Ludography
61/100
Players19 ratings
30/100
Critics1 review
More scores
Metacritic4 critic reviews
74/100
Metacritic usersuser score
72/100
GameFAQsJust Right
3.8/5
Player reviews
90% positive750 reviews
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Runs on
Windows, Mac
Price
US$14.99

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2017 · Smiling Buddha Games · Board game · Indie

Use Your Words

Grab a few friends and get ready to laugh. Use Your Words is the party game for funny people and their unfunny friends!

Released
4 April 2017
Platforms
Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 4Wii UWindowsXbox OnemacOS
Genres
Board gameIndiePartyPuzzle
Developers
Smiling Buddha Games
Publishers
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Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Text
Themes
ComedyParty
Country
United States
Age ratings
PEGI 16ACB MESRB M
Languages
English, French
Time to beat
1hmain story4hcompletionist

About

Use Your Words is a party video game developed by Smiling Buddha Games and published by Screenwave Media. It was released for Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Wii U in April 2017, and for the Nintendo Switch in August 2017.

Players say

Media

Use Your Words screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Use Your Words is a game for 3–6 players and is played similar to The Jackbox Party Pack in that players play on a browser with web-enabled devices. Four mini-games are played throughout a single game:

Sub the Title: A small clip from a foreign film is shown with a missing subtitle and players are invited to write their own subtitle in its place.

Development

In 2015, designer Brent Black and veteran game developer Julian Spillane came together to create the game, which the former pitched as "a party game for funny people and their unfunny friends."

Reception

The Switch version of Use Your Words received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Nintendo Life scored the Switch version 8 out of 10, saying the game is best played in the comfort of a local crowd. Nintendo World Report also rated the Switch version 8/10, praising it as "accessible" and "fun," but criticizing the lack of an option to change text size for playing in portable mode. On the opposite end, Destructoid rated the game 3/10, comparing the gameplay to simply riffing on foreign films or randomly Googled images.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows3 April 2017Worldwide
macOS3 April 2017Worldwide
Xbox One4 April 2017Worldwide · North America 4 April 2017
PlayStation 44 April 2017North America
Wii U27 April 2017North America
Nintendo Switch3 August 2017North America

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