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Steam app 2400160 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 20:40 UTC

Glyphica: Typing Survival

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.

Glyphica: Typing Survival Steam header artwork
aliasBLACKaliasBLACK, Squeaky Wheel
33playing now
6024-hour peak
1,172all-time peak
55average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

+3.1Gain+5.96%% gain130Peak

718 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

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24 months, October 2024 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

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The last four months

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The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

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July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

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August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 435 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

0357010514001 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 202651 peakSunday 02 August 202656 peakMonday 03 August 202646 peakTuesday 04 August 202652 peakWednesday 05 August 202644 peakThursday 06 August 202648 peakFriday 07 August 202646 peakSaturday 08 August 202650 peakSunday 09 August 202651 peakMonday 10 August 202653 peakTuesday 11 August 202643 peakWednesday 12 August 202660 peakThursday 13 August 202640 peakFriday 14 August 202687 peakSaturday 15 August 2026119 peakSunday 16 August 2026118 peakMonday 17 August 2026130 peakTuesday 18 August 2026102 peakWednesday 19 August 2026109 peakThursday 20 August 202691 peakFriday 21 August 202685 peakSaturday 22 August 202692 peakSunday 23 August 2026110 peakMonday 24 August 202691 peakTuesday 25 August 202683 peakWednesday 26 August 202691 peakThursday 27 August 202683 peakFriday 28 August 202690 peakSaturday 29 August 202673 peakSunday 30 August 202675 peakMonday 31 August 202661 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 283 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

01836547201 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 202667 peakWednesday 02 September 202661 peakThursday 03 September 202662 peakFriday 04 September 202665 peakSaturday 05 September 202657 peakSunday 06 September 202663 peakMonday 07 September 202666 peakTuesday 08 September 202660 peakWednesday 09 September 202653 peakThursday 10 September 202654 peakFriday 11 September 202655 peakSaturday 12 September 202660 peak

October 2026

Glyphica: Typing Survival was released on 9 Oct, 2024.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Updated 12 Sep 2026, 20:40 UTC
App ID
2400160
Last updated
21 Aug 2026 build 24849940
Developer
aliasBLACK
Publisher
aliasBLACK, Squeaky Wheel
Release date
9 Oct, 2024
Platforms
WindowsmacOS
Download size
240 MB241 MB
Install size
252 MB264 MB
Genres
Action, Indie, Strategy, Early Access
Game modes
Single-player
Controller support
Full
Early Access
Listed in Early Access
Achievements
68

Features & support

Steam features

Steam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Controllers & input

Full controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Input API Support

Accessibility

Popular tags

Early AccessTypingAction RoguelikeArena ShooterBullet HellTop-Down ShooterActionRogueliteWord GamePvEArcade2DTop-DownRelaxingMinimalistProcedural GenerationLogicSingleplayerScore AttackRoguelike
About this gameFull description from Steam
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.
Content & age ratings2 regional ratings

Regional ratings

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System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

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

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.

macOS

Minimum: OS: macOS Monterey Processor: Any Intel or Apple Silicon processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Any Storage: 100 MB available space Sound Card: Integrated Additional Notes: This game is single-core processor heavy. Recommended: OS: macOS Monterey Processor: Any Intel or Apple Silicon processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Any Storage: 100 MB available space Sound Card: Integrated Additional Notes: This game is single-core processor heavy.

Linux

Minimum: OS: Steam Proton Compatible Distro 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: OS: Steam Proton Compatible Distro 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 languages22 languages
LanguageFull audio
English
Japanese
Spanish - Spain
Portuguese - Brazil
Turkish
French
Italian
German
Indonesian
Polish
Finnish
Korean
Simplified Chinese
Catalan
Russian
Ukrainian
Traditional Chinese
Thai
Portuguese - Portugal
Romanian
Spanish - Latin America
Vietnamese

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers

Trailers

AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

68 achievements in total.

