Wordlike - Word Roguelike Apple

Wordlike - Word Roguelike

Make words, use power-ups

Features & Capabilities

Wordlike is a word-based, roguelike deckbuilder! Make words, tune your bag of letters, and collect powerful items.

It combines the strategy and replayability of roguelike deckbuilders and the challenge and nostalgia of classic word games. If you've played Balatro, it's like Balatro with words.

Wordlike is made up of four boards, each with several levels—your goal is to beat these levels by making words. As the level target scores climb, you'll need to pick up Knick Knacks that boost your score and direct your strategy.

You'll also encounter unique, game-changing events that bolster your run, forcing you to evaluate tradeoffs, swap items, and more.

Highlights • Endlessly Replayable: Every board is procedurally generated, so you'll constantly encounter new items, events, and bosses! • Unique Knick Knacks: Pick up Knick Knacks at the shop between levels. Create word-based synergies based on parts of speech, letters, and more. • Powerful Tile Enhancements: Strengthen your bag of letters with fun effects that boost their Base Points and Multipliers • Challenging bosses: Face a variety of bosses that force you to make words without certain letters, of a certain length, or ones you've never made before. • Unfiltered dictionary: Make words you can't say at grandma's house. Slang and abbreviations are fair game! • Offline Play: Play the entire game on the go, no internet connection necessary.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Roadtrip Games
Rating:
4.80
(48)
Version:
1.8 Last updated: 2025-04-28
Version code:
874346774
Creation date:
2024-12-20
Compatible devices:
Size:
279.64MB
Price:
4.99
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Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-09
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Developed by:
Roadtrip Games
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https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wordlike-word-roguelike/id6738364965

User Reviews

Users broadly praise Wordlike for its addictive, thinky-but-playful word gameplay that blends elements of Balatro with new mechanics. The game’s scoring bonuses, multipliers, and knickknacks add deep strategic depth, keeping replayability high. Reviewers also highlight the polished visuals and UI, plus a premium, ad-free experience (no IAP) and solid mobile support with portrait mode. Some feel it borrows from Balatro; others love its own twists. Overall, it’s seen as a well-crafted, increasingly engaging word-strategy title with strong future content potential.
Pros
  • Highly engaging and fun with a strong balance between word-building and strategy.
  • Unique scoring mechanics and power-ups/knickknacks that add strategic depth.
  • Ad-free premium experience with no in-app purchases.
  • Polished visuals and UI with a cohesive, appealing design.
  • Mobile-friendly with portrait mode and solid cross-device feel.
Cons
Recent reviews
I wanted to like this because I like word games and I like Balatro. Unfortunately they left out things that make Balatro more fun and added too much stuff that distract from the game. I don’t even need it to be so much like Balatro which would be fine, but this is like a not great attempt of making a scrabble plus Balatro game.
by ru*****, 2025-09-25

I’m so glad I found this game! It’s now one of my favorite word games ever. It captures the right balance of thinky and playful. Super engaging to play. I just won my first game, barely, and it was a super satisfying feeling. I appreciate the fair premium price with no IAP and no ads. I’m so glad it’s in portrait mode too. And, when you quit the app at any time for any reason, your progress is saved automatically. When you reopen the app, you just hit play and then you can continue your run. So it’s perfect for busy people like me who can only play in small spurts. It’s so fun you want to keep playing longer. Love it. I like the visual design, I like the whole theme. If you change the game, developer, please don’t stray from what you’ve done so far, it’s fantastic as is. And please keep it premium, with no ads ever. It could use a little bit of battery optimization, maybe, but it’s not bad, especially considering the animations. I wish the file size were a tad smaller, too, but again, it’s ok as is. Anyway, thank you developer! I highly recommend this game! It’s really fun!
by WR*****, 2025-02-14

Very intuitive and fun! Pretty similar to balatro in terms of the structure of runs, but does its own thing with the whole letter-tile system. 100% recommend it
by Si*****, 2025-02-03
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