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85%26885% positive reviews, Very Positive across 268 reviews·Roguelike · Word Game
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A recursive word game for (mostly) clever people! Use your imagination to define things that define things that define things...in an unpredictable reality where there are NO wrong answers & your mistakes pile up (and up and up)! Playful, lighthearted, and charmingly offbeat.
Misnomers by Nick Oueijan
Steam
Decipher bizarre combinations of existing word²³s to define new words²³ that will be used in the bizarre combinations of future words²³!
In other word²³s... What you define now will define things later!
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re-learn/define the names of every-day objects in your life. It will get strange. Enjoy.
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You heard that right! It's all interconnected and there are NO WRONG ANSWERS so if you call a "chest⁶¹-shaped blanket⁵ skin⁸⁹ tailored to cover your chest⁶¹ and sometimes arms¹⁰⁴" an omelette instead of a shirt, then a pair of underwear becomes a "specialized omelette²⁵³ made just for butts⁶¹".
You get the painting picture⁸⁷?
This game is a snowball³² of your decisions.
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With....
....you'll be entertained at least until you aren't anymore!
It's silly, challenging, fun, and playfully stretches your understanding of the world²³. You're not here to "win" and you're not here to "be the best" (you already are). You're here to discover your identity²⁵ and redefine the universe³¹⁸!

You know what they say, "Life's what you make name it!" (no one says this
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