With Apple Arcade
Free
Dear Reader
Literary Wordplay
⭐️4.5 / 5
Rating
🙌511
Ratings
📼1 vid & 10 scs
Content
🎪No events
Events
📦~ in 3 months
Updates frequency
🗣❌ unsupported
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All Versions of Dear Reader
3.5.0
June 18, 2024
Dear Readers, prepare for a truly major update... by popular demand, we’re making it possible to get any book you want - at any time!
In the new CATALOGUE section of the Bookstore, all books in the game are available for purchase with Ink. There will still be rotating shelves of featured books at discounted ink prices, but if there’s a specific book you want from our full collection, now you can get it!
And that's not all - there's also a new PUZZLER difficulty setting, which gives you a serious puzzle challenge but without any time pressure. Enjoy!
More3.0.2
March 12, 2024
Version 3.0:
Very Dear Readers,
We are happy to announce a major update to the game! This version of Dear Reader contains the following changes, additions, and improvements:
• Six new books - including Shakespeare's Sonnets (unabridged!), Frederick Douglass' autobiography, and a century-old guide to Hypnotism, Mesmerism, and Mind-Reading.
• Completely revised Rare Books section - choose any book at any time
• All-new "Asters" - earn Asters from Reading Goals to get Rare Books.
• Plus text edits, gameplay balance tweaks, and UX fixes.
Enjoy the revised version of the game and happy reading!
Version 3.0.1:
• Updated Research Assignments
Version 3.0.2:
• Minor Tutorial Update
More3.0.1
March 1, 2024
Version 3.0.1:
• Updated Research Assignments
Version 3.0.0:
Very Dear Readers,
We are happy to announce a major update to the game! This version of Dear Reader contains the following changes, additions, and improvements:
• Six new books - including Shakespeare's Sonnets (unabridged!), Frederick Douglass' autobiography, and a century-old guide to Hypnotism, Mesmerism, and Mind-Reading.
• Completely revised Rare Books section - choose any book at any time
• All-new "Asters" - earn Asters from Reading Goals to get Rare Books.
• Plus text edits, gameplay balance tweaks, and UX fixes.
Enjoy the revised version of the game and happy reading!
More3.0.0
January 24, 2024
Very Dear Readers,
We are happy to announce a major update to the game! This version of Dear Reader contains the following changes, additions, and improvements:
• Six new books - including Shakespeare's Sonnets (unabridged!), Frederick Douglass' autobiography, and a century-old guide to Hypnotism, Mesmerism, and Mind-Reading.
• Completely revised Rare Books section - choose any book at any time
• All-new "Asters" - earn Asters from Reading Goals to get Rare Books.
• Plus text edits, gameplay balance tweaks, and UX fixes.
Enjoy the revised version of the game and happy reading!
More2.7.1
July 12, 2023
Hello Dear Readers,
We continue to improve your experience with new bug fixes, difficulty balancing, typo editing, and other minor updates. Happy reading!
More2.7.0
June 29, 2023
Dearest Readers,
In this update, enjoy four new books for your reading pleasure.
• New titles include The Development of Metaphysics in Persia, “The Vanishing American,” Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam, and for you songbirds, How to Sing by the famous soprano Lilli Lehmann.
• Text edits and typo fixes - many based on your feedback and comments. Thank you!
More2.6.0
March 3, 2023
Very Dear Readers,
In this update, enjoy four new books for your reading pleasure.
• New titles include A Girl’s Ride in Iceland, Tales from the Hindu Dramatists, Edison’s Conquest of Mars, and The Art of Money Getting by none other than P.T. Barnum himself.
• Text edits and typo fixes - many based on player feedback and comments. Thanks for that!
More2.5.0
November 10, 2022
Dearest Readers,
You’ve been asking for more books - and here they are!
• We’re adding four titles, including the classic Black Beauty, Laozi’s Tao Te Ching, and The Blazing World from 1660 - one of the first science-fiction books ever written!
• Minor difficulty adjustments to Research Assignments.
• Fixes to the interface and typo edits.
More2.4.0
May 26, 2022
Dear Dear Readers,
Another update for your reading pleasure! This new version of the game includes:
• “Words from Ukraine” - a new bookshelf with 4 new books
• in response to your requests: more frequent bookshelf rotation
• lots of difficulty balancing - in Daily Challenges, Reading Goals, book difficulty ratings, twist puzzles, and more
• text edits, interface smoothing, and various and sundry small fixes
More2.3.0
March 1, 2022
Dearest Readers,
In this update: a bounty of beautiful bits for your reading pleasure…
• four brand-new reading goals in the rare books section
• four new secret rare books to collect
• redesigned leaderboards for keeping track of your progress
• the ability to restart a chapter from the pause screen
• lots of small editorial fixes and improvements
MorePrice History of Dear Reader
Description of Dear Reader
• 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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Dear Reader: FAQ
Yes, Dear Reader has support for iPad devices.
Local No. 12, LLC launched the Dear Reader app.
The minimum iOS requirement for the app is 13.0 or higher.
With a rating of 4.5 out of 5, Dear Reader is one of the top-rated apps in its category.
The Main Genre Of The Dear Reader App Is Games.
3.5.0 is the most recent version of the Dear Reader app.
The last update for Dear Reader was on June 29, 2024.
Dear Reader was first released on March 25, 2023.
Parental guidance strongly suggested, may contain some mature content.
Dear Reader is available in English.
Yes, Dear Reader is featured on Apple Arcade.
No, Dear Reader does not include options for in-app purchases.
No, you cannot use Dear Reader with Apple Vision Pro.
