Wordlike is a word-based, roguelike deckbuilder! Make words, tune your bag of letters, and collect powerful items.
It combines the strategy and replayability of roguelike deckbuilders and the challenge and nostalgia of classic word games. If you've played Balatro, it's like Balatro with words.
Wordlike is made up of four boards, each with several levels—your goal is to beat these levels by making words. As the level target scores climb, you'll need to pick up Knick Knacks that boost your score and direct your strategy.
You'll also encounter unique, game-changing events that bolster your run, forcing you to evaluate tradeoffs, swap items, and more.
Highlights
• Endlessly Replayable: Every board is procedurally generated, so you'll constantly encounter new items, events, and bosses!
• Unique Knick Knacks: Pick up Knick Knacks at the shop between levels. Create word-based synergies based on parts of speech, letters, and more.
• Powerful Tile Enhancements: Strengthen your bag of letters with fun effects that boost their Base Points and Multipliers
• Challenging bosses: Face a variety of bosses that force you to make words without certain letters, of a certain length, or ones you've never made before.
• Unfiltered dictionary: Make words you can't say at grandma's house. Slang and abbreviations are fair game!
• Offline Play: Play the entire game on the go, no internet connection necessary.
I don’t normally write reviews but I was really impressed by this. Definitely has a lot of elements of Balatro, so if you’ve played that you’ll pick it up quickly. The word-based items (like giving you mult for nouns or certain letters) do a lot to make it feel unique though. Have only played it for a couple days but have already found several really fun builds.I also shared it my mom who loves word games. It was definitely a steeper learning curve for her (mostly to get the hang of the scoring) but now she’s addicted too lolExcited for more content!!!
Developer Response
Thank you! Glad you and your mom are enjoying it :)
Good game, responsive developer
WRS15743
I appreciate the developer keeping the game updated and being responsive to feedback. I was experiencing a weird bug, and he looked into fixing it. It might have been a random glitch. This is a well-designed game, it’s definitely worth downloading. It’s strategic and a fun vibe too. And no data collection or IAP. Thank you, developer!
Developer Response
Hey WRS15743, I'm really sorry you ran into that! I've been trying to reproduce the sticker issue you're seeing, but haven't had any luck yet. Could you shoot me an email at harish@roadtrip.dev? It might be tied to a specific build you played or using blank tiles. I'd also genuinely love to hear any other feedback you have. If I can get this sorted, I hope you'll consider updating your review!
Exceptional game design
Hubby Buns
Even in its early stages of design, this game plays and feels exceptional. Every element feels well balanced and the UI is perfect. It really has the same strengths as Balatro since it follows the game loop so closely, but brings a fantastic mechanic to make a unique identity. I think more modifiers and further customization would propel this game into the same conversation as its influences.
Developer Response
Thank you! Totally agree on more items, we'll be adding lots more!
Strategic and fun!
anatomieof
I love word games but get bored of ones that don’t involve enough strategy or challenges in them. This combines the simple fun of making words with the strategy of figuring out how to multiply your points. Fun art for the Knick knacks too. Well worth it, stands out from a lot of the other attempts at this idea!
Developer Response
Thanks for the support!
Meet Taskmaster, a boss that highlights one tray tile you must play each turn.
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Version 1.24.0
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Information
Seller
ROADTRIP GAMES, LLC
Size
102.5 MB
Category
Word
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