Show selected achievements (may contain spoilers)
DeterminationAchievement
PersistenceAchievement
Repeater MasteryAchievement
Sentry MasteryAchievement
Spectre MasteryAchievement
Hunter MasteryAchievement
Oscillator MasteryAchievement
Chopper MasteryAchievement
Minefield MasteryAchievement
Blade MasteryAchievement

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DemosPlayable demos on Steam

50 developer announcements, Dec 2024 to Aug 2026 · times in UTC

August

  1. 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").…

    Patch notes
  2. 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…

    ryan.sumo

July

  1. 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.

    Patch notes

June

  1. 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.

    Patch notes
  2. Hotfix 2026.6.9.017-BETA

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

    Patch notes
  3. 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 the genre more, so we’ve completely…

    ryan.sumo

April

  1. Hotfix 2026.4.27.2021-BETA

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

    Patch notes
  2. Glyphica : Typing Survival Soundtrack DLC Release

    Hello Survival Typists! We’re excited to share that we have some new ways for you to show your support for Glyphica : Typing Survival and aliasBlack. Soundtrack Supporter Pack DLCAs some of you know, the inimitable sound team at Imba…

    ryan.sumo
  3. Hotfix 2026.4.21.1520-BETA

    Bugfixes -------- - Fixed Augment Consumables to added on game start.

    Patch notes
  4. Hotfix 2026.4.14.1539-BETA

    Bugfixes -------- - Made Thai tone marks work on Poet as well. - Made double pinyin work on Poet as well. - Changed space symbol from double underscores to proper symbol "␣" - Made keyboard/gamepad navigation through main weapons in main…

    Patch notes
  5. Hotfix 2026.4.13.1735-BETA

    BUGFIXES - Fixed Thai vowels and tone marks overlapping.

    Patch notes
  6. Glyphica Update 10 : Consumables and Word Avoidance

    Hello Survival Typists! We’re back with another update to your favorite typing game! It’s a smaller update as we have been fixing bugs and working on a literal game-changing feature coming this summer. Revamped Trial Selection ScreensOur…

    ryan.sumo

February

  1. Hotfix 2026.2.27.942-BETA

    BUGFIXES -------- - Fixed crash when trying to load a mod without a path. - Updated Russian wordlist, changing "фонера" to "Фанера" (more on the way) - Improved framerates on Fireball augments, especially on weaker PCs. - Fixed untypable…

    Patch notes
  2. Hotfix 2026.2.10.112-BETA

    BUGFIXES ---------- - Fixed missing comma in Simplified Chinese Poet passage. - Fixed chance for Cypher boss to become invulnerable when it moves close to a Warder. - Specified "Zhuyin" input for Traditional Chinese because there are other…

    Patch notes
  3. Hotfix 2026.2.6.926-BETA

    BUGFIXES ----------- - FIxed Red Screen of Death caused by failing to load non-existent local mods folder. - Fixed Evolution pop-up not going away if triggered after trial completion.

    Patch notes
  4. Update 9 : Steam Workshop!

    Hello Survival Typists!We’re back with another update to Glyphica. Our big addition to this update is Steam puts the power in the hands of our players. That’s right, we’re finally adding Steam Workshop!Steam Workshop With Steam Workshop you…

    ryan.sumo

December

  1. Original Soundtrack Out Now on Bandcamp

    Glyphica: Typing Survival Original Soundtrack is live right now on Bandcamp.The album features 12 tracks from the game, remastered for standalone listening. You can enjoy the full soundtrack without needing to survive a single boss…

    XM | Lead developer @ aliasBLACK
  2. Hotfix 2025.12.22.2049-BETA

    BUGFIXES ----------- - Fixed Shrapnel Augment buff applying to all weapons instead of just Kinetic. - Fixed crash in Traditional Chinese when fighting Gemini boss. - Fixed particles generated during Wildcard frost shot not respecting game…

    Patch notes
  3. Hotfix 2025.12.14.757-BETA

    BUGFIXES ----------- - Fixed invisible characters in Traditional Chinese wordlist causing game to crash.

