A well-crafted action experience, Epistory - Typing Chronicles is well worth your time.
89
Verdict
95%
Steam
83
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (95% positive from 6.8K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (83/100 critic average)
Compelling narrative and story
Rich open world to explore
No significant drawbacks reported
Epistory - Typing Chronicles is a 2016 action-adventure, typing video game developed by Fishing Cactus. The game was released on Steam Early Access in September 2015 and was officially released on March 30, 2016, for Linux, Microsoft Windows, and OS X, and on February 2, 2021 for Stadia. In the game, a young girl rides a fox with three tails. The game's story follows a writer's writing process, which unfolds like paper on-screen and is narrated from the perspective of the writer's internal thoughts. The game later received a spiritual sequel, Nanotale - Typing Chronicles.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 18d ago
Fun game to play if you know a bit of typing. It is quite similar to Bastion, especially the narrative experience, except the combat is done through typing.
Really enjoyed my time with this one, very inventive and ties typing with a fully realized adventure. Most typing games are just typing exercises with a thin coat of paint. This bucks that trend by feeling like an adventure first and a typing game second, which feels a lot more immersive. Definitely recommended and I wish we had more games in this vein.
Beautiful game from start to finish. The design, music and overall ambiance are on point. The gameplay is both quite simple and very challenging. You just have to write words, but the speed you need to type them at and complexity of the words gets progressively harder as you advance and unlock certain elements. Highly recommended, really enjoyed this one. PS: for obvious reasons, I would recommend playing this with kb+m and not a controller.
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