The Best Typing Games for Linux

Update : Wheel of Words: Crossword added at rank #12.
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Epistory - Typing Chronicles (2016)

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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.


  • typing
  • atmospheric
  • narrative
  • puzzle

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Midnight Protocol (2021)

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Midnight Protocol is a tactical narrative-driven RPG with unique keyboard-only controls. Hack into servers, beat security systems and discover encrypted secrets while you try to find answers to why and how you got doxxed.


  • typing
  • hacking
  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • rpg
  • tactical
  • minimalist
  • narrative-rpg
  • atmospheric
  • crime
  • sci-fi
  • programming
  • story
  • hacker

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The Visitor (2022)

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In 'The Visitor' you will play as an author named Rachel. Your goal is to complete your book chapter by chapter before the deadline that is coming up. The longer you sit and type, the more you will slip into a schizophrenia state of mind. Complete the chapters and return to a normal average life!

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  • horror
  • typing
  • casual
  • vr
  • point-and-click
  • mech
  • worm
  • supernatural
  • psychological
  • single-player

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DEAD LETTER DEPT. (2025)

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Working at a data entry job in the big city, you type up and transcribe the lost mail and letters that have nowhere else to go. But as the days carry on oddities in the mail start to emerge, and cracks begin to appear.

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  • horror
  • typing
  • surreal
  • psychological
  • short
  • dystopian
  • text
  • multiple-endings
  • emotional
  • atmospheric
  • procedural
  • stylized
  • experimental
  • supernatural
  • dark

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Scribble It! (2020)

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Adrenaline fueled, fast paced drawing action. Draw fast, guess faster and win it all! THOUSANDS of official words in 17 different languages. 4 multiplayer game modes with up to 16 players and a singleplayer mode. We take you back to the heated pictionary games everyone had in school!

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  • spelling
  • typing
  • word
  • pvp
  • family-friendly
  • cooperative
  • comedy
  • hand-drawn
  • education
  • team
  • funny
  • colourful
  • friends

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Nanotale - Typing Chronicles (2019)

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Something is wrong with the heart of magic. Play a young archivist venturing out into a dying world, cataloging its mysteries and its wonders to unearth the truth. Nanotale is the new adventure from the Typing Chronicles franchise and the spiritual successor to the acclaimed Epistory.


  • typing
  • narration
  • atmospheric
  • rpg
  • voice-acting
  • exploration
  • magic
  • story

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What Awaits, Aleksey? (2024)

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Utilize your analytical skills to connect the dots and unveil hidden conspiracies! Join the ranks of the People's Intelligence Bureau as a junior cryptologist, decipher cryptic messages and unravel plots brewed up by enemies of the state. Or . . . decide to save them...?


  • cold
  • typing
  • dynamic
  • lore
  • dystopian
  • logic
  • investigation
  • political
  • narration
  • point-and-click
  • dark
  • mystery
  • pixel
  • retro
  • war

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The Moments Before Death (2024)

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(Text Base Adventure Visual Novel) Input via text with VN graphics. Waking up in a mysterious field, you find yourself invited into a quaint house overseen by a gaunt old lady and her children. Yet, an unsettling feeling grows. The house's rules, seemingly straightforward, begin to unravel.

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  • typing
  • text
  • visual-novel
  • dynamic
  • cartoony
  • surreal
  • choices
  • narration
  • vampire
  • linear
  • anime
  • dark
  • cute
  • text-driven
  • 2d

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Don't Forget Me (2021)

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The first season aired in Japan between January 8, 2012 and March 24, 2012 while the second season started airing between July 8, 2012 and September 23, 2012 following a recap episode on July 1, 2012. Both seasons have been licensed by Viz Media in North America and Anime on Demand in the United Kingdom. A manga accompaniment began serialization in Enix's Young Gangan magazine and a light novel from Media Factory, both from September 2011.[2][3] A hybrid Blu-ray Disc containing an original video animation and a PlayStation 3 video game was released on August 23, 2012.


  • typing
  • philosophical
  • soundtrack
  • noir
  • investigation
  • word
  • detective
  • cyberpunk
  • sci-fi
  • pixel
  • atmospheric
  • point-and-click
  • violent
  • mystery
  • story

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Text Twist Classic (2023)

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Get ready for some word-finding fun game in Text Twist Classic! Around 1800 different words to learn! Look at the jumbled letters and find all the word combinations. Over 8000 levels. Two different modes to play: Untimed and Timed.

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  • word
  • typing
  • nonlinear
  • education
  • time-management
  • spelling
  • point-and-click
  • procedural
  • clicker
  • exploration
  • casual
  • funny
  • single-player

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