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Words of Power playtest
by Panicked Parrot Games
A word-guessing roguelike where you cast spells by solving five-letter word puzzles. Battle your way through terrifying enemies, and obtain powerful runes and items to aid you in your journey.
Anyone with a Steam account can join, and it's free.
- Access
- Instant
- On playtest since
- Jun 9, 2026
- Planned release
- To be announced
- Developer
- Panicked Parrot Games
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Single-player
- Languages
- English
How to join the Words of Power playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Join playtest button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Use the Words of Power playtest signup there. You're in straight away, with nothing to pay.
- The playtest shows up in your Steam library, ready to install and play.
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About Words of Power
Words of Power is a word-guessing roguelike. Enemies are defeated by solving five-letter word puzzles. Players can collect permanent player-enhancing runes and single-use items as they progress through five maps to aid them in defeating enemies.
Defeat enemies by solving five-letter word puzzles.
Enemy encounters choose from over 2000 five-letter words, ensuring each run is different.
Gain powerful runes that permanently enhance your run.
Choose from over 30 unique runes. Obtain as many as you can to aid in solving words.
Forge your own path.
Maps are randomly generated each run. Choose your path as you venture further.
Features:
- 5 areas each run - 3 main areas, a final boss area, and an area for endless mode
- 5 difficulty options - start on difficulty 1, and unlock further difficulties as you complete runs
- 34 player-enhancing runes
- 5 single-use items
- 18 hand-drawn enemy illustrations
- 5 original musical tracks
From the game's Steam page.
