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Word Rescue

App ID 358340
App Type Game
Name Word Rescue
Developer
Publisher 3D Realms (Apogee Software)
Supported Systems STEAMPLAY
Last Record Update (October 11, 2016 – 23:51:20 UTC)
Last Change Number 3106316
Release Date May 1, 1992 ()
49.54% ( 21 / 9 ) 1 In-Game

Word Rescue is an incredible adventure for kids who want to rescue all the stolen words from the mean ol' Gruzzles. The Gruzzles can't read, and they don't want anyone else to read. So, they've stolen the words out of all of our books! Benny Bookworm needs your help to stop the Gruzzles.

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Currency Current Price Converted Price Lowest Recorded Price June 22, 2017
us U.S. Dollar $4.99 Base Price $1.24 at -75%
uk British Pound £3.99 $5.14 +2.94% £0.99 at -75%
eu Euro 4,99€ $5.86 +17.41% 1,24€ at -75%
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nz New Zealand Dollar NZ$5.99 $4.37 -12.41% NZ$1.49 at -75%
in Indian Rupee ₹ 259 $4.04 -19.08% ₹ 64 at -75%
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tw Taiwan Dollar NT$148.00 $4.88 -2.30% NT$37.00 at -75%
cn Chinese Yuan ¥21.00 $3.15 -36.97% ¥5.00 at -76%
za South African Rand R 55.00 $4.15 -16.76% R 13.75 at -75%
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User Tags

ActionAdventureEducation

Additional Information

clienticon 29fb29e46a5b00ca9fb342cad8622ceb4b05c284
clienttga c2b9277460e591b38b77de954641cabc975e083c
icon 8ae20fb757e5603623b38d25547b501f27ea204d
Genres Action,Adventure
logo 36d9c1f460f343305ed2ea160d6ccb3fc0f50cef
logo_small 36d9c1f460f343305ed2ea160d6ccb3fc0f50cef_thumb
metacritic_name Word Rescue
controller_support partial
releasestate released
community_hub_visible Yes
store_tags

Players online

  • 1 right now
  • 1 24 hour peak - tweet this
  • 4 all-time peak May 5, 2015 – 22:41:32 UTC
  • 0 minutes median playtime in last 2 weeks
  • 0 minutes average playtime in last 2 weeks

SteamSpy

  • 60,751 ± 6,669 owners
  • 3,066 ± 1,498 players total5.05%
  • 0 ± 0 players in last 2 weeks0%
  • 10 minutes median total playtime
  • 35 minutes average total playtime

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Packages that include this app

SubID Name Billing Type Last Updated
61948 3D Realms Anthology - Steam Edition Store or CD Key December 31, 2015 – 22:50:02 UTC
63637 Word Rescue Developer Comp CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
63638 Word Rescue for Beta Testing CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
63639 Word Rescue Store or CD Key February 4, 2016 – 11:54:02 UTC
66687 3D Realms Anthology - Steam Edition Press CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
Cross reference packages and depots for this app

Depots

ID Name Max Size OS Extra Info
358341 Word Rescue Content 28.68 MiB
358342 mac 8.01 MiB
358343 lin 9.53 MiB
358282 3D Realms Anthology Re-Rockestrated Soundtrack 817.90 MiB Shared Install Depot from 358280

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 606171

Raw Information

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Launch Options

Description Executable Arguments Type OS Extra Info
Launch Word Rescue\dosbox\dosbox.exe -conf "..\WORD.conf" -noconsole -c Default
Launch Word Rescue.app Default
Launch Dosbox\dosbox -conf "..\WORD.conf" -noconsole -c Default

