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Epistory - Typing Chronicles

Epistory - Typing Chronicles

Epistory immerses you in an atmospheric action/adventure game where you play a girl riding a giant fox who fights an insectile corruption from an origami world. As you progress and explore this world, the story literally unfolds and the mysteries of the magic power of the words are revealed.

Released Mar 30, 2016 Developer Fishing Cactus Publisher Fishing Cactus, PID Games, Dear Villagers Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux TypingAdventureNarrativeExplorationStory Rich
View on Steam ↗ $3.59 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

94.7%positive6,581 reviews
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“This game is severely undercut by its lack of story telling skill. It's a visually stunning game, wildly creative, smooth, and very enjoyable to play. If I had to be specific though on the recommend I'd rate it a 3/5 with the knock really being for the delivery of the story…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“So much more than a simple typing game. Beautiful writing and narration, lovely environments to explore. There are dungeon environments, puzzles, elemental damage swapping, treasures to find, this is a full on adventure. I found the ending and closing song beautiful and walked…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Id actually say it's a BIG MAYBE recommend. Really cute, cozy visuals with picture book, paper critters and environments. The movement isn't the best but you can eventually figure out how to maneuver. I love exploring each area but the map gets quite large as the game progresses…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:26 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

11playing at last check
1624-hour peak
386all-time peak
0 100 200 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 102 avg · Nov 2017

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

55achievements
21.6%median completion
2.0%rarest: Insect's Bane
78.8% of players 77.1% of players 69.7% of players 63.3% of players 61.9% of players 59.5% of players 56.9% of players 54.8% of players 52.5% of players 51.4% of players 48.6% of players 44.6% of players 43.4% of players 42.6% of players 40.1% of players 38.2% of players 35.4% of players 35.0% of players 33.0% of players 29.7% of players 28.2% of players 27.8% of players 24.8% of players 24.7% of players 23.9% of players 23.3% of players 21.9% of players 21.6% of players 19.8% of players 19.7% of players 19.3% of players 18.5% of players 17.9% of players 17.5% of players 17.5% of players 17.0% of players 16.9% of players 15.4% of players 14.7% of players 12.6% of players 11.4% of players 8.4% of players 8.0% of players 7.9% of players 7.5% of players 6.6% of players 6.0% of players 4.2% of players 3.4% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 78.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
78.8%Signal Fire — Hidden achievement
77.1%1% Muse: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner — Hidden achievement
69.7%1% Muse: Rumpelstiltskin — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
2.0%Insect's Bane — Kill 10,000 enemies
2.1%1% Muse: A Song of Ice and Fire — Hidden achievement
2.1%Flawless Diamond — Type 1000 characters without a mistake

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$3.59−80% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$17.99base price
$3.59lowest since tracking began2026-07-14
US3.59 USD−80%
EU3.59 EUR−80%
UK2.71 GBP−80%
Australia5.19 AUD−80%
Canada3.99 CAD−80%
Japan356 JPY−80%
Brazil9.99 BRL−80%
China17.80 CNY−80%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$2.0 Japan China Canada US UK Australia EU≈$4.1

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 24, 2025
Win 2 Epistory keys!

Epistory - Typing Chronicles is joining the Games Under 5 Hours event (October 13-27), and it's so much more than just typing.You're a muse helping a writer create her story, riding a magical three-ta

Aug 12, 2025
Epistory Joins the Isometric RPGs Sale – 70% Off Until August 18!

We are featured in the Isometric RPGs Sale 2025! You can enjoy a 70% discount on Epistory - Typing Chronicles until August 18! https://store.steampowered.com/app/398850/Epistory__Typing_Chronicles/

May 11, 2023
New Update! Korean version and various fixes

Hi Fox Riders, The Korean version of Epistory is finally available on Steam! We also fixed various bugs such as the "missing characters". We hope that you'll enjoy it! All the best, The Fishing Cactus

Dec 16, 2022
They're here!

Hi Fox Riders, After the success of Epistory's Fox, the plushies from Nanotale are finally available on Makeship for a limited time! Will you be team Blue Fox or team Green Jasper? Or you can even get

Nov 28, 2022
Giveaway: Epistory Plushie

Hi Fox Rider, When we did the Epistory plushie giveaway with Makeship, we promised you that we'll also do one on Steam too and here it is! How to enter? It's simple, comment below with your favorite t

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsTyping · Adventure · Narrative · Exploration · Story Rich · Female Protagonist · Singleplayer · Colorful · Indie · Magic · RPG · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Czech, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Italian *
Achievements55
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.epistorygame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 Processor: Intel Core i5 2400 -OR- AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: ATI Radeon HD4850 -OR- GeForce GTX 295 (Does not support Intel Integrated Graphics Cards) Storage: 1 GB available space