Choose Drawful 2
Choose Drawful 2 if you want a Strategy experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 91.5% positive across 708 reviews.
Drawful 2 vs Use Your Words
Drawful 2 and Use Your Words both land in Indie, Casual on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Casual on Steam. Drawful 2 (2016) is 1 year older than Use Your Words (2017). Drawful 2 scores higher on Steam reviews (91.5% positive) than Use Your Words (87.3% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Use Your Words
Choose Use Your Words if you want the Shared/Split Screen side of the pairing. Use Your Words launched in 2017.
Both Drawful 2 and Use Your Words sit in Indie and Casual on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, and PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Drawful 2 |  Use Your Words | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2016 | 2017 |
| Genres | Strategy, Indie, Casual | Indie, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | 9.99 USD | 14.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 91.5% positive (708 reviews) | 87.3% positive (387 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player |
| Developers | Jackbox Games, Inc. | Smiling Buddha Games, LLC |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Casual on Steam.
- Drawful 2 (2016) is 1 year older than Use Your Words (2017).
- Drawful 2 scores higher on Steam reviews (91.5% positive) than Use Your Words (87.3% positive).
- Drawful 2 is currently ~33% cheaper on Steam than Use Your Words (9.99 USD vs. 14.99 USD).
- Steam Deck: Drawful 2 is Deck Verified, Use Your Words is Deck Unsupported.
Drawful 2 vs Use Your Words — FAQ
- Which is better, Drawful 2 or Use Your Words?
- On Steam reviews Drawful 2 scores higher (91.5% positive) than Use Your Words (87.3% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Drawful 2 is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Drawful 2 or Use Your Words first?
- If you want chronology, Drawful 2 (2016) came out before Use Your Words (2017). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Drawful 2 and Use Your Words similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Casual on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.