Last updated on July 27th, 2026 at 05:24 am
Scriver: A Word Game – Strategy Game Review
Scriver: A Word Game is a Strategy/Word game from Justin Nguyen, first launched in 8th June 2026.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 36+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Scriver: A Word Game Stand Out
Power-charge your letters, make the biggest scoring words, and beat the critics on your path to become the ultimate curator. In this word-crafting roguelike deckbuilder, you buy, sell, and arrange art in your gallery strategically to build synergies and impress the colorful cast of characters. Every piece of art, gift shop item, and critic can drastically change the course of each run.
Features:
Fully offline
120+ works of art with unique abilities
6 starting decks
6 challenge modes
25+ colorful characters
20 books that enhance your letters
15 albums that drastically modify your deck
10 drinks that level up word traits
25 exhibit awards with powerful bonuses
25 achievements
This Strategy game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Scriver: A Word Game is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 24th June 2026
Recent improvements include:
1.11 – Added Glossary for artwork keywords to the Info menu. Fixed minor visual bugs.
Download & Availability
Scriver: A Word Game is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Scriver: A Word Game on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Well made with cute art and solid mechanics. Great variety modifiers to vary runs.
We would have to say Im enjoying, Scriver, a decent amount so far. Ive found the it to be a charming, colorful, aesthetically pleasing and at times a quite challenging word game. Which, our interest is always piqued if its a word game. We would definitely add Scriver pretty high on our list of great games that are worth your time in this genre. It took us a second to understand how all of the art pieces and different bonuses worked in Scriver. But, if you just play a few rounds we think and read all of the descriptions. Well, most of the upgrades became quite clear to us after doing that for a bit. Some of the criticss (like bosses in the game) restrictions in the game can be very challenging. Especially when they make it so every odd letter cannot be scored. Yet, as we said that just adds to the challenge we believe and makes you have to focus and think a lot harder in trying to win that round. You have 4 discards per round, unless a bonus you obtain gives you more. Which, in the beginning we completely failed at even noticing we had the ability to discard letters, haha. Coming from, Birdigo, which is another great word game that came out recently and that we also recommend. Well, we should have noticed the discards a lot quicker and used them . The only puzzling thing about this game that we dont fully understand as of yet, and this problem may be our issue and not the game. Is how Scriver is a roguelike deckbuilder word game? Is it because once you open up new pieces of artwork/bonuses that they are then added to your overall pool of them when you fail and start a new game? Because our understanding of roguelike was usually a game where you might fail and have to start over often. Yet, during your gameplay you unlocked new features, bonuses, abilities etc. That carried over into your new start of the game when you did fail. Is what we said above why Scriver was touted as a roguelike video game? Oh, well, even if that isnt the reason this game is a roguelike, it really does not matter a lot so long as we are having fun. Which, as we said, we are very much having a lot of fun. Many thanks to the developer on creating and offering such an enjoyable word game in our opinion. Plus, there are no in-app purchases, subscriptions or other underhanded nonsense for the player to contend with here and Im always most thankful and appreciative of that thoughtfulness. We would definitely recommend playing Scriver if youre a word game fan or just like a nice relaxing and puzzling time to relax to. Thanks, again, to the developer for this game and God bless. Played on: iPhone 13 Pro Max iOS 26.5.
We really, really like the vibe of this game and the way it plays. Ive played several similar games, but we just love the art design and concept here, and the playful yet thinky vibe. We like that there are different ways to build. If you want to play short words you can, but if you wanted to really challenge yourself you could build around trying for longer words. Lots of options here. We havent won yet (got close though), but Ill keep trying. We appreciate the fair premium price with no ads or unfair IAP and no data collection. We applaud developers who do this right. Great job on all the art, too, really cool design overall. One request: Would you consider adding a haptics off option in settings? We always turn off all effects, partly to save battery, and we prefer not to have the effects, especially haptics. Anyway, give this game a try, it really is enjoyable. Thank you developer.
Balatro meets a word builder. Sooooo good. This idea is amazing and the execution is so solid. Some of the text was confusing at first, but we were able to get the hang of it quickly. 10/10.
This is like scrabble on steroids! It appears to be an easy word game on the surface but then as you dig deeper into the different possibilities of maximizing your points, it gets really interesting! We think this game could appeal to all ages and levels of interest in terms of how strategic you want to get with the game. Highly recommend.
Love that its fun for all ages. Instructions are easy to follow. More engaging than other brain teasers with fun graphics.
We genuinely cant stop playing this game. Insanely addictive and worth every penny.
So fun, we cant put it down. This is the best word game Ive played.
Just getting in to the swing of this game, and we are really enjoying it! Great new add to the app store.
Fun game but needs polish. Ive played and enjoyed similar games but ran into a bug our very first round. We had a quest to sell X gold worth of art to be able to play letters but that was more than we had even after selling everything. The game didnt recognize this as a stalemate / cant proceed state. So we had to exit to the menu to start a new game. That plus other QOL improvements like a return all letters to hand button would go a long way to making this game a 5 star for us.
Game crashes on critic of exhibition 5, so its not possible to complete the game.
The game seems pretty fun, but it keeps crashing randomly mid game. Hopefully you can get It patched soon.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.11
- Size: 261.59 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Justin Nguyen
Last updated: 24th June 2026 | Genre: Strategy, Word | Developer: Justin Nguyen