Paint by Words

Paint by Words

Oleg Sereda · 2025 · Word Game, Casual, Logic, Family Friendly, Trivia

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About Paint by Words

Fill in the missing letters in the crossword puzzles to unveil distinct regions of one big pixel art character.

Features:

  • 117 handcrafted puzzle regions on 8 characters to portray
  • General and themed regions
  • Increasing words difficulty
  • Play with the mouse or keyboard
  • Easy mode - the best solution for kids!
  • 8-bit retro mood

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Nov 22, 2025
Very fun game and good for my English :)
4 found this helpful
Recommended Jan 24, 2026
This is a crossword puzzle game that is fair. The words are reasonable, and there are hints available. I would love content like this!
2 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 7, 2025
Really enjoyed the game. Hoping for more of these.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 30, 2026
i need to read more but the game is pretty well made
1 found this helpful
Recommended May 9, 2026
The game contains eight levels, each shaped like an animal character, and each character includes several stages. After the first puzzle, you can play everything in any order you like, so you are free to pick any character and any level whenever you want. The goal is to color the entire character by solving word-based stages, and each solved stage fills in a region of the character that belongs to it. Each stage gives you a grid that feels similar to a crossword style puzzle, where most of the letters are already filled in. Your task is to use the remaining letters shown in the bar at the bottom of the screen to form meaningful words. Some stages are more challenging, but they usually follow a shared theme such as animals or jobs. You only work with the letters needed to complete the puzzle, so you are not dealing with the entire alphabet, which makes things feel more focused and approachable. Each letter also has a limited number of uses indicated by a small number shown underneath it. Once you complete a word, it locks in along with the letters you used, so there is no risk of accidentally removing progress. One really nice quality of life feature is that you can hover over an …
1 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 3, 2025
I don't know most of the words, so I have to guess where to put a given letter on easy mode.
1 found this helpful

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