Play your favorite books! Puzzle through Pride and Prejudice, Wizard of Oz, Dracula, and more, as you unlock new word puzzles and build your library.
• Play with more than a hundred classic books
• Unlock dozens of ways to Wordplay
• Acquire new books from a rotating selection in the Bookstore
• Earn Rare Books by completing challenging Reading Goals
• Embark on Research missions to unlock special abilities
• Puzzle through increasingly difficult Daily Challenges
“If I’m not actually reading in my down time then I’m likely playing Dear Reader.” -one of our dear players
Dear Reader lets you curl up and play your favorite books, turning classic literature into clever word puzzles. Unscramble passages from famous books, unlock unique puzzles, and add new books to your library.
Dear Reader includes over 130 literary classics and dozens of different types of word puzzles, from unscrambling anagrams to swapping lines of text. Dear Reader is the first and only game where you can play with the actual written words of so many tempting books of classic literature!
As Game Developer’s Alissa McAloon wrote, Dear Reader is “a game that’s as difficult to put down as a good book.”
Best Apple Arcade Games, IGN
Top 5 Apple Arcade recommended games, Bustle Magazine
12 Best Apple Arcade games, Gamespot
10 Best Mobile Games of the Year, Paste Magazine
Official Finalist, IndieCade
Official Selection, Indie Megabooth GDC Showcase
Official Selection, Wordplay Festival
Best Gameplay Finalist, Games for Change
Best Meaningful Play, International Mobile Gaming Awards
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Best of Apple Arcade
Proteus846
It feels weird to think of this as a game, because it feels more like... fun mental exercise. I don't have very many games on my iPhone or iPad, and my Mac has a more but still not a ton. This, however, easily earns a place on all three of those devices for me.I really like that I can choose whether I want to relax (most of the time) or kick it up to speed reading for a real challenge (rarely) depending on my mood. Whether I'm playing a title I haven't read before or one I have from cover to cover, it's an extremly enjoyable experience! I don't have proof of improved reading comprehension yet, but I feel like there must be a positive effect of all this.My one suggestion would be to allow us to play an "arcade mode" of sorts where we can choose what wordplay method we use. Even if that mode didn't award ink, or awarded far less, I'd still play it a lot. Maybe only for titles already completed in the main mode? So far I like all the wordplay methods I've unlocked, but there are a few that are a lot more fun than the others and I wish I could play with more often.The worst part? I won't be able to play anymore when my Apple Arcade trial is over at the end of February 2021. This is my only reason to renew it, and it doesn't make sense to do so until my other trials expire in October 2021 when I can get Apple One. I really wish I could buy this and own it forever without subscribing to Apple Arcade.
An English Teacher's Dream Come True
Missutsch
I can play this for hours straight and not even realize the time is passing by! It's a mental challenge that goes beyond just reading the text, and instead invites you into the passages by unscambling them. All the while, entertaining you by reading snippets from classics you know and love. If someone had said "Create an app that will make all the book nerds googly-eyed," Dear Reader is the perfect example!
Thank you for dark mode
StridentStormyCarrot
I LOVE word games, but I hesitated to play this one because white/light screens give me migraines. However, Dear Reader is a rare Mac-native game (not a glitchy iOS port) that uses system settings to switch between dark/light mode. Thank you!
One of my favorite arcade game
LoganBearJr
I play this game daily - and not just for the puzzle of the day. I love reading and to combine reading with puzzling - well, you've hit my sweet spot. I like the exploration of books that I've never heard of combined with some of my favorite classics. So why not five stars? That's because this came does not open in full screen mode on my computer, unlike every other Arcade game I play. And I can't figure out how to give this game 4 1/2 stars.
These literary delights have just arrived at the Dear Reader Bookstore. Be the first on your block to add them to your library. Also included: the usual handful of small fixes and improvements.
• Phases of Irish History, Eoin MacNeill
• Relativity: The Special and General Theory, Albert Einstein
• The Poetic Edda, Anonymous
• The Worm Ouroboros, E. R. Eddison
Version 3.14.0
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