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Hardback

Fowers Games

3.9

75 ratings

1,000+

downloads

$4.99

In this deck-building word game, players create a deck of letters, match genre colors, and race to 60 fame points. Includes online asynchronous gameplay, multiple difficulty levels, and special game modes.

AppRecs review analysis

AppRecs rating 3.8. Trustworthiness 71 out of 100. Review manipulation risk 35 out of 100. Based on a review sample analyzed.

★★★☆☆

3.8

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Ratings breakdown

5 star

47%

4 star

30%

3 star

4%

2 star

8%

1 star

11%

What to know

Credible reviews

71% trustworthiness score from analyzed reviews

Good user ratings

77% positive sampled reviews

Authentic reviews

Natural distribution, no red flags

About Hardback

Hardback is a deck-building word game, a prequel to Paperback. As an aspiring 19th-century novelist, you work to pen your next masterpiece, earning prestige along the way. Specialize your deck in certain genres to exploit card combinations, and press your luck to draw extra cards — but make sure you can still string a word together!

Players build a deck of letters with various powers and race to 60 fame points to win.

Features:
1-5 player hotseat and online async
3 levels of computer opponents to challenge you.

Gameplay
No wilds in your deck - any card can be wild.
Push your luck for more cards with the Ink system.
Match genre colors to gain bonus abilities on your cards.
Fight over the coveted award cards.
Timeless Classic cards stay in play, until someone uses them.
New hardcore mode - can't repeat a word!
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Reviews for Hardback

Jennifer Volk

12/28/2025

Excellent game, fun, challenging and lovingly created with an historical aesthetic. You can play online with other humans [edit: this has stopped working] or against the computer, both modes are good. Only thing that is odd is some words are not allowed which I know are real words, and there is no way to suggest a word get added to the dictionary, that would be a nice feature.

Marc RP

4/13/2024

Can't reset password (pressing button nothing happens). Therefore I can't sign in!

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