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Sternly Worded Adventures

Sternly Worded Adventures is a planned word-puzzle roguelite RPG about fighting monsters by spelling.

At a glance

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A planned solo word-puzzle RPG with a playable demo and a full release announced for 2027.

Release
Upcoming · 2027
Single-player
Planned
Online co-op
Not verified
Local co-op
Not verified
Perspective
Not verified
Platform
PC / Steam
Operating systems
Windows, macOS, Linux
VR
Not verified
Developer
Balthazar
Publisher
2 Left Thumbs
Wishlist on Steam

Steam PC edition. Announced features are planned and may change.

Steam store artwork for Sternly Worded Adventures.
Game image from official Steam page
Word GameRogueliteSpellingTurn-Based StrategyDungeon CrawlerBoard GameStrategy RPGStrategyRPGPuzzleRoguelike2DTurn-Based CombatPixel GraphicsFantasyFunnySingleplayer

Dungeon crawler

About Sternly Worded Adventures

Explore a forested peninsula dotted with Yorkshire-like place names, spelling words to fight monsters and uncover the region’s dark secrets. The full game promises more than ten classes, over fifteen enemy types and more than 250 unlockable items.

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What makes it worth a look?

  • Wordle- and Minesweeper-inspired minigames can be played without limit in the demo, as can a suika-inspired game once you discover it.
  • The word system is described as using more than 25 different letters.

Is this game right for you or your group?

  • Demo boundary. The demo allows the Adventurer class and combat through Level 3; entering a Level 4 node ends it. One otherwise available Adventurer item is withheld because it could trigger that ending early.
  • Continue the same save. Demo progress is intended to carry into the full version.

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The full game is unreleased and planned for 2027. A demo is listed separately; the announced full-game content may change.

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