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Typoman

Brainseed Factory · 2016-08-15

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 17, 2017 (Xbox One), Nov 19, 2015 (Wii U), Feb 21, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Feb 22, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 15, 2016 (Linux), Aug 15, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Slip into the role of an unusual HERO and find the last letter to restore hope in a merciless world.

Typoman is an Adventure, Indie game priced at $9.99 and released in 2016, estimated to have 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and Very Positive reviews (87% of 885 reviews).

1
playing now
87%
positive of 885 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
4.10★
PlayStation Store rating (694 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Typoman is an independent video game developed by German indie studio Brainseed Factory for Nintendo Switch, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC, and mobile. The game follows a hero named HERO who crafts words to alter the environment around him.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 22k–53k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 885 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2019-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 1 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620172026Week of 2017-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
121Jul 2016May 2025Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2016 — avg 2 · peak 14Jan 2017 — avg 2 · peak 17Apr 2017 — avg 12 · peak 51Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2017 — avg 2 · peak 20Jan 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2018 — avg 8 · peak 38Jul 2018 — avg 4 · peak 16Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2019 — avg 4 · peak 21Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 15Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 13Jan 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2021 — avg 7 · peak 52Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 15Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2022 — avg 3 · peak 14Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 11May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.992016-08-162026-10-092016-08-16 — best price $11.992016-09-26 — best price $14.992016-11-15 — best price $12.992016-12-22 — best price $8.702017-04-04 — best price $5.852017-05-11 — best price $6.492017-07-02 — best price $12.992017-11-16 — best price $5.192018-01-25 — best price $12.992018-05-10 — best price $4.412018-09-03 — best price $3.892018-11-08 — best price $9.992018-11-23 — best price $9.992019-01-10 — best price $3.992019-02-12 — best price $9.992019-05-13 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $2.992019-12-19 — best price $1.992020-02-10 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $1.992020-10-05 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-04-19 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $1.992022-02-17 — best price $9.992022-07-29 — best price $1.992022-10-17 — best price $9.992023-04-24 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $1.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-05-01 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-09-25 — best price $9.992026-10-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2022026-05-30 — 10 pageviews2026-06-03 — 19 pageviews2026-06-07 — 8 pageviews2026-06-11 — 10 pageviews2026-06-15 — 8 pageviews2026-06-19 — 7 pageviews2026-06-23 — 9 pageviews2026-06-27 — 9 pageviews2026-07-01 — 11 pageviews2026-07-05 — 8 pageviews2026-07-09 — 6 pageviews2026-07-13 — 9 pageviews2026-07-17 — 4 pageviews2026-07-21 — 5 pageviews2026-07-25 — 7 pageviews2026-07-29 — 13 pageviews2026-08-02 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 5 pageviews2026-08-10 — 5 pageviews2026-08-14 — 9 pageviews2026-08-18 — 11 pageviews2026-08-22 — 15 pageviews2026-08-26 — 14 pageviews2026-08-30 — 13 pageviews2026-09-03 — 9 pageviews2026-09-07 — 10 pageviews2026-09-11 — 11 pageviews2026-09-15 — 11 pageviews2026-09-19 — 11 pageviews2026-09-23 — 5 pageviews2026-09-27 — 5 pageviews2026-10-01 — 10 pageviews2026-10-05 — 7 pageviews2026-10-09 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
74.3%
earned "The First Word"
7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TV1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-10-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,4886%20
Switch (Nintendo)200%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieHorrorPuzzleTypingSurrealAdventureWord GamePlatformerSide Scroller

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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