
Touch Type Tale is the strategy game you control by typing! Join a brave new era of strategy — tactical typing. Use a satisfying mesh of mechanics across a range of surprising challenges, with storybook campaigning and online play. You are Paul. (Hi there.) And the keyboard to the kingdom is yours.
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Your fingers... Yes, those. They are astonishingly nimble! I have never seen their like. Use them to type your way through a strategic challenge like no other. Become the unlikely hero of Minsteria, whose vacant throne is vulnerable to the grasping hands of sly nobles and warmongering bandits.
Use your typewriter to construct armies, build villages and defeat miscreants across a sprawling tactical campaign dotted with big gameplay surprises.
This quest will challenge veteran strategists and newcomers alike. But I believe in you, Paul! You know what they say: the keyboard is mightier than the sword.
Conquer your opponent's Village by commanding armies of Swordsmen, Archers, Spearmen and Cavalry, with Golems and Catapults thrown in for extra carnage.
Acquire gold by hiring Workers to mine and farm. Grow and enhance your forces by spending gold on unit upgrades and buildings such as Stables, Barracks and Spearhuts.
Engage in melee and ranged combat, making tactical decisions based on unit types, army size, and which routes lay ahead. Deal bonus damage by charging down the enemy or flanking them in a pincer movement.
Use nifty spells that grant you an edge, adding an Ink Factory to unlock advanced magic like Teleport and Plague.
Throw away your mouse. Go on, cast it into the fire — for you control the entirety of Touch Type Tale with your keyboard. Type to construct buildings. Type to mine gold from ore deposits. Type to maneuver your armies down a strategic path. Type to pull the perfect pint. Face terrific typing minigames like a cook-off, shooting gallery, rhythm game, bullet hell, and a Grand Strategy challenge.
Unleash your skills on the wider world and emblazon your name on the Leaderboards.
Improve typing accuracy, typing speed, multitasking ability, and language skills — the text and typing mechanic is supported in thirteen languages. Choose a difficulty setting that suits your playstyle, and replay at increasingly higher difficulties to reap the rewards.
Naturally, beloved Oscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent is the voice of this ripping yarn. Our story's hero, Paul, is just a humble wizard's apprentice trying to avoid sorting someone else's toenail collection. Submerge yourself in a vivid fantasy world and discover how Paul became Minsteria's greatest hero — and never touched a toenail again.
Stream the game on Twitch and give Chat control of the game! By typing words in Chat, viewers vote to type it in-game. Use Options in the Game Menu to link Touch Type Tale to your Twitch Channel and let chaos reign. (Cackle.)
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America +1 more
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 40 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
