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Knotwords

Zach Gage · 2022-04-28

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 28, 2022 (Mac), Apr 28, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 28, 2022 (Android), Apr 28, 2022 (iOS)

Knotwords is a minimal and elegant logic puzzle — with words. Arrange each section so every word across and down is valid. It may look difficult at first, but you'll be surprised at how quickly you pick it up! This is the kind of game I've been trying to design my whole career — I hope you like it

90%
positive of 59 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 83% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 48% of 20,854 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 59 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2023-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920222026Week of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DLogicCasualModernPuzzleColorfulSpellingStrategyDetectiveEducation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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