Best Word Game Games on Steam (for Mac OS)

Steam currently has 1,081 Word Game games, but not all of them are able to be played on Mac. Explore our list of the best picks ranked by Player Score. Our Player Score rankings are calculated directly from reviews left on the Steam store and will be updated in real-time as more players leave their feedback. Word Game game rankings were last updated on 11/28/2024.

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1. Vampires' Melody

3 centuries have passed after sleeping for one night!? On a rainy night filled with thunderstorms, a young chef Raylan encountered a mysterious girl who resembled Sleeping Beauty in a huge tree hole, but everything suddenly went black before he could find out what happened...

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Vampires' Melody holds the #1 spot for "best Mac OS Word Game game on Steam" with a Player Score of 94. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 5,141 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 5,024 positive reviews and 117 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $0.79 to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Vampires' Melody on the Steam Deck (though some functionality may be limited).

Steam Price $0.79
Release Date 10/2/2020
Franchise SakuraGame
Developer AsicxArt
Publisher SakuraGame
Steam App Id 1377360

2. 枝江往事

在枝江市这座繁华的城市,A-Soul五个女孩为了自己的梦想努力奋斗,为了朋友,为了梦想,为了一切未来所希望获得的东西的互相扶持走向前方,最终和粉丝们一同走向明天的励志故事。

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枝江往事 has achieved a Player Score of 93, placing it in the #2 spot for the best Mac OS Word Game games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 4,884 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 4,734 positive reviews and 150 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is completely free to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

Release Date 6/11/2021
Developer A-SOUL GameMaker Project
Publisher A-SOUL GameMaker Project
Steam App Id 1641270

3. The Jackbox Party Pack 7

Five new games: the hit threequel Quiplash 3, the collaborative chaos of The Devils and the Details, the fierce drawing game Champ’d Up, the speech game Talking Points and the guessing game Blather 'Round. Use phones or tablets as controllers and play with up to 8 players, and an audience of 10,000!

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The Jackbox Party Pack 7 has achieved a Player Score of 93, placing it in the #3 spot for the best Mac OS Word Game games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 4,511 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 4,362 positive reviews and 149 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $29.99 to play and can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

Steam Price $29.99
Release Date 10/15/2020
Franchise Official Jackbox Games
Developer Jackbox Games, Inc.
Publisher Jackbox Games, Inc.
Steam App Id 1211630

4. Homicipher

Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.

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Homicipher has achieved a Player Score of 93, placing it in the #4 spot for the best Mac OS Word Game games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 4,364 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 4,209 positive reviews and 155 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $13.99 to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. At the moment, there is no confirmed information regarding Steam Deck support for this game.

5. Cyber Manhunt

Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.

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Cyber Manhunt has achieved a Player Score of 91, placing it in the #5 spot for the best Mac OS Word Game games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 14,243 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 13,331 positive reviews and 912 negative reviews — making it "Very Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $9.99 to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Cyber Manhunt on the Steam Deck (though some functionality may be limited).

Steam Price $9.99
Release Date 2/2/2021
Developer Aluba Studio
Publisher Aluba Studio
Steam App Id 1216710

6. Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集

Roman, the wolf detective plans to spend his Christmas vacation in his favorite tavern, but murder cases happened in the tavern put him to work again.

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Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集 has achieved a Player Score of 91, placing it in the #6 spot for the best Mac OS Word Game games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 1,460 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 1,405 positive reviews and 55 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $10.99 to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. At the moment, there is no confirmed information regarding Steam Deck support for this game.

Steam Price $10.99
Release Date 2/19/2020
Developer SelfCrop Studio
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Steam App Id 926340

7. 风信楼

昏君误国,怨声载道,无数野心家暗起反心。在京城一家青楼的掩饰下,你培养手下、积攒钱财、收集情报、建立人脉,等待兵变夺权的最好时机……《风信楼》是一部拥有海量选项和丰富剧情的高自由度养成游戏——百种不同结局,尽在你的选择之中。

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风信楼 has achieved a Player Score of 90, placing it in the #7 spot for the best Mac OS Word Game games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 3,548 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 3,343 positive reviews and 205 negative reviews — making it "Very Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $11.99 to play and can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. At the moment, it is possible to play 风信楼 on the Steam Deck (though some functionality may be limited).

Steam Price $11.99
Release Date 10/13/2021
Developer Pingfang Games
Publisher Pingfang Games
Steam App Id 1126310

8. Prose & Codes

Explore the wonderful world of books through deceptively simple cryptograms. 10% of every purchase benefits Project Gutenberg, an online library of over 60,000 free ebooks.

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Prose & Codes has achieved a Player Score of 90, placing it in the #8 spot for the best Mac OS Word Game games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 237 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 236 positive reviews and 1 negative reviews — making it "Very Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $7.49 to play and can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Prose & Codes on the Steam Deck (though some functionality may be limited).

Steam Price $7.49
Release Date 2/11/2022
Franchise Hero Game Co
Developer Hero Game Co LLC
Publisher Hero Game Co LLC
Steam App Id 1718910

9. 流光易逝的夏末 - Fleeting Summer's End

Fleeting Summer's End is a small game of ADV. It is in the remote countryside of Teoswa area, China, in August. Deng Ainyang, who was Born and grew up in the metropolis(Shenzhen), followed her parents back to Teoswa. In Teoswa, Ainyang met Deng Kangsui and developed an intimate relationship with her

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流光易逝的夏末 - Fleeting Summer's End has achieved a Player Score of 90, placing it in the #9 spot for the best Mac OS Word Game games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 249 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 247 positive reviews and 2 negative reviews — making it "Very Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $2.99 to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. At the moment, there is no confirmed information regarding Steam Deck support for this game.

Steam Price $2.99
Release Date 1/6/2023
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Steam App Id 2205290

10. WILL: A Wonderful World / WILL:美好世界

Become a god and help change the fate of people, even the world! In WILL: A Wonderful World, you will receive letters written by characters living in urban cities. By rearranging the order and combinations of sentences in these letters, you are going to alter the destiny of whomever that wrote them.

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WILL: A Wonderful World / WILL:美好世界 has achieved a Player Score of 90, placing it in the #10 spot for the best Mac OS Word Game games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 5,332 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 4,955 positive reviews and 377 negative reviews — making it "Very Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $14.99 to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

Steam Price $14.99
Release Date 6/6/2017
Developer WMY Studio
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Steam App Id 588040

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  • Valve Corporation. (2024, December 10). Cyber Manhunt on Steam. Steam Store.
  • Valve Corporation. (2024, September 18). Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集 on Steam. Steam Store.
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