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aliasBLACK · Published by aliasBLACK, Squeaky Wheel · Official site ↗
Very Positive — 91% positive (2,570 reviews) · 68 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Weaponize your WPM. Glyphica: Typing Survival is a single-player roguelite horde survival 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.
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Action, Indie, Strategy, Early Access · 2024 · More £5 - £15 games
In Glyphica: Typing Survival, out in 2024, unleash your typing skills to fend off waves of foes. Choose weapons and strategize as you test your speed and endurance in minimalist arenas.
About this game
Early Access Roadmap
About the Game
Typing meets horde survival in this fast-paced roguelite that challenges your speed, accuracy, and strategy. Step into a minimalist arena and dominate the battlefield using your typing skills and your trusty keyboard.
Not Your Ordinary Typing Test
Type the word above an enemy to finish them off. Challenge your focus and speed as bigger waves and wicked words try to slow you down and take you out.
These wily words also have a few tricks up their sleeves. Deterministic drones will simply edge closer towards you, but egregious enemies like Swarmers will fire their little bullets at you, while Shooters charge up to unleash hell on you.
Kit Out; Don’t Keysmash
Furiously fast fingers will never be enough! Upgrade your arsenal with unlockable weapons and loot that can help you make quick work of each wave of words.
Each build is uniquely yours. Set up your Oscillator and Sentry to take care of a large swathe of territory while you pick off the stragglers, or minmax your main weapon to evolve into an alphabet assassinator? The choice is yours!
(Hot)Swap your Strategies in Formidable Boss Fights
There are multiple trials for you to overcome, and a boss guarding the end of each trial. Defeating the trials unlock challenging Omens that make your enemies even more formidable. Can you out-type and outwit our orthographic overlords?
Control Freaks Rejoice!
Hate keyboards with a passion? Or are you just better with a controller? We have you covered with controller mode that works for any controller you might have, or even on the go with your Steam Deck!
Escalating Beats to Defeat Enemies to
Get into your flow state and provide your best typing performance under pressure, accompanied by pulsating techno beats to carry you to victory.
Key Features
Ever-evolving Builds: Carve your own upgrade path through hundreds of combinations.
Augmentation System: Unlock perma-upgrades and evolve your build across sessions.
Typing Speedster: The higher your WPM, the more you destroy.
Varied Arsenal: Experiment with an expansive collection of weapons, spoils, and upgrades.
Quick and Accessible: Engage in 10-20 minute runs tailored for quick sessions.
Couch mode: Words turns into quicktime sequences on controller.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →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.
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: Intel Core 10th Gen i5 and above or equivalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Any (OpenGL 2.0 Compatible)
- Storage: 100 MB available space
- Sound Card: Integrated
- Additional Notes: This game is single-core processor heavy.
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Hotfix 2026.8.17.1419-BETA
BUGFIXES -------- - Fixed returning to main menu from summary screen breaks gamepad navigation. - Fixed new Japanese Poet passages do not show Kanji characters above. - Fixed Turkish "İ" does not have qwerty fallback (now set to "I"). FEATURES -------- - Updated Japanese localization. - Added "coins earned" section to run information.Read full article on Community AnnouncementsPatch NotesOfficial
Glyphica Update 12 : The Armory
Hello Survival Typists!We’re back with another update to your favorite typing game! The ArmoryWe noticed that there’s a lot of cool content like augments and loot effects that people are missing out on because they don’t notice or come across them in the game. The Armory fixes that problem by giving you a rundown of all the weapons, augments, and effects in the game. In addition, the armory lets you spend your hard earned coins to permanently upgrade your weapons and augments of choice, letting you focus in on that specific killer build.Level-Up Upgrades for Loot and Augment EffectsThe augments and loot effects you pick up during a run can now be upgraded when you level up! Fancy that Caltrops augment? Now you can stack cool upgrades on top of it mid-run. This opens up way more build variety and synergy options for you to experiment with.More Durable DronesAlthough Glyphica’s Endless Mode was not designed to be a mode you can play for hours, some of our fanatical players have figured out builds that let them play for hours. We’ve added 2 levels of stronger drones to ensure a greater challenge for our players. Visual and Audio ModsWe’re impressed with the number of cool wordlist mods our players have made so far and now we’re adding more ways for you to customize your play experience. With this update, we’re adding visual and audio mods to the game. Customize the colors and sounds to make for a unique Glyphica experience! CHANGELOG BUGFIXES--------- Fixed wrong highlight colors in UI.- Fixed inconsistent UIs.- Fixed broken word wrap on Omen reveal UI buttons.- Fixed flickering in new game popup due to bad UI tree structure.- Fixed Wiki trigger letters not localized.- Fixed Wiki images for Shooter 4 and 5 not showing up.- Fixed Consumables and Omens not saved between Trials.- Fixed Omens not reset when playing a new game with no omens.- Fixed consumables amount hardcoded to 1 instead of actual consumables count.- Fixed pickups spawning with word outside screen.- Fixed...Read full article on Community Announcements (ryan.sumo)Patch NotesOfficial
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.Read full article on Community AnnouncementsPatch NotesOfficial
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 break anyone's mods.Read full article on Community AnnouncementsPatch NotesOfficial
Hotfix 2026.6.9.017-BETA
BUGFIXES -------- - Fixed crash due to Cypher's cypher clashing with omen cypher.Read full article on Community Announcements
