like here, and it's not available for purchase anymore), except…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

35achievements
5.3%median completion
0.5%rarest: The King
83.0% of players 76.4% of players 52.6% of players 38.0% of players 22.2% of players 19.2% of players 17.6% of players 17.1% of players 16.7% of players 11.0% of players 10.8% of players 10.6% of players 10.6% of players 7.1% of players 6.2% of players 6.1% of players 5.6% of players 5.3% of players 4.9% of players 4.0% of players 3.8% of players 3.5% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.6% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.2% of players 0.9% of players 0.5% of players 83.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
83.0%Panisher — Defeat an elite enemy
76.4%Nobody calls me chicken! — Finish the Prologue
52.6%7 letters — Spell a 7-letter word
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%The King — Complete all challenges with all characters
0.9%Is this possible? — Win any fight on the first turn without using your weapon
1.2%Infinity — Use your weapon 8 times during one turn

Latest official news

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

Jun 07, 2025
Try the demo of Spinny Dungeon: the next game from the creator of Words Can Kill

The demo of my next game just came out! Spinny Dungeon is a slot machine roguelike inspired by Luck be a Landlord and Plants vs. Zombies. The FULL run with one hero is currently available in the demo.

Jul 25, 2024
Spinny Dungeon - Slot Machine Roguelike From The Dev

I'm proud to announce my new game. Spinny Dungeon is a slot machine roguelike inspired by Luck be a Landlord and Plants vs. Zombies. Each time you hit the SPIN button bloody monsters creep closer. Sto

Feb 21, 2024
Patch 1.0.14

Fixed a bug with tiles getting stuck after canceling a move in certain circumstances. Fixed a visual bug with an empty ("-" dash) tile. The dash was too close to the top of the tile. Added a hint duri

Aug 21, 2023
Patch 1.0.13

Save Slots were added.

Aug 19, 2023
Patch 1.0.12

Cursed Mode Rework Players get an additional tile at the start of each turn instead of bonuses for long words. The default hand size for the Scout in this mode is 7 instead of 6 tiles. Now it is much

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresIndie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsRoguelike Deckbuilder · Card Battler · Deckbuilding · Rogue-like · Card Game · Word Game · Turn-Based · Rogue-lite · Strategy · RPG · Puzzle · Logic (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements35
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11 Processor: 2 core CPU Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 900 MB available space