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Spellspire
Developer 10tons Ltd
Spellspire is a thrilling mashup of word game and action role playing game. Pick letters from a grid to spell words and shoot them from your wand as spells. The longer the word, the bigger the blast! Can you make it to the top of the Spellspire? From the Steam store page
84 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Jun 26, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
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63 positive · 20 negative
95% range 66–84%
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| Steam reviews | 63 | 20 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
74 of 101 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 84 · most liked firstOh boy oh boy, a word game with a sprinkle of dungeon crawler where I fling as many words as I can come up with at hordes of fantasy enemies! Right? Well, sort of. First is the battle system. You get ten letter tiles per dungeon and those letters aren't used up or able to be switched out for the entire dungeon. Get a glut of consonants and not many vowels? Sucks to be you, have fun getting halfway through the dungeon and then be unable to come up with any more words. Oh, and each word can only…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Type quickly and accurately in order to defeat monster and make your way to the top of the tower. It's a spelling spell-casting adventure—Spellspire! https://youtu.be/H-DW1SjrzuE Spellspire is a cute spell-casting game where you type as quickly as you can to string together words from a letter bank. You can use your mouse and keyboard, but the game also has full controller support, While it's fun to test your vocabulary, the early game is quite easy even for the most inept of typists. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →6 or 7 out of 10 Not the best word game. This one is difficult. And I mean difficult. I had to start grinding at level 10, and there are 100 levels plus a dungeon! Every 10 levels or so there is a boss. I don't think I've ever defeated a boss on the first try or even the second. But by grinding you get more money so you can upgrade your gear. Also there is a bonus Star you can get by replaying a level with the monsters 10% faster and you have to finish with full health for you don't get…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's exactly what it is advertised to be. A "how many words can you make" game with an RPG and timing gimmick. It's very similar to the old Bookworm Adventures game from PopCap, which is not a bad thing. You're given a set of 10 pseudo-randomly generated tiles that you will use to make words. Your character marches from the left of each level towards the right, stopping whenever he reaches a new enemy. A timer starts at the same time, indicating when the enemy will attack. A good…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHFv2KMOnsQ Plot/Overview: Spell words, defeat the monsters, collect gold, and get to the top of the tower. This is a port of the andriod/iOS version of the game, with the ads and monitization removed. Menus: The menus are laid out pretty simple, seperate sliders for music and sound. As well as lots of resolution choices, all the way up to 4k. The shop is where the RPG elements come in, you buy permanent upgrades for your wizard, these range from…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THE TOP REVIEW IS WRONG Letters change with every battle, and typical battles last a minute or two. DIFFERENT FROM LETTER QUEST With Letter Quest and Bookworm, you can take your time to think about your next word or action. Here, monsters attack while you are thinking! So gameplay is frantic instead of contemplative. GRINDING I didn’t have to replay fully completed levels. It helps to have resource management skills, spending gold wisely. You can go back and forth between climbing the tower…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This games dictionary is lacking in a considerable number of words. Why would you play a vocabulary game that doesn't know all the words?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →English isn't my natural language but it was good enough to keep me going! :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqKOzKycVh0
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well Its a good game dont get me wrong but i wouldnt recommend buying it if you can just get it for free on mobile. Eventually you are just doing the same over and over again and it gets a little bit boring after a while.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cant disable timer. Relax mode denied
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The core mechanic is alright: find anagrams quickly out of a set of ten tiles. I wish the dictionary was less restrictive. I also wish the tiles, which appear to come in hard-coded sets of ten, always had the courtesy of including a 10-letter word. The first 99 floors of the tower are cute. The elemental abilities and unlocks give enough variety and progression to keep it interesting. A smidge more enemy variety might have been nice. The endgame after that 99 is where everything falls apart.