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Mark Fassett · Fowers Games · 2017-11-29

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Nov 24, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 27, 2016 (iOS)

You are an author trying to finish kitschy paperback novels in this deckbuilding word game. Play against opponents offline or AI.

0
playing now
68%
positive of 69 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 64% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2023-02-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.002017-12-012023-02-042017-12-01 — best price $4.992020-10-21 — best price $2.992020-10-26 — best price $4.992021-10-21 — best price $2.492021-10-25 — best price $4.992023-02-03 — best price $0.992023-02-04 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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