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Glyphica: Typing Survival

Glyphica: Typing Survival

Weaponize your WPM. Glyphica: Typing Survival is a single-player roguelite horde survival typing game that lets you mow down hordes of enemies in a minimalistic arena using your finger dexterity, your choice of weapons loadout, and sheer determination.

Released Oct 9, 2024 Developer aliasBLACK Publisher aliasBLACK, Squeaky Wheel Platforms Windows · Mac Early AccessTypingAction RoguelikeArena ShooterBullet Hell
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (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.

90.0%positive1,146 reviews
Recommended · 76 found this helpful

“Awesome typing game, although I wish it had a more slower relaxed mode because I only have one arm. I can get pretty far though in the regular relaxed mode. 10/10”

— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played
Recommended · 15 found this helpful

“I like it and its difficult feels "about right" for a typing game. It has a good balance between needing to make smart choices with upgrades and typing pressure. Couple of issues though: - Text readability can get poor when things get busy. Either let user control weapon…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Recommended · 12 found this helpful

“This is legitimately a very entertaining and useful game, helps train your typing skills while being unbelievably fun and simple. I can definitely see this being used in schools to aid those who might wish to get into using keyboards (anyone who has younger family members might…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 14:05 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

63playing at last check
6224-hour peak
1,172all-time peak
0 250 500 2025 2026 287 avg · Feb 2026

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.

68achievements
2.1%median completion
0.4%rarest: Orbiter Mastery
33.1% of players 15.4% of players 10.7% of players 10.3% of players 9.5% of players 8.9% of players 8.9% of players 8.5% of players 8.1% of players 7.3% of players 7.1% of players 6.9% of players 5.9% of players 5.5% of players 5.3% of players 5.2% of players 5.0% of players 4.9% of players 4.8% of players 4.5% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 4.2% of players 4.0% of players 3.7% of players 3.7% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 2.9% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 33.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
33.1%Rapid Fire — Beat Trial Mode with Repeater.
15.4%Crossing the Line — Beat Trial Mode with Heat Ray.
10.7%Bombs Away! — Beat Trial Mode with Barrage.
Rarest badges of honor
0.4%Orbiter Mastery — Reach 500 dps with Orbiter.
0.5%Fluxbreaker — Beat Trial Mode on Omen VI with Wildcard.
0.5%Meteor Mastery — Reach 500 dps with Meteor.

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.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US9.99 USD
EU9.99 EUR
UK8.99 GBP
Australia14.99 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,000 JPY
Brazil29.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$5.9 Japan China Canada US Australia EU UK≈$12

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

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 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.

Jul 22, 2026
Hotfix 2026.7.22.1459-BETA

BUGFIXES -------- - Fixed "звон" not typable in Russian (and some other Russian fixes) - Removed "พ.ศ." and "บ.ข.ส." from Thai wordlist due to unintended periods.

Jun 12, 2026
Hotfix 2026.6.12.1229

BUGFIXES -------- - Fixed Blind Type Omen doesn't work with Stalker Omen. FEATURES -------- - Temporarily disabled visual and audio mod creation because we're making some changes and don't want it to

Jun 08, 2026
Hotfix 2026.6.9.017-BETA

BUGFIXES -------- - Fixed crash due to Cypher's cypher clashing with omen cypher.

Jun 08, 2026
Update 11 : Roguelite Omens

Hello Survival Typists!We’re back with another update to your favorite typing game, and this one is literally game changing! Roguelite OmensWe know that we could lean into the roguelite elements of th

Apr 27, 2026
Hotfix 2026.4.27.2021-BETA

BALANCING --------- - Updated Thai trigger letters.

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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, Indie, Strategy, Early Access
Player tagsEarly Access · Typing · Action Roguelike · Arena Shooter · Bullet Hell · Top-Down Shooter · Action · Rogue-lite · Word Game · PvE · Arcade · 2D (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, French, Italian, German, Indonesian, Polish, Finnish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Catalan, Russian, Ukrainian, Traditional Chinese, Thai
ControllerFull support
Achievements68
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.squeakywheel.ph/glyphica-presskit
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7/8/10 Processor: Intel Core 5th Gen i3 or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Any (OpenGL 2.0 Compatible) Storage: 100 MB available space Sound Card: Integrated Additional Notes: You can probably run this.