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →These guys obviously played 'Letter Quest' before (and probably BookWorm as well). This is basically the same, except comparatively with an inferior soundtrack, even less story, and pay-to-win mechanics derived from its obvious mobile phone port origins. Since you can't actually pay here, you'll have to grind quite a bit (or use a word solver to go through most of the floors unharmed, which I don't usually condone but here it simply turns the game into a typing game, which isn't bad either per…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →tldr: If you like speed anagramming from a fixed pool of letters it is a good bet you will like this. ----------- I was almost disuaded by the highly ranked negative review and I am glad I got this game despite that. I really don't understand some of the criticism leveled at it, as far as I can tell you always have plenty of words to defeat the level; when I finish I don't think I have ever had less than 100 unfound words and I wouldn't be surprised if it was never less than 200 (the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game. Easy to understand interface, interesting escalation of challenges. Sometimes the difficulty of the levels seems a little out of order. The system for playing through beaten levels for better upgrades works well. It feels exciting and takes all of your focus.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spelltastic! This is great for young children and helping them to learn while making it fun. Not to mention that the graphics are fun and the music and sound effectsa are not annoying. My boy surely will play again!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is super good. Played this on iPhone about a year ago. Games not easy!!! Will have you typing like a crazy person and losing battles non stop lol. And check out other games by 10tonsLtd They have some amazing games out there like Crimsonland, Neon Chrome and Xenoraid. More awesome games coming from them soon too... 10tons is where it's at! See my profile for links.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You'll think finishing the 100-floor tower was the end-game but no. Post-tower is even more grindy and less interesting if you even made it to the top. Developers seem to have abandoned development of this game too.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun word + action game. Gameplay Spellspire picks up elements from two genres and mash it into one. You fight defeating monsters in the tower's floors,but your attacks are provided by the words you make. If you make a big word,your attack are very strong, if you make a small word,your attack is less effective.Also you have time till the enemies attack you back.Every level gives you money,that you can use it to upgrade your mage weapons,life points and much more. You can also get stars by…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a bad mobile port, and one of the grindiest games I have ever played. You would have to play for hundreds of hours to beat the game, unless you just use one of those Scrabble word search tools. Its ridiculous. This game is more grindy than any three ARPGs put together.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a fun game, There are a few words that it doesn't recognise and some "words" that aren't words that it does. However, it is still extremely fun for those who enjoy puzzle games of this variety. The quest to the top of the tower and the journey into the night are enjoyable. Bosses can be tough if you haven't powered up or only make 3 - 4 letter words. There are a variety of hats and armour you can wear for special effects and also a selection of wands to tailor your play style. Only the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute graphics, addicting gameplay, and really cool Twitch integration feature. It has enough RPG elements to keep the game fresh throughout the many levels. Admittedly "spelling RPG" is a small genre, but this is the best of its kind.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Quirky spelling RPG akin to Popcap's Bookworm games. It doesn't do things as well as Bookworm however this has more appeal to a wider range of ages since it doesn't feel or play like a kids game. Great for casuals, achievement hunters, your daughter, your dad, or your great nan Pam who's looking for something fun to do on her 2005 PC.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40795588/ for more eggcellent reviews like this. I had high hopes for this game, I really did. Unfortunately, the game is extremely grindy. You'll be left replaying the same levels 5-10 times just so you can get enough gold to upgrade your gear so that you don't get one shot by an enemy because you couldn't come up with 18 new words in the 30 seconds you get before getting hit by an OP enemy. The balance in this game is bizarre. Gear is extremely…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- too much reliance on randomness - slow grind - feels like a mediocre mobile game , feels like it was designed to make you buy microtransactions that are at-least not in the game, yet feels it was balanced around such concept
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not worth it unless you either have a ridiculous enough vocabulary that the boss won't one shot you or you like grinding. A lot.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A worse version of Grimm's Letter Quest where the given letters don't swap out when you use them, so you're forced to make a list of anagrams out of a limited letter batch like an old newspaper jumble. The game isn't bad, just not great, or as fun as other word games. Get it on super sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ohhhhhhhh yeahhhhh...what a fun game. A fun game indeed! Who knew spelling words and blasting enemies can bring on so much joy and make the time fly super fast? It also taught me so many new words and this will help when you randomly want to say a word to impress or confuse someone. Oh and don't worry, there are a TON OF LEVELS. A TON. Endless ton of fun. So if you like to spell, or look up new words or even just blast enemies with words: go for it. Even if you aren't as good at…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would recommend this as it has given enough enjoyment to do so but it is with reservations. It is a good word game but it is not a great one. Great ones would be Letter Quest or God of Word. I am a fan of most of what this dev has done but this game is a little grindy in ways that the others manage to make work. Despite the grindiness, the design of the game is fairly good. I like the "replay level with full health at end to get a star" and the endless dungeon is an okay feature. