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Words of Yendor
Words tell stories. Change one, and your story transforms. What if you wield words with surprising meanings from Ambrose Bierce’s 1906 classic, “The Devil's Dictionary”? In Words of Yendor, you’re an investigator forging a personalized story. Unique every run. Forever.
Released:
Nov 1, 2023
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Developer:
SandorHQ
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Publisher:
SandorHQ
Spelling
Typing
Puzzle
Word Game
Perma Death
Strategy RPG
Turn-Based Strategy
RPG
2D
Steampunk
Procedural Generation
Casual
Hand-drawn
Gothic
Mystery
Adventure
Singleplayer
Indie
Difficult
Text-Based
The Developer Says...
Discover the meaning of the Word of Yendor in these procedurally generated adventures, set in a steamgoth world of mystery, magic and steam contraptions. Learn the secrets of the White Steam or the Black Smoke perspectives. Explore settlements, solve word puzzles, and find your way to the local Master Villains usurping crucial elements of the mystery. Use your word-solving skills to navigate dangerous obstacles and gather resources. Engage in turn-based word duels against opponents with a unique tactical combat system.
Each story ending is tailor-made, offering a personalized experience. How is this possible? By leveraging the world's most powerful content creation system!

- Create turn-based, procedurally generated adventures
- Shape your hero or heroine with highly customizable portraits
- Master multiple types of word puzzles and word duels, forged into a coherent game system
- Duel opponents that also compose words from the same pool of letters as you
- Wield words that can literally hurt or mend
- Venture into mini-adventures across space-time and the afterworld
- Collect and craft items and upgrades, and optionally steal and trade poignant curios
- Experience a dynamic, often dramatic or humorous, yet always meaningful and personal story

- A typical adventure can be completed in 30–90 minutes, depending on the complexity level of your choice. Just like a game of chess, Words of Yendor offers endless replayability, providing unique and thrilling adventures each time you play.
- Your progress is automatically saved, allowing you to contemplate the challenges for as long as you like. The game remains unaffected by the passage of real time.
- Note that embracing the spirit of roguelikes, this is also a “permadeath” game, so if your hero falls, the game is over. However, if you enter the same adventure seed number, you can replay any adventure as many times as you want.
- It's never just one of the “red, green, blue” endings. Each one is personal and unique!

Back of the Box Details
Steam Deck
Playable
DLC
None
DRM/EULA Notices
None
Achievements
None
Ratings
None
Metacritic
None
Content Notices
None
Controller Support
None
Reviews
86%
Very Positive
Based on 37 reviews
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