The 10 best typing games available on Steam

Typing is a necessary skill in the modern world. Computer technology dominates everything from work to relaxation, and writing things by hand seems to be a dying art. Everyone know she QWERTY keyboard and touch typing is a valuable skill. 

Typing quickly and accurately will only help in life, but learning how to do that doesn’t need to be boring. Gaming can help, and there are a lot of typing games on Steam to help. 

Whether you’re a fan of medieval city builders, horror games, or just want something running in the background to boost your productivity, here are 10 of the best typing games available on Steam that can really boost your typing skills and keep you entertained along the way.

The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia

Let’s start this list with possibly the most mental of all of the games I plan to include, and let me introduce you to The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia. It’s a curious (and mildly infuriating) mix of bullet hell and typing practice, but if you want to survive against the demonic entities, you’ll need quick fingers. 

Your job in The Textorcist is to type out entire exorcisms (yes, they’re in Latin) while dodging the bullet hell mechanics. You’re in control of both, so you will employ all of your brainpower to make it through the various levels. However, if you want to focus on one and not the other, you can plug in a gamepad and simply enjoy the bullet dodging, minus the pressure of typing. 

Cozy Typer

While many of the games included on this list involve some level of stress and frustration, Cozy Typer is exactly what it says on the tin. It’s a dedicated game to help you improve your typing speed and accuracy, and all you need to do is type out the phrases on the screen while enjoying the cozy, pixel-art atmosphere. 

Throughout the story, Anita will guide you through the various typing lessons and offer you grades at the end of each session, plus advice on how you can improve. Any phrases you type perfectly in Story Mode are unlocked for Freeplay Mode, so you can practice and get quicker every time you revisit the text.

Touch Type Tale

Touch Type Tale is a beautiful example of everything a typing game could possibly be. The best thing about it is that it’s fully narrated by Jim Broadbent (Professor Slughorn in Harry Potter or Frank Butterman in Hot Fuzz, among endless other roles), making it incredible in my eyes. 

Touch Type Tale is a mixture of city-building and typing practice. Your aim in each level is to set up a village, make money, and defeat any bandits that threaten the peace and tranquility of your typing-based medieval life. You do all this by typing, with capitalized words controlling buildings and activities and non-capitalized ones controlling your troops.

Bongo Cat

I am obsessed with this little meme-based desktop friend and while technically you couldn’t really describe him as a game, per se, he is still deserving of a place on this list and I love him. So he’s here, and I make no apology for that. 

Bongo Cat sits on your desktop and bashes away at his bongos every time you type. Not only does he boost your productivity by simply existing and bashing away, but you’ll also earn hats and skins as you type. He is a permanent fixture on my desktop, and he’s free to download. Plus, you can sell your hats on the Steam Community Market.

Keys of Fury

If you’re a fan of beat ‘em up games and retro graphics but also want to improve your typing skills and speed (I know, that’s a weird crossover), then Keys of Fury will soon be here to help! Every time you type a perfect word with no typos, you’ll earn coins that can then be used to purchase upgrades, outfits, and other goodies. 

There are multiple game modes to keep your attention, including Story Mode, Tower Mode, and Challenge Mode. The game is designed to be easily modded as well, so you can even insert your word selections to test yourself against. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, anyone? Sadly, you'll need to wait to play this one, but it's set to release at some point in 2025.

The Typing of the Dead: Overkill

A new take on the old House of the Dead series of games, which hold some pretty traumatic memories for my childhood self, Tying of the Dead: Overkill takes the familiar rail-shooter mechanics and throws in the added complication of needing a fast typing speed to survive. Words are completely randomized, so it’s not as if you can memorize a sequence to improve your chances, either. 

If you’re not very good at typing quickly, then I’d recommend trying some of the more relaxed games on this list before diving into this fantastic and quirky horror. On the plus side, there are multiple DLCs available once you get through the main game, and even a fully faithful port of the PlayStation 3 version of House of the Dead is included.

Blood Typers

The tagline for Blood Typers is “death is just a typo away”, and they’re not kidding. You enter into a cursed film studio and immediately get attacked by the horror characters from horror movies of the past. You need to type very quickly to kill the enemies coming at you, so touch typing is a must, but you can team up with friends as the game offers online co-op as well. 

There’s a little bit of a “choose your own adventure” vibe, which, combined with the delightfully retro art style, leaves you feeling almost nostalgic for horror games of yesteryear. It’s genuinely pretty terrifying when you’re up against one of the zombies and you’ve made a typo you didn’t notice, and nothing is working like it should.

Every Letter

If you’ve ever watched Violet Evergarden and thought, “Hey, I wouldn’t mind being an Auto Memories Doll”, then Every Letter might be the closest you’ll get to achieving that dream, and it’s completely free on Steam. You’ll be writing letters on behalf of other people, trying to understand their thoughts, and then putting them to paper in the best way. 

You get a typewriter and full creative control over what you type, so you don’t even need to be particularly good at touch typing to do well. Everything is pretty relaxed, although you can’t delete anything you write, so any mistakes are permanent fixtures in the letters that you craft up for customers. 

Glyphica: Typing Survival

Glyphica: Typing Survival is a survival game that sees you typing out randomized words to shoot at enemies approaching you around the screen. As you kill more enemies, you level up and unlock new perks to use in battle. Everything is decided by typing, and you won’t be able to take your eyes off the screen for very long, so you’ll need to develop some touch typing skills to get through the rounds.

Glyphica: Typing Survival entered early access in October 2024 and is available in multiple languages. A whole roadmap of content will eventually be added to the game, including new upgrades, weapons, game modes, and a lot more. 

The Chef’s Shift

The Chef’s Shift is set to release on March 31, but there’s a demo that can be downloaded now. At first glance, it seems like a restaurant manager sim that should be pretty cozy, and it starts out that way too. Typing your way through the day, prepping orders and dishing out coffee is really fun, and the art style is really cute to boot. There’s an underlying story, and every level is accompanied by upbeat Italian ‘pizzeria style’ music.

However, as you progress and add in four-step pizza making, multiple types of drinks, and rats that need dealing with quickly, it all gets pretty stressful. You’ll definitely get better at touch typing, though, and even the menu is controlled by typing the various words, and sometimes tourists come in who will test you further by asking for foreign words to be typed.

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