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/53P4cxjPIwM Any individual aspect of this word game is competently done. The connective tissue fails to ensnare players before the loops become shallow as the grind becomes obvious.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun little word game that has some frustrations (some legitimate words aren't in this game's dictionary, there's no display of how much damage your word will do - all monster health bars are the same size regardless of their actual hp - so you can waste good words on trash monsters and not have them for big baddies, the dungeon levels will sometimes give you tasks impossible to complete without resetting, like kill x monsters with palindromes and then give you a tileset that won't let you make…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's hard to say I recommend this game at it's asking price of $10. But, with that said, I waited for a sale, because I just had a feeling this would be a great game I would enjoy, and something different than my current library offers. It's Great!. I got it for $2.99 and I am quite happy with that price. I consider myself pretty good at spelling, and the game picks up difficulty pretty quickly as you get going, and soon, you will realize there is even more to it than just spelling. Item…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Easy to learn, practice to master. For now I'm stuck finding at most 4 letter words, but there are many possibilities available. Get the monster book, pay attention to what type of damage which is weak to what. Great small game, bought on sale for $8.50. 8.5/10 (+.5 when get good)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love the little shop-goblin who floats among the clouds in SpellSpire. (also this game makes me feel like an idiot, apparently I can't spell words past 4 letters hahaha)
unlabelledView post →From the developers/publishers of other mobile style games such as Tennis to the Face and King Oddball, Spellspire is in a very similar mould. This is a spelling game dressed up (very loosely) as a dungeon crawler, whereby spelt words damage enemies encountered, who each have a timer before attacking you. There are wands to unlock, some having elemental bonus that will help against particular enemies, and armor that will also help with reducing damage, or maximising coin gain etc. There is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its Boggle with a life bar, monsters and an item shop. There's nothing revolutionary here, but what it does it does well. You purchase weapons/armor and power'em up with the magic of grinding to slaughter an ever increasingly difficult hodgepodge of children's pop-up book looking monsters. Go back and replay previous levels with the goal of finishing with full health to win stars that unlock new weapons/armor (just use a potion after the last enemy's down and viola! Won a star.). Its all…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed 90% of the game but then at the end it got extremely grindy. I mean it was gruesomely tedious. Might be just me, but I felt like grind was an intentional part of Spellspire's design. That said, I enjoyed the first 90% so it is a nice time-filler if you are into spelling games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not as fun as Bookworm Adventures, it still scratches that itch for a spelling game with slight RPG elements.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Preamble Spellspire is an extremely difficult word/spelling game with the style and a few mechanics of an RPG. The gameplay itself is very basic, but it is what it says on the tin: a well-made spelling game. Buy it if you're looking for a logical challenge, if you're not then this isn't for you. Simple as that. It has the style/theme of an RPG and it has some minor RPG elements but I would not go as far as actually calling this an RPG. It's a word game where you can buy a very small amount…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →...its okay. Think it as a typical 'scrabble' like mindset when you play it...but add a timer to your gameplay as this game uses a forced timer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is enjoyable though it's certainly a grind at times. Its akin to (Grims) Letter Quest, Which one is more fun? Which one has more of a grind? Pfft, is it worth finding out ...? *gun to my head I'd go with Letter Quest
