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Words for Evil

Chromosphere Games · 2014-12-11

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

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

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

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 46% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
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)

Players online

102026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 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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