Configuration

Key Value
contenttype 3
installdir Word Rescue
launch See section above

History

June 21, 2017 – 18:24:16 UTC Change #3106316
  • Added store_tags
    • 0: 19
    • 1: 21
    • 2: 1036
  • Changed changenumber – 2344224 › 3106316
November 5, 2016 – 19:30:18 UTC Change #2344224
  • Added changenumber – 2344224
  • Removed changenumber – 1965676
May 21, 2016 – 09:22:16 UTC Change #1965676
February 9, 2016 – 09:42:33 UTC Change #1746651
January 19, 2016 – 23:28:40 UTC Change #1682963
December 2, 2015 – 11:24:39 UTC Change #1578856
  • Changed Depots
    • 358282/maxsize: 857625911 (817.90 MiB) › 857632059 (817.90 MiB) (+6.00 KiB)
  • Changed changenumber – 1575336 › 1578856
December 1, 2015 – 08:07:27 UTC Change #1575336
  • Changed Depots
    • 358282/maxsize: 857570615 (817.84 MiB) › 857625911 (817.90 MiB) (+54.00 KiB)
  • Changed changenumber – 1339768 › 1575336
October 7, 2015 – 02:22:36 UTC Change #1339768
  • Added community_hub_visible – 1
  • Changed changenumber – 1219208 › 1339768
August 13, 2015 – 09:42:19 UTC Change #1219208
  • Added homepage – https://3drealms.com/catalog/word-rescue_32/
  • Added publisher – 3D Realms (Apogee Software)
  • Added developer – Redwood Games
  • Added controller_support – partial
  • Added metacritic_name – Word Rescue
  • Changed changenumber – 1029547 › 1219208
May 5, 2015 – 16:59:25 UTC Change #1029547
  • Added Depots
    • branches/public/buildid: 606171
    • 358282/sharedinstall: 1
    • 358282/name: 3D Realms Anthology Re-Rockestrated Soundtrack
    • 358341/name: Word Rescue Content
    • 358342/name: mac
    • 358343/name: lin
    • 358282/maxsize: 857570615 (817.84 MiB)
    • 358341/maxsize: 30074781 (28.68 MiB)
    • 358342/maxsize: 8393916 (8.01 MiB)
    • 358343/maxsize: 9998000 (9.53 MiB)
    • 358341/manifests/public: 2902963186986827451
    • 358342/manifests/public: 3052131141935034115
    • 358343/manifests/public: 599163527179662146
    • 358282/depotfromapp: 358280
    • 358341/config/oslist: windows
    • 358342/config/oslist: macos
    • 358343/config/oslist: linux
  • Added App Config
    • contenttype: 3
    • installdir: Word Rescue
    • launch/0/arguments: -conf "..\WORD.conf" -noconsole -c
    • launch/0/config/oslist: windows
    • launch/0/description: Launch
    • launch/0/executable: Word Rescue\dosbox\dosbox.exe
    • launch/0/workingdir: Word Rescue\dosbox\
    • launch/1/config/oslist: macos
    • launch/1/description: Launch
    • launch/1/executable: Word Rescue.app
    • launch/2/arguments: -conf "..\WORD.conf" -noconsole -c
    • launch/2/config/oslist: linux
    • launch/2/description: Launch
    • launch/2/executable: Dosbox\dosbox
    • launch/2/workingdir: Dosbox\
  • Changed releasestate – prerelease › released
  • Changed changenumber – 1026185 › 1029547
May 4, 2015 – 13:10:06 UTC Change #U:1681068
  • Added Categories – Single-player, Partial Controller Support
May 4, 2015 – 13:10:06 UTC Change #U:1681067
  • Added Genres – Action,Adventure
May 4, 2015 – 13:10:06 UTC Change #U:1681066
  • Added store name – Word Rescue
May 4, 2015 – 13:06:10 UTC Change #1026185
  • Added icon – 8ae20fb757e5603623b38d25547b501f27ea204d
  • Added clienttga – c2b9277460e591b38b77de954641cabc975e083c
  • Added clienticon – 29fb29e46a5b00ca9fb342cad8622ceb4b05c284
  • Added oslist – windows,macos
  • Added logo_small – 36d9c1f460f343305ed2ea160d6ccb3fc0f50cef_thumb
  • Added logo – 36d9c1f460f343305ed2ea160d6ccb3fc0f50cef
  • Added releasestate – prerelease
  • Changed changenumber – 1021165 › 1026185
  • Added app type – Game
  • Added name – Word Rescue
  • App was published in the database
April 30, 2015 – 11:55:30 UTC Change #1021165
April 30, 2015 – 11:50:41 UTC Change #1021161
April 29, 2015 – 18:16:33 UTC Change #1019911
April 29, 2015 – 14:10:55 UTC Change #1019274
April 29, 2015 – 14:10:38 UTC Change #1019273
April 29, 2015 – 12:25:38 UTC Change #1019004
April 28, 2015 – 20:00:12 UTC Change #1017880
April 24, 2015 – 11:44:46 UTC Change #1010905
April 24, 2015 – 11:42:29 UTC Change #1010895
April 22, 2015 – 07:07:32 UTC Change #1005663
April 22, 2015 – 07:07:06 UTC Change #1005661
March 19, 2015 – 11:55:16 UTC Change #949218

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