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This actually better than I expected :) Cool little game and quite challenging for not native English speaker, sometimes with letters I got wasn't that hard other times I was able to put together couple short words before I died, still fun to play :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I haven't 100% beaten this game yet, and I'm writing a review, WHY might you ask? This is simple, this game is rather large for what is appears to be. The game starts you at the bottom of a 100 floor tower. Not that much, well each floor also has a trial which requires you to beat it at full health. This will easily take you 5-7 hours depending on your proficiency with the english language. However on floor 100 is a red dragon. Which curb stomps you with utter ease. After fighting it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun little game if you enjoy anagram/word games like the classic "Text Twist." The equipment system and the "stars" for replaying past levels helps ensure that you aren't stuck on any level for TOO long. I also enjoyed the added strategy of *when* you use each word: if a four letter word will finish off a monser, shooting off a seven letter word instead is a huge waste of damage and can certainly get you into trouble on the more difficult levels. After you beat the dragon at the top of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a fun, cute way to kill time. It's like Scrabble and Boggle, but infinitely more stressful. The gameplay isn't too hard to get the hang of, and the art is super-cute.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun little word game, but achievement hunters be warned: It took me 3 days to get the first 20 achievements, 10 days to get #21, and just shy of 8 years (off and on) to get #22 and achieve 100% completion. Your mileage may vary...just a lot of padding at the end!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I cheat playing with my wife, so she can throw words at me and release stress.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a decent enough word finding game, but it suffers from a few issues. It was clearly designed as a mobile game first. The layout, the interface, everything about it screams "Mobile game that is barely playable unless you buy premium currency". But this doesn't have the premium currency (thank god). Unfortunately, it also doesn't seem to be balanced around the fact that you paid for it. It's EXTREMELY grindy. I'm only to floor 20 and I've already had to repeat levels for around half of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute game. Almost really good for practicing English as well. Except for the really out-there words it has as the big ones.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recommend Spellspire to all! Though, I think this game is especially for fans of Bookworm Adventures. Fun and challenging at times. Must use strategy, build your inventory of useful items, gain power-ups, upgrade attire through spending coins and jewels wisely to pass levels and get to the next stage. Nice colorful graphics and it's also available for Android. I only wish there was more Spellspire titles released or maybe even just a sequel.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this thinking it was like Letter Quest - and it is - but it's worse on every level. Not worth it, even on sale.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've always loved typing and word games and this game has both of those elements in a fun way! I feel like it is a perfect blend of challenging and fun, especially since you can actually upgrade your wizard and change what equipment you have to try out different combinations and learn the strengths and weaknesses of the enemies you encounter. I definitely recommend this game for people who want a fun yet light game, both in terms of playing and for the computer; it's a great game to exercise…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abandonware with extreme dictionary gaps. Stay away.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Addicting and competitive.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game looks very mobile-game-y, which I personally Do Not Like, but whatever. It's poorly balanced, so you're going to be grinding for money /a lot/ of the time. And you need...so much money. There doesn't seem to be a "ah, this is a regular human word that humans would use" filter on the thing, so many of the words I would mark as flat out unobtainable. They fed it a dictionary and you're never gonna figure out the Big Word because it's the genus of a specific Floridian tree. Perish
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun if you like word games. Works great on Linux.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great game! Super addictive and lots of fun, with clear progression and surprising number of levels to explore. A great game for anyone who likes word-based games and character progression.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It isn't a bad game, especially at the low price you can pick it up for these days. You get exactly what's advertised.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My experience: I got to the first real boss at level 10. I typed in a bunch of words, none of which did real damage, then it killed me in one hit. I went back to earlier levels, ground out some gold, and got some upgrades. I came back the next day to get some extra gold from the daily reward and got another upgrade. I returned to the boss, typed in a bunch of words, none of which did real damage, then it killed me in one hit. Like, sure, there are some issues with being stuck with a bad letter…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm kind of stuck in the game although with about 6000 in-game coins. I could spend some of it to meagerly upgrade my gears enough to MAYBE withstand the damage the enemies deal now. I'm on 16th floor, and the skeleton guy one-shots me like a boss, and I think it's a bit unfair. Yes, I'm using the first armor piece, and I could upgrade to the 2nd one which is a BIT stronger, but I was saving the coins for a better one. And now my complaint here is that (1) you don't get so many coins for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like it because it is challenging, rewarding and the game has length.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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