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Buried Things · Published by Forklift Interactive
Overwhelmingly Positive — 96% positive (740 reviews) · 175 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
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?!
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Indie, Strategy, Casual · 2026 · More £5 - £15 games
Explore the depths of word manipulation in Cursed Words, where simple beginnings lead to complex strategies. Use unique letter combinations to outwit your opponents and push the boundaries of language in this innovative indie game.
About this game
Starts as Boggle, ends as Schrödinger - Cursed Words is a roguelike adventure about writing words... for a while…until words become NUM83R5, or ♔♘♙, or the infinite void.
Each run is shaped by four pillars: your Character, your Sticker upgrades, your Stamp loadout and the consumable Tiles you bring into each fight. Every attempt becomes its own cursed experiment.
In Cursed Words you build powerful synergies using Stamps and Stickers, face tricky boss encounters and push your score higher with every stage. A base level run features five stages, each one with two encounters and a boss. Beat Stage 5 to win the run, then take on special Challenges and Crown difficulty tiers that redefine the rules and push your creativity.
Blaze a path through cursed bosses and uncover secret items and challenges that completely change the way the game is played. How about all consonants? Maybe all vowels? How about no letters at all?
A whopping 300 stickers and stamps to boost your scores and break the game
11 characters with dramatically different playstyles
20 bosses that’ll try to sabotage your runs, or can be manipulated into multiplying your score even higher
26 unique challenges that completely change the rules of the game
And if all that wasn't enough, mastering each Character's Pin and playstyle is only the beginning. You can prove it wasn't just a fluke by taking on the Challenge Crowns, where Score Targets are bigger, Shops are more expensive, and you'll have to really break the rules if you want to succeed; or you can take on Quests, specific modifiers to the game's rules that will really put your skills to the test...
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11
- Processor: Intel Core i3
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated Graphics
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
⭐ Patch Notes v4.12
Merry Monday, Wordsmiths!Today we bring you Cursed Words v4.12 and some exciting news: Cursed Words is now Steam Deck Verified! ✅The Steam Deck version includes UI and text adjustments for clarity and readability, and both we and Steam are happy to say that Cursed Words is in great shape for handheld play ✨Steam Deck support arrives as part of Patch v4.12, which is available now. Alongside verification, this update includes fixes for the final puzzle and adds a 25-letter word to the French dictionary to better support wildcard-heavy builds.For the full changelog, check out the patch notes below.And while we're here, we'd like to invite you to join our Discord community! If you use Discord, we'd love to have you with us. It's a friendly place to chat about the game, share your discoveries, discuss strategies, and hang out with fellow word enthusiasts.Thanks, folks. Have a great week!⭐ Release notes v4.12ADDITIONSSteam Deck-specific font and UI sizesAdded ‘eunoia’, ‘luxembourg’ and ‘vietnam’ to English dictionaryAdded ‘anticonstitutionnellement’ to French dictionaryCHANGESFixes to final puzzle grid to make sure solve button works and grids are all solvableFirst shop biases towards Pin synergy items where possibleMinor wording changes for things related to Steam Deck/PC differences (e.g. avoiding ‘click’)Blacklisted Arrivals, Departures, Michael’s Book and Shaved Ice from Random Access MemoryMichael’s Book applies score when you submit multiple words with HoneypotRetro Raider no longer errors with Tin Of Beans/in Chromatic AberrationUpdated description for Busy ScheduleUpdated descriptions for incremental items to show incrementsREMOVALSRemoved some slurs from dictionaryRemoved mouse specific tooltips on Steam DeckRemoved resolution selection from Graphics settings on Steam Deck– The Cursed Words TeamLooking for more?Check out the Forklift Interactive publisher page and follow it to see new games and updates as they arrive.Read full article on Community Announcements (Kerrigan)AnnouncementsOfficial
🎬 DEVLOG EPISODE 2
'Ello 'ello, what's all this then? Why, it's Devlog #2! Take a trip back to May 2025 and join us as we work towards getting our first playable prototype. In this episode, we introduce VOID and SHINY to the game, talk about Michael, and get some integral infrastructure sorted out.– The Cursed Words TeamLooking for more?Check out the Forklift Interactive publisher page and follow it to see new games and updates as they arrive.Read full article on Community Announcements (Kerrigan)Patch NotesOfficial
