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Words for Evil cover art

Words for Evil

Chromosphere Games · 2014-12-11

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Dec 11, 2014 (Mac), Dec 11, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Words for Evil is a fast paced word game combined with a fantasy RPG. It features everything you expect from an RPG, including combat, hero progression, loot and more, all built on top of word game mechanics.

Words for Evil is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2014, priced at $2.99, with Mostly Positive reviews (80% of 476 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

0
playing now
80%
positive of 476 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (127 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 476 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.67 at FireFlower (2015-12-05) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10510520142026Week of 2014-12-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.67$0.672015-01-012026-03-262015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-01-24 — best price $2.792015-03-07 — best price $2.702015-04-30 — best price $2.772015-06-04 — best price $2.812015-08-14 — best price $0.992015-08-29 — best price $2.782015-10-19 — best price $1.422015-10-25 — best price $1.102015-11-13 — best price $1.082015-12-01 — best price $1.322015-12-05 — best price $0.672015-12-15 — best price $2.732016-01-04 — best price $2.992016-02-15 — best price $2.812016-04-18 — best price $1.412016-06-23 — best price $1.492016-12-22 — best price $1.492017-07-05 — best price $2.992017-11-22 — best price $1.492018-01-04 — best price $2.992018-06-22 — best price $0.742018-11-28 — best price $2.992019-03-22 — best price $3.402019-11-26 — best price $1.492020-01-02 — best price $2.992020-10-19 — best price $3.612021-05-02 — best price $3.592021-07-08 — best price $2.992022-05-01 — best price $3.222024-07-14 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $1.492025-03-20 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $1.492026-03-26 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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Player tags

RPGIndieActionCasualTypingSpellingAdventureWord GameSingleplayerPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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