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我是在一局失败之后,才真正意识到这游戏有点东西的。 那一局我明明资源判断没问题,出兵节奏也没乱,但手一慢,几个关键指令没敲准,前线就直接被推平了。那一刻的感觉很奇怪——不是“我策略想错了”,而是**“我人跟不上我的脑子”**。而《Touch Type Tale(指尖传说)》恰恰就是围绕这个点在做文章。 很多人第一次看到它,都会下意识把它归类成“打字游戏”。但真玩进去你会发现,这个说法其实不太准确。它更像是一个把“打字”当作操作方式的即时战略游戏,而不是在传统打字练习外面套一层皮。 你不是在练速度,而是在用键盘下命令。 刚开始那几个小时,其实挺不适应的。 平时玩 RTS,你靠的是鼠标点位、快捷键肌肉记忆;到了这里,所有行动都要通过敲字完成。建造、出兵、技能、调度,全都要你老老实实敲出来。你会明显感觉到一种延迟——不是系统卡,而是你自己反应慢。 而这种“慢”,正是它的核心张力来源。 有意思的是,游戏并不会因为你打字慢就直接惩罚你。它更多是在制造一种压力:战场是实时变化的,但你的输入速度是有限的。你永远都在权衡: 是现在就敲一个简单指令稳住局面, 还是赌一把,敲一个复杂但收益更高的操作? 这种权衡,在传统 RTS 里很少被这样直观地放大。 我挺喜欢它战役模式的节奏。不是那种一路升级、一路教你新系统的教学流水线,而是比较松散地把规则丢给你,让你在实战里慢慢适应。有些关卡设计得甚至有点“故意难受”,逼着你承认一个事实:你现在不熟练,没关系,但你得接受这个状态。 角色和剧情部分,说实话并不是这游戏的重头戏。故事很轻巧,人物也偏功能性,更像是给你一个继续往前玩的理由,而不是情绪核心。但这种处理反而挺合适的——它没有抢走玩法的注意力,也不会在你专注敲键盘的时候强行塞演出。 真正让我觉得《指尖传说》有自己味道的,是中后期对“失误”的包容度。 你会发现,打错字并不一定等于失败。很多时候,你是靠临场补救、临时改策略把局面拉回来的。这种感觉非常接近真实指挥:计划永远赶不上变化,但你得不断修正。 如果你对键盘输入本身就很排斥,或者打字速度极慢,那前期体验可能会比较痛苦。不是游戏不友好,而是它真的不打算绕过这个核心机制。它不会给你“自动完成”来兜底,也不会把所有复杂操作简化成一两个按键。 但反过来说,这也是它最诚实的地方。 《Touch Type Tale》从一开始就没想讨好所有人。它很明确:如果你愿意接受“用打字来做决策”,那我可以给你一个不太一样的策略体验;如果不愿意,那你随时可以离开。 节奏上,它其实比我预想的要友好。并不是全程高压输入,而是有明显的张弛变化。你会有喘气的时间,有观察局势的空档,不是一直被逼着狂敲。这点对长期游玩来说非常重要,不然很容易变成纯体力活。 我还挺意外的一点是,这游戏在“爽感”上的设计其实很克制。 它不会因为你打得快就疯狂奖励你,也不会在你手感上来了之后立刻放烟花。更多是一种很内敛的成就感:你发现自己敲得越来越顺,反应越来越快,决策开始跟得上节奏了。 这种成长,是从你自己身上发生的,而不是系统直接给你的。 如果要说缺点,那最明显的还是受众偏窄。 它不是那种“推荐给所有 RTS 玩家”的作品,更像是一个实验方向的完成品。你得对“新操作逻辑”本身感兴趣,才会愿意投入时间。如果只是想找一个轻松爽快的策略游戏,那它可能会显得太折腾。 但从玩家角度看,我反而挺欣赏它这种不拐弯的态度。 它没有把打字当成噱头,也没有在中途放弃自己的核心设计,而是一路坚持到最后。哪怕你最后觉得“不适合我”,也很难说它是个敷衍的作品。 玩到最后,我对《Touch Type Tale》的评价其实很简单: 它不是让我玩得最爽的游戏,但它是让我记住“我是怎么赢的”的游戏。 我记得那场关键战斗我敲错了一个指令,又临时改了一套打法; 我记得自己第一次在高压下还能保持输入准确; 也记得失败时那种“是我手慢了”的懊恼。 这些体验,都不是靠数值和演出堆出来的。 如果你愿意尝试点不一样的东西,愿意接受“手速也是策略一部分”这个前提,那《指尖传说》真的值得你花时间认真玩一玩。 它不完美,也不轻松,但它确实很有想法。 [h1][quote=] [table] [tr] [th] 欢迎关注 [b][u][i]U_U鉴赏家培养计划[/i][/u][/b][/th] [/tr] [tr] [th] 关注U_U鉴赏家,开启精彩游戏之旅。 [/th] [/tr] [/table] [/quote][/h1]
能不能给这个游戏增加翻译单词功能?我打英文单词但是不懂什么意思。
I like typing games and am always looking for new ones to see what the developers have thought up. I enjoyed the demo of this game and decided to buy it. I like the music and the art style. I think the story so far is pretty bad and predictable. I have not completed the game at the moment (I am in act/chapter IV or so) and I think that my journey will end there. I am disappointed in the full game. In my opinion a lot of later maps come down to a certain new mechanic on the map itself and how fast you type does not really seem to matter. It feels like you HAVE to fail a new map a couple of times before you get the idea behind it and know what to do. Personally I do not think that is a fun way to experience the game. You cannot save manually, but the game does have an automatic checkpoint system. I do not know how this works whatsoever and most of the times when I load the checkpoint save it is basically at the start of the map. If you had fun with the demo like I did I would suggest waiting for a good sale to buy it.
It's a cute idea and fun, but the biggest problem I had was the enemy seemed not balanced at all. Some missions were straight up impossible no matter what I did. I type 70-75wpm so I didn't type slow. It was just impossible to make enough money and train units before you get overwhelmed by the enemy.
The premise is strong, and the challenge remains engaging, particularly for those capable of typing at 80 wpm or above. However, the game’s biggest flaw is ironically tied to its originality. Using typing as a means to manage resources - be they military units, food, or gold - doesn’t always translate well when enemies can strike from every conceivable direction. In a traditional strategy title you’d simply deploy troops along each access point, but here? You type, naturally, yet the flow feels off, as there’s no reliable way to establish the perfect timing needed to withstand sieges. I’ll continue playing, as the game certainly isn’t disposable, but at this price point I expected considerably more. If you’re seeking a strategy experience, this isn’t it: fast, constant typing is mandatory. If you’re seeking a typing trainer, it’s not ideal either: you’ll spend too much time planning strategies while the timer shows no mercy.
