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Panicked Parrot Games · Published by Panicked Parrot Games
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
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.
Adventure, Indie, Strategy · More free games
About this game
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
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated Graphics Processor
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Recommended
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: 3.2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated Graphics Card with 4GB RAM
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Supported Languages
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Words of Power announcement and open playtest
We are excited to announce the the playtest for Words of Power is out now on Steam!After 18 months of development, one of the most exciting days has arrived: the store page for Words of Power is live! And even more exciting, so is our open playtest! Now that we're able to get this demo into your hands, we would love your feedback so we can make this game the best it can be.What’s in the demo?This demo includes the first two areas of the game at base difficulty. You will get a feel for the core gameplay loop and start to feel your character become powerful.What feedback are we looking for?Everything! If you have thoughts about the game, we want to hear it!Gameplay - Have thoughts on the gameplay? Good or bad, we want to hear it! Are there any interactions that are not working the way you expect? Things that feel underwhelming? Did you find a strategy to break the game? We want to hear about your experiences playing!Descriptions - Are the tutorials sufficient to get you playing? We want to allow you to explore the game mechanics without feeling too hand-held, but also don't want you feeling lost. If something felt unexplained, we want to hear about it. Do the item descriptions make sense? Are there any that feel poorly explained or misleading?Technical issues - is the game slowing down your PC? We want to know so we can fix those issues! This is the best opportunity to test the game on a variety of hardware, so if the game is not running well on your PC, we want to know!General - Are you having fun playing? Are you excited to see more? We hope so, and would love to hear your opinions!How to share feedback?Head over to the Steam community hub and let us know your thoughts. This is the best way to contact us? Or if you prefer, send us some feedback in this Google form.Read full article on Community Announcements (panickedparrotgames)
