Highrise Heroes Word Challenge

89%
Game Brain Score Based on 76 reviews
  • story
  • gameplay
  • replayability
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Highrise Heroes: Word Challenge is a word-game and mystery-story mash-up where you help Seb escape a crumbling skyscraper by creating words on a grid of letters and obstacles. With an epic soundtrack, riveting story, and over 90 levels, this charming puzzle game will give your brain a workout. Note: Supports English words only.

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  • Windows
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89%
Audience ScoreBased on 76 reviews
story24 positive mentions
grinding3 negative mentions
  • Highrise Heroes: Word Challenge offers a captivating story with well-written characters that enhance the gameplay experience.
  • The game features a vast variety of levels and mechanics, keeping the gameplay fresh and engaging throughout.
  • It is highly addictive and provides a good balance of challenge, making it enjoyable for both casual and competitive players.
  • The game suffers from significant difficulty spikes, especially in later levels, which can lead to frustration and excessive retries.
  • There are issues with hacked leaderboards, making it difficult to trust global scores and achievements.
  • Some players may find the controls less intuitive on a mouse compared to a touchscreen, leading to occasional gameplay frustrations.
  • story67 mentions

    The game's story is generally well-received, providing an engaging backdrop that connects directly to the gameplay mechanics, with many players appreciating its humor and character development. While some find the plot predictable or cheesy, it effectively enhances the overall experience, making progression through the levels more satisfying. However, once the story is completed, some players feel the game's appeal diminishes significantly.

    • “An intriguing story moves you from one game board to the next, the word creation gameplay continues to evolve and get more challenging, and you're encouraged to try a level a few times to 1) get all 3 stars or 2) do better on the world/friend leaderboards.”
    • “Highrise Heroes: Word Challenge is a story-driven word game with tons of content, interesting characters, variable mechanics, and a low price.”
    • “The story adds a nice touch, especially because it offers a nice touch of humor.”
    • “Instead, it adds to the tension by introducing more annoying plot elements.”
    • “Once you've finished the story, it loses a lot of its appeal, and as such, never warrants you from ever replaying the game from the very beginning.”
    • “There's a text-based storyline that can be easily ignored if you're not interested.”
  • gameplay26 mentions

    The gameplay is praised for its clever mechanics and engaging narrative that evolves throughout the levels, keeping players hooked with new challenges and variations. While the core puzzle mechanics are solid and enjoyable, some players find certain timed levels frustrating due to slow animations and score requirements that can lead to repetitive retries. Overall, the game successfully combines a captivating story with innovative gameplay elements, making it a standout in the word game genre.

    • “The way the narrative is told between stages and sets up the next twist on the core gameplay mechanics is nothing short of brilliant.”
    • “Solid puzzle gameplay with a lot of fun rules and variations to keep you hooked from level to level, and a solid, well-paced disaster/science fiction story to give it all context.”
    • “The gameplay is the real draw, and new mechanics are regularly added throughout the game to keep it from feeling repetitive.”
    • “The ticking clock sound effect and slow animations during gameplay are really annoying though (especially when it ties your hands during the timed levels).”
    • “A good game in theory, but halfway through the mechanics and score requirements for 3 stars become obnoxious, leading to essentially just having to retry a level a million times until you got good letter RNG to form long words right off the bat.”
    • “However, spelling in those games was a control limitation, rather than a focus of play mechanics.”
  • replayability11 mentions

    The game's replayability is a mixed bag; while some players appreciate the randomness and variety that lead to unique experiences and high scores, others find the inconsistency in challenges can hinder fair comparisons. Overall, many reviews highlight a strong replay value due to endless puzzle variations and leaderboard features, with some ratings indicating a high replayability potential, while others suggest it may not match the replayability of other titles.

