Blood Typers is a unique, speed-typing game where you type your way through a horror-filled survival adventure. Read our review to see what it did well, what it didn't do well, and if it's worth buying.
Blood Typers Review Overview
What is Blood Typers?
Blood Typers is a unique survival horror RPG where your WPM (words per minute) matters more than your reflexes as you try to survive the night in a rundown, monster-ridden film studio with the rest of your crew. In Blood Typers, you type words to accomplish anything, from walking to the other side of the room to beating down monsters trying to take a bite out of you, your speed and accuracy will be what stands between you and certain death.
⚫︎ All-encompassing speed-typing action
⚫︎ 8 playable characters with unique abilities and stats
⚫︎ 5 unique scenarios to play and unlock
⚫︎ 4 levels of gameplay and typing difficulties
⚫︎ 1-4 online co-op multiplayer
 Steam |
$9.99 |
Blood Typers Pros & Cons
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
 Unique Premise Executed Perfectly Great Gameplay Variety Across the Board |
Deceptively Difficult Old-School Save Mechanics Work Against the Player Still Very Buggy |
Blood Typers Overall Score - 80/100
Blood Typers is, at its core, a darn good and wildly creative idea, pulled off with impressive finesse—though not without a few stumbles along the way. The premise is absolutely bonkers in the best way, and the unique gameplay alone makes it worth checking out. That said, the sparse save points and some stubborn bugs can make things frustrating. Still, the aesthetics and sound design nail exactly what the game is going for, and at just ten bucks, it’s hard to complain. Not bad for a game where you’re literally typing random words to cave in skulls.
Blood Typers Story - 7/10
Blood Typers starts off slow, leaning into that classic paramilitary-meets-sci-fi-horror vibe that old-school Resident Evil perfected. But as you push deeper, the horrors grow bigger, and any hope of escape feels more and more like a sick joke. It’s a solid formula, executed well—but there’s nothing here that’ll blow your mind in terms of plot, world-building, or characters. No shame in sticking to what works, but if you’re looking for a story that leaves a lasting mark, this one plays it a little too safe.
Blood Typers Gameplay - 9/10
If we’re scoring purely on uniqueness and execution, Blood Typer would be a perfect 10—its speed-typing survival premise isn’t just a novelty but something everyone should experience at least once. Unfortunately, bugs and unforgiving save mechanics across all difficulties hold it back, forcing it to take a few hits despite its otherwise flawless execution of a fantastic idea.
Blood Typers Visuals - 8/10
I've always had a soft spot for that low-poly retro aesthetic, though let’s be real—it’s not always done justice. Blood Typers doesn’t just nail the look; it cranks up the vibes with killer music, solid writing, and a dark, brooding atmosphere that feels ripped straight from the golden age of old-school horror games. Good looks and styling don’t rely on art-style alone, and the vibes here are immaculate.
Blood Typers Audio - 7/10
Blood Typers’ audio delivers a crunchy, retro aesthetic that complements its low-poly visuals, evoking classic Resident Evil vibes. However, the menu theme feels out of place, and the sound mixing and volume balancing are off by default, requiring some manual adjustment on the player’s part to get just right. Not quite the deal breaker all in all, but certainly something weighing it down from perfection.
Blood Typers Value for Money - 9/10
At an affordable $9.99, Blood Typer delivers a unique and entertaining experience, with hours of fun in co-op multiplayer—provided you can find three friends with fast fingers to survive the night with. While the novelty eventually wears off, the thrill lasts long enough to make it well worth the price.
Blood Typers: Excellent Never-ending Typemare
What was I expecting when I first heard about Blood Typers? Well, with a name like that, I figured there’d be vampires involved—maybe some speed-typing if the pun was anything to go by. I pictured an action platformer with typing-based QTEs, a touch of horror for flavor, and some crunchy low-poly graphics to seal the deal.
Turns out, I was dead wrong. No vampires here. Clearly, I latched onto the wrong half of the pun, because typing isn’t just a gimmick in this game—it’s everything. And no, that’s not an exaggeration. Before I knew it, I was hammering out “gawd,” “uwu,” and “rizz” just to open doors and fix elevators, only to be hit with a monster that demanded I spell out “Oligodendrocytes” like my life depended on it (because it did).
