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Word Factori

Star Garden Games · 2023-08-03

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 01, 2021 (Linux), Jul 01, 2021 (Mac), Jul 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Word Factori is a word-building game where your only resource is the letter "i". Build a chain of factories to bend, rotate, reflect, and merge "i" into more complex letters. Discover secret letter recipes, unlock hidden word art, and optimize your factory chains for high scores.

0
playing now
84%
positive of 474 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 45% of 6,714 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.5k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 474 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 11 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$1.792023-08-032026-07-202023-08-03 — best price $5.392023-09-11 — best price $4.792023-10-23 — best price $4.792023-11-21 — best price $4.492023-12-04 — best price $4.792023-12-21 — best price $4.192024-01-15 — best price $4.792024-02-26 — best price $4.492024-03-14 — best price $3.892024-04-08 — best price $4.492024-05-23 — best price $4.192024-06-27 — best price $3.592024-07-15 — best price $4.192024-08-26 — best price $4.192024-10-07 — best price $4.192024-11-18 — best price $4.192024-11-27 — best price $2.992024-12-20 — best price $2.692025-01-06 — best price $3.592025-02-17 — best price $3.292025-03-13 — best price $2.692025-03-31 — best price $3.292025-05-29 — best price $2.692025-06-27 — best price $2.392025-07-14 — best price $2.392025-08-25 — best price $2.692025-09-29 — best price $2.392025-10-13 — best price $5.992025-11-24 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $2.692026-02-16 — best price $2.692026-03-19 — best price $1.792026-03-30 — best price $2.392026-05-29 — best price $2.392026-06-25 — best price $1.792026-07-13 — best price $2.392026-07-20 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,57311%31

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

Player tags

2DIndieLogicPuzzleTypingSandboxBuildingStrategyTop-DownWord Game

Census log

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

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