Alphabear: Hardcover Edition
Alphabear is an award-winning, original English word puzzle game by Spry Fox. Spell words, collect bears!
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August 23, 2017
8 years and 345 days ago
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10 itemsAbout the Game
Alphabear is an award-winning, original English word puzzle game by Spry Fox.
In Alphabear, you spell words by selecting letters on a grid. When you use letters that are adjacent to each other, bears appear! The more letters you use, the bigger the bear gets, and the more points you earn! When your score is high enough, you'll also win a bear for your permanent collection. These bears can be used as powerups in future games! They increase the points you earn, extend your timer, increase or decrease the frequency with which letters appear on the game board, and more. And your bears "learn" from the words you use in-game and will repeat them back to you in unexpectedly witty and horrible ways. ;-)
The original version of Alphabear has been downloaded over four million times and has won numerous awards, including Google's "Best Indie" award in 2016. This updated version of Alphabear has been enhanced and completely rebalanced. All free-to-play elements have been removed from the game and new features have been added, including:
Alphabear is the recipient of the inaugural Google Play Award for "Best Standout Indie" in 2016, Gamezebo's best mobile game of 2015, and a Game Developers Choice Runner Up award for "Best Mobile Game" in 2015. We've been asked by thousands of players for a premium, pay-once version, and we hope this fits the bill!
In Alphabear, you spell words by selecting letters on a grid. When you use letters that are adjacent to each other, bears appear! The more letters you use, the bigger the bear gets, and the more points you earn! When your score is high enough, you'll also win a bear for your permanent collection. These bears can be used as powerups in future games! They increase the points you earn, extend your timer, increase or decrease the frequency with which letters appear on the game board, and more. And your bears "learn" from the words you use in-game and will repeat them back to you in unexpectedly witty and horrible ways. ;-)
The original version of Alphabear has been downloaded over four million times and has won numerous awards, including Google's "Best Indie" award in 2016. This updated version of Alphabear has been enhanced and completely rebalanced. All free-to-play elements have been removed from the game and new features have been added, including:
- A real-time companion dictionary (so you can discover what your more inventive words actually mean!)
- A new "prestige" system for people who complete the campaign and want to replay it at a harder difficulty level.
- New random daily boards you can play.
Alphabear is the recipient of the inaugural Google Play Award for "Best Standout Indie" in 2016, Gamezebo's best mobile game of 2015, and a Game Developers Choice Runner Up award for "Best Mobile Game" in 2015. We've been asked by thousands of players for a premium, pay-once version, and we hope this fits the bill!
