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Games like Words for Evil

If Words for Evil is your kind of game, the closest matches are God of Word, Isekat: Crushed by a Computer, My Beloved Kitten is Transported to a Fantasy World where its Typing Skills Save the Kingdom! and WonderLang Italian — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, mysterious and relaxing. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Words for Evil: Words for Evil is a fast paced word game combined with a fantasy RPG. It features everything you expect from an RPG, including combat, hero progression, loot and more, all built on top of word game mechanics.

2014ActionIndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Chromosphere Games
Words for Evil — Steam game cover
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Character unlocks and bestiary offer long term progressionEndless procedural runs reward short frequent play sessionsMinimalist pixel art and sound design create a retro vibeChillMysteriousRelaxing

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Steam players who put hours into Words for Evil also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. God of Word

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Words for Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Words for Evil.

    God of Word is an exciting twist on classic word & typing games, fusing together multiple game modes with the enchanting setting of Greek Mythology to create the ultimate word game for PC and Mac!

    2016ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Isekat: Crushed by a Computer, My Beloved Kitten is Transported to a Fantasy World where its Typing Skills Save the Kingdom!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Words for Evil.

    Second-strongest match for Words for Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Words for Evil.

    A typing game where you play as a cat, crushed by a computer and transported to a fantasy world of swords, magic, catgirls and furries! As the hero summoned from another world, venture forth with your trusty keyboard, defeat foes and save the cat kingdom!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. WonderLang Italian

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Words for Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Words for Evil.

    Learn Italian through immersive quests, interactive dialogues, and spaced repetition combats. Help a young hero lift a magical curse by mastering Italian. Start your journey to Italian fluency today!

    2025IndieAdventureRPG17.49 USDSteam ↗
  4. Nihongo Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Words for Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Words for Evil.

    Learn Japanese language in a fun way! Smart learning system that teach vocabularies with Japanese alphabet: Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji.

    2021ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Spell Wizard

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Words for Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Words for Evil.

    Unleash powerful magic with your keyboard in this fast-paced Typing game with Roguelite elements. Battle relentless waves of enemies by typing the words tethered to them to cast spells. Collect gems to master new abilities and grow stronger each run.

    2025ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Words for Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Words for Evil.

    The grim reapers Grimm and Rose need your help to defeat a legion of monsters, ghosts, and evil bunnies using the power of words! Letter Quest Remastered is the remake of the Bacon Bandits' first game, now with an endless mode, new soundtrack, and fully animated monsters!

    2015IndieCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Words of Yendor

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Words for Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Words for Evil.

    Words tell stories. Change one, and your story transforms. What if you wield words with surprising meanings from Ambrose Bierce’s 1906 classic, “The Devil's Dictionary”? In Words of Yendor, you’re an investigator forging a personalized story. Unique every run. Forever.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Typing Hero

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Words for Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Words for Evil.

    In a world filled with Zombies, the last survivor of a Spec Ops squad tries to survive, and make his way through Hordes of Zombies to reach his final destination.

    2024ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Words for Evil at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Words for Evil on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Words for Evil.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Words for Evil on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Words for Evil.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Words for Evil on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Words for Evil.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Words for Evil on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Words for Evil.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Words for Evil on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Words for Evil.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Words for Evil on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Words for Evil.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Words for Evil on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Words for Evil.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Words for Evil on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Words for Evil.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Words for Evil.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Words for Evil.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Words for Evil.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Words for Evil.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Words for Evil.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Words for Evil.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Words for Evil.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Words for Evil.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Words for Evil

Does Words for Evil run on Steam Deck?
Words for Evil is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Words for Evil cost?
Words for Evil is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Words for Evil?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Words for Evil are God of Word, Isekat: Crushed by a Computer, My Beloved Kitten is Transported to a Fantasy World where its Typing Skills Save the Kingdom!, WonderLang Italian.
Who developed Words for Evil?
Words for Evil was developed by Chromosphere Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Words for Evil.

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