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Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't

Cursed Words begins with a Boggle-like grid: connect adjacent tiles, including diagonals, to form words and score points. Each stage challenges you to meet a target score across a limited number of attempts. Between stages, shop for upgrades and shape a build with a character, stickers, stamps, and consumable tiles. As new mechanics enter the mix, tiles can represent numbers, chess pieces, card suits, and other symbols, while upgrades combine to alter how words score. A standard run spans five stages, with encounters and a boss at each stage. Different characters offer distinct playstyles, and completing runs opens challenges, quests, and higher Crown difficulties with altered rules and tougher score targets.

Build words from a tile grid, then turn letters into symbols and stack upgrades to beat score targets across roguelike runs.

Released 02 Apr 2026

96%positive of
745 player reviews
$14.99 $13.49
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Spell With Chess Pieces

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Turn Numbers Into Letters

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Build Wildcard Combos

From letters to lunacy, Cursed Words is a roguelike chasing ever-stronger synergies. Start with simple words like BUY or THIS or GAME, then use game-altering combos to break the rules. Before long you’ll be ¼♖♙K5XNG the ⅗H♗4 out of these 83VK??7?!

Developed by Buried Things · Published by Forklift Interactive

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Common Player Critiques

  1. Opaque Item Rules
  2. Shop RNG Pressure
  3. Missing Word Definitions
  4. Limited Controller Support
96%
positive of 745 player reviews

Back of the Box

Platforms Windows
Achievements 175
Age ratings
  • ClassInd (Brazil) L
  • IGRS (Indonesia) 3
  • Steam (Germany) 0
Controller required No
Demo View demo on Steam
DLC / extras 1 listed on Steam

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Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't is currently listed at $14.99. Get it on Steam here.
Who made Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't, and when did it come out?▾
It was developed by Buried Things and published by Forklift Interactive, released on April 2, 2026.
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