⭐ Patch Notes v4.9
Cursed Words v4.9 is now live!This update brings a whole bunch of bug fixes, balance tweaks, and quality of life improvements, including new loading screen tooltips with helpful tips and reminders between encounters.We’ve also updated a variety of items, interactions, and boss fight behaviours, alongside fixes for achievements, consumables, word tracking, and more.And one more thing: Cursed Words is back on sale later today with a cheeky 10% discount. Already own the game? Maybe it’s time to gift a copy to a friend as an incredibly early Christmas present.⭐ Patch Notes v4.9ADDITIONSLoading screen tooltips show after winning an encounterAdded ENBY, ENBYS and ENBIES to the dictionaryCHANGESShop biasing now considers your three most common build tags rather than choosing any random build tag from your inventoryUpdated consumable tiles, aiming to fix issues with tiles moving at start of grid; error when using Brick; duplication/errors with GOLD consumable tilesDialogue and boss fight changes which account for finding GLITCH tiles before entering the Beans boss fightStats no longer show wrong dictionary word for uncursed wordsRemoved retry button from daily puzzleFinal puzzle grid word no longer considered for longest/highest scoring word of runLimited save backups to 20Fixed 100% Steam Achievement not being granted immediately when earning final achievementShowing Nat and Scattered Items unlocks after beating stage 5Fixed Castle interaction with VOID tilesFixed Banana to work correctly with odd number of tilesBeam Me Up increments Tile NinjaLuffing Jib Crane made rareBar Chart scattering now works with MagnetDepartures, Arrivals and Diving Mask now work in FrankensteinRetro Raider now randomises colour in Chromatic Aberration/with Tin Of BeansFrankenstein upgrades show correct colour during Chromatic Aberration/with Tin Of BeansMade Avocado, Fortune Cookie and Tin Of Beans edible by Mr Hippo (we gave them a can opener)Unicorn now considered an animalWording updates to A...Read full article on Community Announcements (Kerrigan)Patch NotesOfficial
⭐ Patch Notes v4.5
v4.5 comes with plenty of new fixes and a balance change or two, but more importantly, it comes with a few new features that have been often requested. Have a read of the Additions, if nothing else!Firstly, when submitting cursed words, Michael's chosen word submission is now saved and shown wherever you can see that submitted word. We went back and forth on this for a long time, and there are very good reasons we didn't put this in at release. In fact, originally Michael wasn't even going to tell you the word you submitted. This is a discussion I find interesting enough that I honestly might make a whole video about... But I digress, enough people have asked that we're doing it, but note that it's a setting you need to enable, so go check your game settings if you want it.Secondly, the in-game menu now shows a Retry button so you can begin a new run with the current character without needing to go via the Character Select menu.Finally, Escape will open and close settings menus whenever they are available.⭐ Patch Notes v4.5ADDITIONSRetry button to begin a new run with the same character without returning to the Character Select menuAn opt-in setting to show the "real" words you submitted in your Word History, game wrap-ups and Stats menuSettings menu can be opened and closed with the Escape keyNew dictionary words: JANK and UNEQUIPCHANGESShaved Ice buffed to +0.2Shield works with Purple tilesBullseye is now marked as an Elite questTelevision and Twinkle Toes work in RAMItems which consider submitted words (e.g. Bar Chart) correctly apply priority when in RAMFixed Haunted House removing tile coloursX appears over items on tiles in On Cooldown questBeefeater, Bento Box, Bicycle, Slide and Smart Shirt rewordedMichael's Book is ignored by Sewing NeedleFlamingo compatible with Tin of Beans/Chromatic AberrationMade Down Under clearer about being a x -3 multiplier, not an x - 3 scoreREMOVALSRemoved JAP(S) from dictionary due to racial slur implicationsFoil items do not app...Read full article on Community Announcements (Kerrigan)AnnouncementsOfficial
🎬 DEVLOG EPISODE 1
Ladies, gentlemen, all in between and those not participating: it's dev log time! If you're curious how we got here; we did this. Going to try and get these episodes up weekly but you guys keep finding bugs (rude). Enjoy!– The Cursed Words TeamLooking for more?Check out the Forklift Interactive publisher page and follow it to see new games and updates as they arrive.Read full article on Community Announcements (Kerrigan)
