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Typoman

Brainseed Factory · 2016-08-15

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

1
playing now
87%
positive of 886 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–53k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 886 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 3 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.992016-08-162026-08-282016-08-16 — 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 $9.992026-08-28 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2012026-05-30 — 10 pageviews2026-06-02 — 12 pageviews2026-06-05 — 20 pageviews2026-06-08 — 7 pageviews2026-06-11 — 10 pageviews2026-06-14 — 10 pageviews2026-06-17 — 7 pageviews2026-06-20 — 10 pageviews2026-06-23 — 9 pageviews2026-06-26 — 15 pageviews2026-06-29 — 11 pageviews2026-07-02 — 12 pageviews2026-07-05 — 8 pageviews2026-07-08 — 4 pageviews2026-07-11 — 4 pageviews2026-07-14 — 8 pageviews2026-07-17 — 4 pageviews2026-07-20 — 13 pageviews2026-07-23 — 8 pageviews2026-07-26 — 4 pageviews2026-07-29 — 13 pageviews2026-08-01 — 12 pageviews2026-08-04 — 9 pageviews2026-08-07 — 11 pageviews2026-08-10 — 5 pageviews2026-08-13 — 10 pageviews2026-08-16 — 7 pageviews2026-08-19 — 5 pageviews2026-08-22 — 15 pageviews2026-08-25 — 6 pageviews2026-08-27 — 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

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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