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.
Last Updated: 12/29/2025
| Steam Price | $11.19 |
| Release Date | 9/15/2025 |
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| Steam App Id | 2906730 |
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.
Last Updated: 12/29/2025
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Playable)
About Watchword
Watchword is a Casual, Indie, and Strategy game developed by BigQuailGames, and Big Quail Games. On 9/15/2025, it was released on the Steam Store by BigQuailGames, and Big Quail Games.
It can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Watchword on the Steam Deck but some functionality may not be fully supported.
According to Steam’s category system, Watchword supports the following features:
- Steam Cloud
- Full controller support
- Steam Achievements
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
From the Steam community, Watchword has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Minimalist
- Roguelike
- Word Game
- Roguelite
- Fantasy
- Tactical
- Board Game
- Deckbuilding
- Turn-Based
- Choices Matter
- Hand-drawn
- Replay Value
- Perma Death
- Roguelike Deckbuilder
- Turn-Based Tactics
- Strategy
- Casual
- Singleplayer
- 2D
- Spelling
Media & Sceenshots
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Related Packages
Watchword is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store. A package (or sub) is simply an item that can be purchased on Steam.
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Soures & References
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Watchword data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, December 29). Watchword on Steam. Steam Store.
- Valve Corporation. (2025, December 29). Watchword. Steam Community Hub.