Underplayed Gems

Anagraphs: An Anagram Game With a Twist (2021)

Anagraphs: An Anagram Game With a Twist cover
Developer
Christopher Cinq-Mars Jarvis
Publisher
Cinq-Mars Media
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres
Casual, Indie, Strategy
Rating
3.3 of 5, 18 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 31 minutes
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A chilled yet mentally taxing word game that feels like untangling a spatial-linguistic knot, where each rotate of a letter opens a new path.

casualstrategicchallenginglinguistic puzzlespatialthoughtfulfree

What players say

Players like the rotation twist for anagrams but are put off by forced ads for other games, a poor UI that feels like a mobile port, and very few levels with a mandatory move limit. The lexicon includes obscure words and skips common ones, and level progression bugs appear around level 30.

Screenshots

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