Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know that Wordle has proliferated over the past few weeks and months to become one of the biggest games of recent years — breaking into the mainstream somehow, like Elden Ring can never be.
We’ve analyzed why Wordle is the perfect game for wordplay lovers at large, and we’ve provided you with a wealth of Wordle alternatives, and more to try if the tedious approach to minimalism piques your interest.
But what if you want to play games on your home console? Try it out on your Xbox to show your family, or start it up on your Switch while commuting? The game now owned by The New York Times has no official console support…but there is an alternative.
POWGI’s Wordbreaker is the closest thing you’ll get to installing Wordle on your console of choice for the foreseeable future (unless NYT partners with Epic Games or gets acquired by Sony or whatever…weird stuff happens!)
The developer behind the title, UK studio Lightwood Games, has produced a series of “by POWGI” titles – for example, Flowers by POWGI, Alphset by POWGI and Just a Phrase by POWGI. When you get a puzzle right, a pass-through line connecting the game is some top dad joke bonus fodder. So you can expect.
If you’ve only ever looked at Wordle, you’ll know how Wordbreaker works – you need to figure out the last five letters of the word net by removing other letters and rearranging the correct letters into the correct positions as you move down grid.
It’s simple, and if you’re the type who likes to harvest Gamerscore and Plaitnum Trophies, you’ll be happy to know that getting the full set of rewards seems easy.
Check out the game on the Xbox Store (playable on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S), PlayStation Store (for PS4 and PS5), and it’ll be available on Nintendo Switch on March 17. It costs about $7.99 (that’s £6.49).