    Patch notes
  4. Hotfix 2025.12.12.750-BETA

    BUGFIXES ----------- - Fixed Overmind and Wildcard DPS not updating in achievements. - Fixed Pocket Turret loot not incrementing consumable count in inventory. - Fixed Conduit II Evolution crash on Wildcard.

    Patch notes
  5. Update 8 : Wildcard and Updated Roadmap

    Hello, Survival Typists! This month’s update focuses on a new main weapon and a lot of work under the hood to build up for future releases. Without further ado, let’s get to it! New Main Weapon : WildcardWildcard brings a bit of randomness…

    ryan.sumo

November

  1. Hotfix 2025.11.9.1543-BETA

    BUGFIXES ---------- - Fixed Leaderboard crash. - Fixed Overmind Drones under construction abandoned on Trial completion. - Fixed Shotgun II not showing up. - Added Japanese-specific font. - Removed some trailing newlines in Japanese Augment…

    Patch notes

October

  1. Hotfix 2025.10.27.1415-BETA

    BUGFIXES ----------- - Minor localization changes for Cyrillic languages.

    Patch notes
  2. Hotfix 2025.10.24.1620-BETA

    BUGFIXES ----------- - Fixed English "a" in appearing in Cyrillic wordlists. - Fixed Perfect Input subtext broken in several languages. - Removed some non-existent words in Cyrillic languages. - Fixed Burning Ones endlessly chasing…

    Patch notes
  3. Hotfix 2025.10.23.1946-BETA

    BUGFIXES ----------- - Fixed crash due to triggering scapegoat in wrong object. - Fixed crash where Overmind Null Field attempts to inflict Static status on non-enemy object. - Fixed Watcher Supreme Sentry Evolution icon misaligned - Fixed…

    Patch notes
  4. Hotfix 2025.10.22.2215

    BUGFIXES ---------- - Fixed Poet not displaying text in Cyrillic Languages.

    Patch notes
  5. Hotfix 2025.10.22.2110-BETA

    BUGFIXES ----------- - Fixed Cyrillic language names aren't localized in Typing Language Options pop-up. - Fixed Gemini and Jormungandr not completely working in Cyrillic Languages.

    Patch notes
  6. Update 7 : Overmind and Browser Demo

    Hello, Survival Typists! It’s crazy to think that it has now been more than one year since the Early Access launch of Glyphica : Typing Survival. We want to thank the almost 80,000 players who have bought the game and given us 89% positive…

    ryan.sumo

September

  1. Glyphica Demo now Available!

    Hello, Survival Typists! We had promised for a while that we would get a new demo up. We prioritized getting new content and features into the game first, but now the Steam demo is ready! We believe in the concept of Glyphica, and so we…

    ryan.sumo
  2. Hotfix 2025.9.10.1137-BETA

    BALANCINGReduced threat gain after boss spawn. FEATURESAdded Catalan language. Happy Catalonian National Day!

    Patch notes
  3. Hotfix 2025.9.3.176-BETA

    BUGFIXES Prevent uppercase characters from appearing in wordlist unintentionally.Fixed crash in Orbiter by adding a safeguard in collision script.Fixed crash due to attempting to upload leaderboard scores while offline.

    Patch notes

August

  1. Hotfix 2025.8.25.1336-BETA

    BUGFIXESFixed Orbiter not triggerable in Korean language.

    Patch notes

July

  1. Update 6 : New Achievements, Weapon, and Boss!

    Hello Survival Typists!We’re back with another update packed with content, balance tweaks, and quality-of-life improvements. Let’s jump right into it!New Weapon: OrbiterThe Orbiter brings a fresh twist to the battlefield. When you type…

    XM | Lead developer @ aliasBLACK

June

  1. Hotfix 2025.6.3.1248-BETA

    BUGFIXES ----------- - Temporarily Removed Cypher Boss until we can confirm fix

    Patch notes
  2. Hotfix 2025.6.1.1137-BETA

    BUGFIXES ----------- - Fixed crash during Cypher boss. - Fixed misaligned credits screen when using East Asian UI Languages.

