Genre: Casual, Action, Arcade, 2D

Developer: Parcyval Studios.

Release date: August 1st, 2025.

Price: Free Demo

Newly Available on Steam

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3893260/TYPE_Demo/

Type, a retro-vibe game about….you guessed it, typing! This hectic keyboard-mashing game will have you thinking you’re in the clear, and then you’ll slowly see a nuclear warhead coming at you, and well, I’m sure you can guess what happens next with that. Despite just the simple mechanics of typing gibberish words, no one wants to fail at anything, right? Well, yes. Unfortunately for you, this game will overwhelm you, and fast. Think you’ve got what it takes? Be daring to keep reading.

First Thoughts 💣

As simple as the concept is, for whatever brain chemical reaction created reason, it works. Looking at the recently added global leaderboard and seeing that your high score is just below someone else’s, it’ll have you going back for more. In the fast-paced retro arcade you will mentally find yourself in, even if your friends haven’t gotten their own high score yet, you’ll want to make sure they could never beat yours, let alone the rest of the world.

Can I run it? ⌨️

For such a simple game, you don’t need a beast of a device to run and enjoy this one. Per the developers’ recommended minimum system requirement on Steam, specifically your device’s processor, it is noted as “Hamster Wheel”. I think that speaks enough volume for how easy it is for anyone to take on this challenge of achieving a higher score than someone else. There is absolutely no input delay with the letter being registered once pressed on your keyboard, and as soon as you have booted up the game, you’re immediately thrown into battle against the enemy of random sequences of words, with no loading screens or transitions between menus.

Too Simple or Just Enough? 🤔

We here at InsideXO would say this is just enough. As we will read a little more in depth later on of insights from Parsy himself, regardless of competitor games out there, there are gamers all over the world who like to type fast, challenge themselves to improve using non-traditional words, and know how a real word would be spelt. Others use it to learn to begin typing in general, or the English language we all know and love. Given that gibberish words might not be the most effective method for this, with the feedback Parsy has received, rest assured, updates are coming for this as well.

Game Over (The Good Way) 

To take this all in, even though Type was only released a few days ago, and is not fully released, waves of its catchyness are already being felt through indie game communities, especially in Parsys own discord server, with his Type Leaderboard and Type Updates channels, where updates and new scores have been made consistently in the past weeks. You can show off your high scores, boost your competitive ego to keep being better, and show love to his creations (yes, there are more projects by Parcyval Studios!). At the end of the day, it’s all love and friendly competition, and who doesn’t love that? 

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