    • “The game also features a leaderboard, so you can compare scores for every level against your friends, which adds some nice replay value.”
    • “Basically boggle with some tweaks and extra options, this is a very well done indie game - with plenty of replayability (improving your high score and no two boards are ever the same) and variety (every different level has some sort of twist or challenge to it).”
    • “Overall the amount of strategy, different level types, different challenges and increasing difficulty makes this one of the most feature-complete word games I've played - with a lot of replayability in the star and score system, including global and friend-based leaderboards.”
    • “Randomness not only increases the number of possibilities (and hence the 'replayability') for each level, but also sometimes gives you a huge advantage and sometimes puts you in very tight (and even impossible) spots -- this inconsistency renders making comparisons between scores unreasonable and unfair.”
    • “Replayability: 5/10 - unfortunately, this game also will lack the replayability that most other games will have.”
    • “There is more to explore if you want to collect all bananas (e.g. create a palindrome in a specific level), which offers some replayability.”
  • graphics8 mentions

    The graphics in Highrise Heroes are generally well-received, with users noting that while they may not be groundbreaking, they are visually appealing enough for extended play. The art style and level design are praised, contributing to an overall positive impression, despite some suggestions for improved visual feedback and additional settings. Overall, the visuals are considered excellent for a word game, with no significant technical issues reported.

    • “The graphics are top notch for a word game.”
    • “Visuals excellent.”
    • “Nice graphics.”
    • “No volume control and lack of other settings; since you do not use your fingers but drag a mouse, there should be some additional visual feedback on mouse movement. There are no additional visuals to fill the panorama screen format.”
    • “My score: 85% (value 36/40; fun 24/30; controls and bugs 20/20; graphics and sound: 5/10)”
  • humor6 mentions

    The humor in the game is generally well-received, with players appreciating its entertaining writing and funny storyline that enhances the overall experience. While some find the humor surprising and enjoyable, others note that it doesn't significantly alleviate tension. Overall, the game combines interesting mechanics with a quirky narrative that keeps players engaged.

    • “Straightforward fun game with interesting mechanics and a funny story.”
    • “The story, while not amazing, is certainly quite humorous in places, and I was eager to progress to see the next part mainly for the humor.”
    • “Bizarre and funny storyline built into a fun word challenge game.”
  • music6 mentions

    The music in "Highrise Heroes: Word Challenge" is widely praised for its relaxing and captivating quality, with many reviewers highlighting it as one of the best soundtracks in recent indie games. The audio complements the engaging gameplay and story, although some users noted the option to disable the music due to personal preference. Overall, the soundtrack significantly enhances the gaming experience.

    • “The soundtrack is very good and relaxing.”
    • “Audio/music: 10/10 - this game has one of the best soundtracks that I have heard in an indie game in a long time, and none of the sound effects are grating or hurt to hear over the time you play the game.”
    • “Awesome story (which is also a big plus... I mean, it's a word game!), cool soundtracks and various levels, which keep the game entertaining even at later stages.”
    • “The music is quite annoying, although you can disable it.”
    • “The hacked leaderboards really ruin the experience.”
  • grinding1 mentions

    Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and unenjoyable, often detracting from the overall experience.

    • “The grinding feels endless and tedious.”
    • “It's a chore to keep grinding for levels and items.”
    • “The repetitive nature of grinding makes the game feel like a slog.”
  • emotional1 mentions

    Players report a strong emotional investment in the game, indicating that it effectively engages them on a personal level.

    • “I felt emotionally invested.”
    • “The story resonated with me on a deep level.”
    • “The characters' struggles made me feel a range of emotions.”
  • optimization1 mentions

    The optimization aspect of the game includes performance-based rewards such as stars and a leaderboard for each level, alongside unique "banana" goals that challenge players to form specific word lengths, enhancing the overall gameplay experience.

    • “The game encourages players to optimize their performance by rewarding them with stars based on their score, which adds an exciting layer of competition with the integrated Steam leaderboard for every level.”
    • “I love how the game includes special 'banana' goals that challenge players to form specific types of words, pushing us to think strategically and optimize our word choices.”
    • “The combination of performance-based rewards and leaderboard rankings really motivates me to optimize my gameplay and strive for the best possible scores.”
    • “The optimization in this game is severely lacking, making it frustrating to achieve high scores and complete levels efficiently.”
    • “I often find myself struggling with performance issues that hinder my ability to reach the leaderboard, which is disappointing.”
    • “The game's mechanics for awarding stars and completing special goals feel unbalanced, leading to a frustrating experience when trying to optimize my play.”
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