★★★★★ I’m obsessed!
Fri Jun 18 2021 ***Avanater***As someone who rarely plays games and quickly loses interest in most games, I had about given up on finding the game for me. With a lifelong love of Scrabble, I was excited to give Downwordly a try, and I’m so glad I did! Downwordly is a word game unlike any other I have tried. I love that it has multiple modes: Multiplayer for some friendly competition with your Game Center friends, Puzzle to solve themed puzzles, Endless to test your ability to keep your board going for as long as possible, and the Daily Challenge to try to maximize your points with each daily board. I have played Downwordly every day since I found it! Not only have I learned new words, but the longer I play, the more techniques I learn for maximizing points, strategically revealing tiles, and using shiny tiles to their full potential. Do yourself a favor and try Downwordly asap!
★★★★★ Best word game I’ve ever played
Wed Sep 01 2021 WRS15743OMG I’m so glad I found this game! The developer did absolutely everything right here. And no, I don’t know them, so this is legit.
The concept is unique and clever. I love endless mode especially; it can be as relaxing or strategic as you feel at the time. And I love that you can always save progress, that makes me want to play more often because I can play during a short break here and there.
I’ve tried many word games and have either gotten frustrated or bored with them. But this one is different, it’s keeping me engaged. It will stay on my phone.
I love the design, and the UI is great. It’s good on battery too (especially if you turn off sounds, haptic, etc.).
I also super appreciate the fair monetizing; there are no ads, and the IAP is purely optional.
Only one suggestion: for those like me who only intend to play solo (and therefore won’t buy the unlimited multiplayer upgrade), I’d like a way to tip you to support you. Maybe offer other optional IAP, such as different color palates (I’d prefer more muted colors) for solo players or something, or skins or whatever.
Thank you for this game, I hope it’s successful for you! All other word games can go to … oops, I ran out of letters. ;-)
★★★★★ Love this game
Thu Aug 12 2021 vdguujfdtI have tried several of your versions of this game, and they are all great.
I ended up with multiplayer plus. And I really enjoy this version of your game. I have got about 10 people I have started games with . I have a couple of issues but I’m not sure if it’s me, or the game. When I go into multiplayer plus, it shows all the games in
Progress. At the top of the screen it shows the (my turn) first.
Then it shows all the games that are (their turn). But I am finding out that it is really my turn, that is under their turn portion. Is that a glitch in the system, is there a bug that needs to be fixed?
Most games have notifications when it’s your turn, as yours does. But I also like to have a number on the icon, to also show me it is my turn. But I see you do not have that feature. Is that something you can look into ?
★★★★★ A simple yet challenging word game
Mon Jul 12 2021 AertoneFXDownwordly is a simple word game that actively challenges your abilities in projection, logic, and spelling to make for a unique user experience.
There are four different types of play styles that you can enjoy. Endless allows you to create as many words as you can with a limited number of layers that grows as you take away letters, layer by layer. Puzzle allows you to enjoy an unparalleled experience in the world of word search games. Daily Challenges allows you to test out your abilities in creating words in a similar style to the Endless game mode, while only having a set of 5 layers. These layers reset daily for an exciting challenge each and every day. Multiplayer allows you to play with friends using Game Center and mechanics similar to the Endless game mode.
In addition to a great game complete with exciting game modes, Downwordly does not collect any personally identifiable data and it does not display ads, so you can enjoy your game without being tracked or hit with an annoying pop-up ad.
Overall, a fantastic game that can easily get you addicted with its fun game modes, and its many challenging Game Center Achievements.
★★★★★ Great mechanics
Wed Aug 11 2021 This Is My ExitI really dig this game. I like how it comes down to revealing the right letters and putting together the longest words rather than using the highest-value rare letters in specific spots like in Scrabble imitators. It feels more of an achievement to drop words like “influenza” and “preposterous”. I feel the most engagement comes out of the multiplayer mode, but I think the + option is a reasonable price but must-buy considering a majority of players just refuse to do their turn. I’ve also had a few instances where the game would end and say that I quit despite me being well ahead and it currently being an hour or so into the opponent’s turn — just a minor bug I think; maybe because they uninstalled the app or something? Despite the need to have a dozen games going for one to get anywhere, I’m hooked.
★★★★★ Such a fun game!
Fri Dec 10 2021 TwocatmommyEasy to learn, easy to challenge yourself to improve. Great options for playing the endless game, puzzles, daily challenge. Two improvements I’d like to see (unless I have missed them being there already) are a time-out feature that results in a multiplayer game ending after one player has not played a move for a certain number of days (10?). It’s not fair that if I end a game with someone because they haven’t played in days, they win and I lose. Also, I’d love to see a leaderboard for the most endless game points (not just the best endless word or deepest depth) - let’s reward risk-taking for the maximum number of points.
★★★★★ “ALMOST” perfect!!!
Wed Dec 15 2021 oakhallaI’ve looking high and low for any “make your own word” game! I love Alphabetty but it gets impossible to do without spending money and I’m not doing that! This game is SO relaxing!! My only problem…. In Endless I get all the way to a depth of about 24, it would drop letters for the next depth on every level while I still have plenty of letters to work with but then it would stop! It would just end! I started over in depth 1, only got to depth 3 got down to only three letters that wouldn’t go together so it just stopped, ended! Why will it not drop more letters?? Getting down to three letters is NOT endless play!
★★★★★ Fun game
Tue Jan 03 2023 salitrovI like this game and am especially impressed there's no ads. Kudos to the dev. I feel more open to support the app and offer feedback. Some things that can be improved are: if you get stuck on a daily challenge there doesn’t seem to be a way to restart. I also forget what the bookmark feature does or how to use it after initial note. Maybe a include “OK” and “Don’t show again” options? Also, some kind of reinforcement/acknowledgment of finding a longer word would be nice and feels expected, but not a big deal. Thanks!
