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Use Your Words

Smiling Buddha Games, LLC · Screenwave Media · 2017-04-03

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndie

Modes: Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Aug 03, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 04, 2017 (Xbox One), Apr 04, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Apr 03, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 03, 2017 (Mac), Apr 27, 2017 (Wii U)

Use Your Words is the new party game for funny people and their unfunny friends! Laugh your way through four hilarious mini-games! Use your smartphone to fill in the blank, or try your luck using one of our answers to get laughs! No matter your strategy, Use Your Words brings comedy home!

Use Your Words is a 2017 Casual and Indie game priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 849 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

3
playing now
89%
positive of 849 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
30/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
3.78★
PlayStation Store rating (251 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$14.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Use Your Words is a party video game developed by Smiling Buddha Games and published by Screenwave Media. It was released for Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Wii U in April 2017, and for the Nintendo Switch in August 2017.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 29,219 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–51k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 849 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.25 at Fanatical (2020-10-20) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 3 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020172026Week of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$15.00$2.252017-04-042026-10-112017-04-04 — best price $12.742017-05-25 — best price $15.002017-08-24 — best price $7.502017-10-26 — best price $7.492017-11-22 — best price $5.992018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-02-23 — best price $4.002018-06-21 — best price $5.992018-09-13 — best price $15.002018-11-15 — best price $5.252018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-01-10 — best price $7.502019-05-24 — best price $15.002019-08-29 — best price $6.002019-11-01 — best price $14.992019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-01-09 — best price $7.502020-01-22 — best price $7.502020-05-07 — best price $3.752020-06-25 — best price $5.992020-10-21 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $6.742021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $5.242022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $2.992022-09-14 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $5.242023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $4.492024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $5.242025-02-17 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.992026-09-20 — best price $14.992026-10-11 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1712026-06-01 — 13 pageviews2026-06-05 — 7 pageviews2026-06-09 — 15 pageviews2026-06-13 — 15 pageviews2026-06-17 — 8 pageviews2026-06-21 — 9 pageviews2026-06-25 — 10 pageviews2026-06-29 — 13 pageviews2026-07-03 — 13 pageviews2026-07-07 — 8 pageviews2026-07-11 — 11 pageviews2026-07-15 — 5 pageviews2026-07-19 — 15 pageviews2026-07-23 — 9 pageviews2026-07-27 — 8 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-04 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 10 pageviews2026-08-12 — 10 pageviews2026-08-16 — 15 pageviews2026-08-20 — 5 pageviews2026-08-24 — 12 pageviews2026-08-28 — 5 pageviews2026-09-01 — 1 pageviews2026-09-05 — 8 pageviews2026-09-09 — 11 pageviews2026-09-13 — 7 pageviews2026-09-17 — 9 pageviews2026-09-21 — 7 pageviews2026-09-25 — 8 pageviews2026-09-29 — 6 pageviews2026-10-03 — 16 pageviews2026-10-07 — 8 pageviews2026-10-10 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
86.8%
earned "Party On!"
0.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportStatsRemote Play on TVRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,7730%22
PS4 (PlayStation)1,1552%23
Xbox One (Xbox)7582%22
Switch (Nintendo)490%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

Co-opFunnyIndiePartyCasualComedyParty GameMultiplayerLocal Multiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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