    Patch notes

May

  1. Glyphica : Update 5 Brings new weapon, boss, consumable loot and more!

    Hello Survival Typists! We’re back with our regular updates, creating more content for you to enjoy, as well as some cosmetic experiments. Let’s get right to it! New Weapon : Guardian…

    ryan.sumo
  2. Hotfix 2025.5.1.2321-BETA

    BUGFIXES - Fixed Evolving weapon on boss loot screen bugs Evolution prompt UI. - Fixed Poet text ending in "?" unable to be completed in German.

    Patch notes

April

  1. Hotfix 2025.4.10.181-BETA

    BUGFIXES - Fixed Lightning effects not rendering properly after resolution change. - Allow "v" to be typed with "u" in Simplified Chinese - Prevent pickups from spawning too close to each other.

    Patch notes
  2. Hotfix 2025.4.4.1712-BETA

    BUGFIXES - Some corrections to Simplified Chinese Wordlist. - Updated Simplfied Chinese trigger characters. - Allow "ju", "qu", "xu" and "yu" to be typed with "v" as well as with "u". - Ignore spaces between characters for Poet boss in…

    Patch notes
  3. Hotfix 2025.4.2.2147-BETA

    BUGFIXES - Added possible fix to infinite spawner bug. BALANCING - Made damage numbers disappear faster to reduce screen clutter. - Added coin multiplier description to Omen select screen.

    Patch notes
  4. Hotfix 2025.4.2.1154-BETA

    BUGFIXES - Fixed typos and errors for Poet in Simplified Chinese. - Updated Japanese wordlist to latest. BALANCING - Changed ü in Simplified Chinese pinyin to v instead.

    Patch notes

March

  1. Update 4 : New Main Weapon, Evolutions, and Boss!

    Hello Survival Typists! This update brings a lot of new content for you to play with. Since we know a lot of you have been impatient for the new stuff, let’s get right down to it! New Main Weapon : Splatter Shot…

    ryan.sumo
  2. Glyphica Roadmap Update and Update 4 Sneak Peek

    Hello Survival Typists, We want to send a big thank you to all our players. Glyphica has over 35,000 players now, with a rating of 88% positive on Steam. With your help, we’re excited to keep working more on the game to reach even more…

    ryan.sumo

February

  1. Simplified Chinese and Korean Test Branch Now Available

    {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44862715/78f586f9acc129dc83a6eecd4cba6ca076492536.png Hello Survival Typists! We’re excited to share that we have a testing branch in for Korean and Simplified Chinese ready for you to try out. While we were planning to…

    ryan.sumo
  2. Hotfix 2025.2.2.1139-BETA

    BUGFIXES - Fixed Japanese wordlist missing 7 and 8 character words. - Fixed crashing due to language not found (falls back to English now) - Removed "language_name" un-typable word in English wordlist.

    Patch notes
  3. Hotfix 2025.2.1.1938-BETA

    BUGFIXES - Fixed Japanese language making game crash because of broken wordlist (TypeError: Unable to get property '0' of undefined or null reference)

    Patch notes
  4. Current Known Issues

    We are aware of issues with the current build including the use of a loc key as word (localization_name) which renders the enemy untypeable. We are also aware of an issue with the Japanese localization that crashes the game: TypeError…

    Patch notes

January

  1. Glyphica : Typing Survival Early Access Update 3

    Hello Survival Typists! This update does bring long term improvements and additions to the game that improve the experience for both old and new players alike. Statistics and Leaderboards were one of our roadmap promises, and they are the…

    ryan.sumo

December

  1. Glyphica : Typing Survival Early Access Update 2.5

    {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44862715/602ca7dce45f85501dbf1f48baedc79a86c449c6.gif Happy Holidays, Survival Typists! We said we wouldn’t be back with an update until January but we could not resist leaving a little christmas present for you all. This…

    ryan.sumo
  2. Hotfix 2024.12.9.1732-BETA

    Just back from a short vacation and getting into the swing of things. Here are a list of changes: BUGFIXES - Fixed words appearing in Controller mode. - Fixed additional letter evolutions not triggering on new game with Tesla, Minefield and…

    Patch notes

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