Word Rescue
| App ID | 358340 |
| App Type | Game |
| Developer | Redwood Games |
| Publisher | 3D Realms |
| Supported Systems | Windows macOS |
| Technologies | DOSBOX Emulator |
| Last Changenumber | 29559331 |
| Last Record Update | 13 June 2025 – 23:15:52 UTC ( |
| Release Date | 5 May 2014 – 16:59:00 UTC ( |
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.
Additional Information
| Developer | Redwood Games | |||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_name | Word Rescue | |||||||||||||||||
| controller_support | partial | |||||||||||||||||
| ReleaseState | released | |||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3D Realms | |||||||||||||||||
| Store Release Date | 1 May 1992 – 07:00:00 UTC ( |
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| community_hub_visible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
| Primary Genre | Action (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| Store Genres | Action (1), Adventure (25) | |||||||||||||||||
| Steam Release Date | 5 May 2014 – 16:59:00 UTC ( |
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| Original Release Date | 1 May 1992 – 07:00:00 UTC ( |
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| Store Asset Modification Time | 30 May 2024 – 10:28:45 UTC ( |
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| review_score | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| review_percentage | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| Detected Technologies (?) | DOSBOX Emulator | |||||||||||||||||
| restricted_countries | DE Germany |
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| First seen on SteamDB | 19 March 2015 – 11:34:32 UTC ( |
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Supported Languages
| 1 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles |
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| English | Yes |
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Launch Options
0. Launch
| Executable | Word Rescue\dosbox\dosbox.exe |
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| Arguments | -conf "..\WORD.conf" -noconsole -c |
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| Working Directory | Word Rescue\dosbox\ |
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| Launch Type | Unspecified | |
| Description | Launch |
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| Operating System | windows |
1. Launch
| Executable | Word Rescue.app |
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| Launch Type | Unspecified | |
| Description | Launch |
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| Operating System | macos |
2. Launch
| Executable | Dosbox\dosbox |
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| Arguments | -conf "..\WORD.conf" -noconsole -c |
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| Working Directory | Dosbox\ |
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| Launch Type | Unspecified | |
| Description | Launch |
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| Operating System | linux |
Configuration
| Key | Value |
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| contenttype | 3 |
| installdir | Word Rescue |