Games like bookworm adventures

Bookworm Adventuresis a word-forming puzzle video game, the follow-up toBookwormfrom PopCap Games. Released in November 2006,Bookworm Adventurescombines the "create words from sets of letters" aspect ofBookwormwith several elements of a role-playing video game. In the 2007 Interactive Achievement Awards,Bookworm Adventureswon the "Downloadable Game of the Year". The game also won three Zeeby awards for Best Word & Trivia Game of 2006, Best Game Design of 2006 and Best Story/Narrative of 2006.

A sequel forBookworm Adventures,Bookworm Adventures: Volume 2, was released on July 30, 2009.

In contrast to the lower production budgets typical of most "casual games", PopCap Games spent over two and a half years and US$700,000 developingBookworm Adventures. Although the direct sales model used by the company avoids various distribution and retail fees, this still represents one of the most expensive investments in the genre to date. John Vechey, PopCap's director, indicated that this did seem to be a departure from the previous model, noting that "A couple years ago, the prevailing wisdom was that it took three guys six months and $100,000 to make a casual game. They used to be considered a low art form."