Character Limit
12 Letters, No Mercy. A fast-paced typing word game. Build words before your rack overflows. How long can you last before you hit your Character Limit?
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Character Limit is a fast-paced word puzzle game that blends arcade speed and time pressure with wordplay.
12 Letters. No Mercy.
How many words until you reach your Character Limit?
Letters keep dropping. Time keeps ticking.
Quick thinking and quick typing are the only things standing between you and total linguistic collapse.
You’ve got twelve spaces - your Character Limit - and a never-ending supply of letters waiting to overwhelm you.
Form words to clear space, score points, and survive as long as possible in this fast-paced, arcade-style typing puzzle.
It’s simple… until it’s not.
Don’t Fill The Rack
That’s the golden rule.
Once every slot is full and the countdown ends, the game’s over, and it always sneaks up faster than you think.
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Every round is a battle against your own hesitation. Shorter words make space but score poorly. Longer words score higher, especially if you use a hard letter.
Do you gamble on a long word for a huge score, or play safe before the next letter drops?
There’s no right answer. Only speed, instinct, and a growing sense that maybe you don’t know English as well as you thought.
Features
12 Letters. No Mercy. A constant stream of tiles testing your reflexes, focus, and vocabulary.
Multiple Game Modes: Endless, Empty the Bag, and extra challenges. Each a unique time-attack survival puzzle with its own flavour of stress.
Daily Challenge: One round for everyone, one chance to be the best in the world.
Power-Ups: Clear vowels, shift the rack, or throw in a wildcard to save yourself.
Clean and Tactile: No clutter, no filler. Just crisp visuals, punchy feedback, and satisfying flow.
Built for Keyboard, Mouse, or Touchscreen: Type, click, or if you’re fancy, touch your way to survival.
Welsh Language Mode: Because developing an English language word game was too easy…
From the Team at Hotel Outlaw
We’re a small indie studio from Swansea, Wales, making small, stylish games with big personality.
Character Limit is our love letter to wordplay and pressure. Equal parts vocabulary test, arcade reflex game, minimalist design experiment, and mild panic attack.
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If you love typing challenges, fast-paced arcade puzzle games, or word games with bite, this one’s for you.
Just remember: Don’t. Fill. The. Rack.