6/10 - neat game, but a metric ton of potential thrown out the window. So, the core concept is as simple as it is fun; Gain resources, build units, go to war. The depth is on the level of a flash game, but that isn't meant as an insult, as flash games were fun as heck. And on that premise alone I recommend the game, although not for 20€/25$, so I'd wait for a sale. But here are the flaws, unfortunately quite a few of them: [list] [*]The story is pretty much worthless: We play a naïve silly goose of a boy, who robs, starves and kills people by the thousands – including his own countrymen. If our protagonist was an “evil” outside conqueror, the death toll would literally be lower than it actually was. Other than that, it adheres to the rating for children above 6 years old, and provides northing worth mentioning. [*]Its lack of complexity is caused at least in part by the rush of it; Mini-Game, normal game, gimmick, next section. Repeat that 6 times and that’s the whole of it. [*]That pacing is a problem for gameplay: The best part of the game is just the “normal” mode, but you are constantly left wishing for it, because every second map has some stupid mechanic or is a mini game. [*]Regarding those: Quite a few suck pretty bad. Have you ever played one of those pseudo rhythm games, where you just press buttons (loosely) tied to a melody, without any sort of feedback to your input? Well, if you haven’t, you’re in for a treat, as you will seldom do something so unsatisfying. Critique also extends to some maps/mechanics; In one, for example, the whole strategy aspect is thrown out the window, as the game becomes a tedious task of micro-managing a dozen things at once, while you have to constantly scroll left and right using letters, which subsequently interrupts any input you want to perform at the same time. [*]This leads to the biggest gripe I have with it: It doesn’t actually do anything with the keyboard inputs. They literally just replaced clickable buttons with words you have to type in, and that’s it. Feels like wasted potential. [*]The AI isn’t that much fun. If you play against a hard AI, you aren’t actually playing against a competent AI, but a cheating one. While you erect the first barracks, the enemy will already knock with half a dozen swordsmen (“tanks”) on your front door. And you can’t do ♥♥♥♥ about it, as after you maximised the ways of income there is no real way to significantly boost either your income or troop production, no matter your typing skills. How very enjoyable. [*]Small issues: Here and there the game “switches focus”, e.g. if you’re typing letters to farm, and mistype one, you might have started typing a word somewhere else, and can’t proceed before you haven’t hit delete/return. Seems like a small thing, but when you’re stressed and have to type fast, it can get pretty annoying. [/list] So yeah, while this is a lot of negative stuff, I still enjoyed my time with it, and don’t regret the purchase. Still unfortunate, that the game is not what it could’ve been.
[h2] タイプ練習アプリではなくタイピングRTS [/h2] ただのタイプ練習アプリじゃない。RTS(リアルタイムストラテジー)のUI操作をすべてキーボード入力に置き換えた結果、タイピングRTSという新ジャンルのゲームが誕生した。 [h1] 完全キーボード操作 [/h1] 最大の特徴は徹底された操作体系。ユニットの選択、移動先の指定、町の開発、さらには画面スクロールに至るまで、マウスを一切使わずタイピングのみで完結する。メニュー画面やヘルプさえもタイピングで行う。 [h1] 唯一にして最大の欠点 [/h1] ローマ字入力はヘボン式で固定。 例えば「し」を入力する際、「si」は受け付けられず「shi」と打つ必要がある。自分は普段は訓令式なので最初は苦戦した。すぐに慣れたが、人によってはストレスを感じるかもしれない。 [h1] 総評 [/h1] 単なるRTSでもタイプ練習アプリでもない。タイピングRTSという未開拓のジャンルを切り拓いた意欲作だと思う。スタークラフトやウォークラフトでキーボードショートカット駆使してる時の気持ちよさを感じる。対戦モードやリプレイモードまで搭載していて単なる練習アプリじゃないぞと言う開発者の気合を感じる。埋もれさせるにはあまりに惜しいゲームでした。面白かった。
Touch Type Tale is one of those rare games that proves a simple idea can still feel fresh, smart, and genuinely fun. It takes typing....something most games treat like a gimmick...and turns it into real-time strategy that actually works. Not “educational game” works. Legit strategy game works. You’re managing units, reacting to battlefield pressure, and thinking tactically, all while typing under stress. It creates this constant low-grade adrenaline loop where mistakes matter, speed matters, and precision matters. When you get into rhythm, it feels incredible...it's really like executing a clean RTS micro sequence, but with muscle memory instead of mouse clicks. What surprised me most is how polished and intentional everything feels. The campaign has personality. The mechanics layer in naturally. The game respects your intelligence and your time. There's no filler, no bloat, just tight design. If you like strategy games, or you just like games that do something different and actually stick the landing, this deserves your attention. This is the kind of creative risk people say they want studios to take. These devs actually did it. Criminally under-reviewed for the quality here. More people need to see this one.
Really hard to get into due to the controls. This is less of a typing tutor that tests your skills, but more like if someone took a strategy game and forced you to use a weird combination of keys to execute commands. You're rarely typing in syntax, just random letters and words to build and move units. This is really confusing in the GUI.
A genius way to practice typing. Especially great for fans of classes RTS games. At 5 hours in, I'm still loving it!
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