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Down Word

Create four letter words with falling tiles before the screen fills. Utilize powerups and careful preparation to create multiple words at once to achieve multiplier bonuses!

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Mike Davis Jr.
Publisher
Mike Davis Jr.
Release
June 6, 2024
2 years and 57 days ago
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Positive13 reviews100.0%

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About the Game

Classic Mode:

Create four letter words with falling tiles before the screen fills. Utilize powerups and careful preparation to create multiple words at once to achieve multiplier bonuses!

Versus Mode:

Compete with another player in local versus or remotely via Steam Remote Play Together. Create words to fill your opponents screen with unusable tiles so you can be the one that comes out on top.

Challenge Modes:

  • Alphabet Mode: Letters fall in alphabetical order
  • Time Attack Mode: Score the highest possible score in 3 minutes
  • Required Mode: Created words must use the randomly selected required letter to score points
  • Platform Mode: Create words while avoiding or utilizing floating platforms

Features:

  • Online Leaderboard: Compete against your friends and strangers to achieve the highest score on the leaderboard
  • Statistics: Track details such as games played, words created, and longest match for each of the game modes
  • Word List: An in-game searchable word list that show all 4,268 words in the game
  • Rebind Controls: Change the controls for both keyboard and gamepad to your preference. Controls can be changed per player
  • Light/Dark Mode: Change the visual style of the game to your preference of light or dark mode
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