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Watchword

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App ID 2906730
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Big Quail Games
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Last Changenumber 31212173
Last Record Update 19 September 2025 – 23:25:32 UTC ()
Release Date 15 September 2025 – 13:19:30 UTC ()
❓ 76.58%
19 reviews
2
In-Game
🎴 Roguelike Deckbuilder 👻 Roguelike 🎴 Deckbuilding 🔄 Replay Value 💡 Strategy

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.

Additional Information

Developer Big Quail Games
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Big Quail Games
Store Release Date 15 September 2025 – 13:19:34 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://bsky.app/profile/bigquailgames.com
https://discord.gg/BcjXqJV9sd
https://www.instagram.com/bigquailgames/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Watchword/
https://www.youtube.com/@BigQuail
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Casual (4), Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 15 September 2025 – 13:19:30 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 15 September 2025 – 12:33:29 UTC () (1757939609)
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First seen on SteamDB 22 March 2024 – 23:58:12 UTC (), in changelist #22877208

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🎴 Roguelike Deckbuilder 👻 Roguelike 🎴 Deckbuilding 🔄 Replay Value 💡 Strategy 🧞 Choices Matter 👤 Singleplayer 👻 Roguelite 🏽 2D 🎲 Turn-Based Tactics 🎲 Board Game 📚 Word Game 🎨 Hand-drawn 🔤 Spelling 🎭 Fantasy ☯ Minimalist ☠️ Perma Death 🤔 Tactical 😌 Casual 🎲 Turn-Based

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Family Sharing Steam is learning

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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
2906731 220.95 MiB 161.28 MiB
2906733 Windows 99.36 MiB 31.31 MiB
2906734 Linux 79.99 MiB 26.26 MiB
2906735 macOS 407.42 MiB 215.76 MiB

Total size on disk is 807.72 MiB and total download size is 434.61 MiB.

Total size on disk is 320.31 MiB and total download size is 192.59 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 19980591 15 September 2025 – 06:09:39 UTC
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