Yes, this is a speed-typing game, and if your WPM (words per minute) isn’t pushing triple digits, you’re in for a rough ride. So get ready to dive Enter Key first into the bizarre, creative depths of Blood Typers as I break it down and prove to you why it’s an excellent neverending typemare that deserves a B+ for creativity (it actually deserves an A, but the pun isn’t as funny).
Can’t Spell Blood Typers Without “RE”
Oh, where to even start with this game? It won’t take long before you realize the irony of how hard it is to “spell out” exactly what Blood Typers is—mostly because there’s not much out there to compare it to. It carves out its own little sub-sub-sub-genre of action and horror, closer to a scattered game mechanic than any well-defined category.
The best way I can describe it is for you to imagine if old-school horror titles had an unholy love child with Scrabble and Typeracer—a mix of room-based survival horror, frantic speed-typing, and a relentless commitment to making sure your fingers never get a break. Throw in a weirdly convoluted story involving a group of unknowing team members visiting a dilapidated site in search of answers, and the pieces start to fall into place.
The setup might be different, but make no mistake—this game oozes Resident Evil DNA. From the way rooms are laid out to the painfully limited inventory space and the strangely well-stocked arsenal hiding in this supposedly abandoned studio, the influence is undeniable. Heck, you even save using film reels. It’s no ink ribbon for the typewriter, but you can draw the parallels, I’m sure.
Despite the similarities, this game is more homage than a copy, because where RE leans more on puzzles, jumpscares, layered storytelling, and careful resource management, this game relies more on its unique mechanic than anything else.
WPM Means Everything in this Survival Horror
Forget your detective instincts, and don’t even think about flexing your third-person shooting skills—none of that matters here. The only thing Blood Typers cares about is how fast and accurately you can spell Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis while something actively tries to rip your face off.
At its core, Blood Typers is a speed-typing game, and once things get going, nothing but your WPM (words per minute) will keep you alive. Sure, most games might ask you to spell out a word here and there, but this one? You’re doing the two-finger tango for everything.
Want to cross the room? Type Gestalt first. Need to reload? Hope you can spell reload in half a second. That enemy charging at you? You’ve got 2.5 seconds to type Carmine, Chartreuse, and Burgundy—in that order—or say goodbye to half your health bar. The sheer commitment to this mechanic is ridiculous in the best possible way, turning what could have been a simple gimmick into something iconic and fun.
And the best part? This “type everything” philosophy opens the door to some truly weird but brilliant balancing choices. The devs leaned into this concept so hard that even character abilities revolve around it—like how Vivi and Hadley need fewer letters to reload and set up barricades, respectively, giving them distinct playstyles based entirely on the game’s core mechanic.
Then there’s the Necrolexicon, a powerful weapon that doesn’t require reloading. Sounds great, right? Well, good luck grabbing it—you have to spell out Necrolexicon just to pick it up, and it’s always in a room full of enemies. So now you’re typing Gestated to enter, grab Necrolexicon to take it, and Gestated again to escape, all while hoping you don’t get smacked into oblivion mid-sentence.
And the weirdly effective balancing doesn’t stop there—it applies to enemies and weapons too. Melee attacks require you to be in range and spell at least three words per kill, while a pistol lets you do the same from a distance. Shotguns wipe out multiple enemies per word, magnums instakill most mobs, and SMGs lower the letter count at the cost of burning through ammo.
Enemies, in turn, play around this system beautifully. The tougher they are, the longer and more complex their required words—some even demand multiple instances of them to go down. That means you either need top-tier gear or the typing speed of a possessed stenographer if you want to survive.
A Dictionary’s Worth of Variety to Enjoy and Cower From
All this great gameplay is backed up by a downright respectable amount of variety across its maps, playable characters, and difficulty levels—because let’s be real, given how tough this game is from the get-go, you’re going to need all of that just to keep the initial novelty of its cool core mechanic from wearing off too fast. If you weren’t already a typing wizard, frustration is lurking just around the corner.
The maps games maps are procedurally generated every time you play, except for a handful of pre-set story areas. This keeps every run feeling fresh while still keeping you on the edge of your fingertips. It’s also a surprisingly clever twist that helps the game stand apart from its RE-inspired roots without messing with the homage.
As for the characters, they’ve all got fun, distinct playstyles. Personally, I’m all about Ophelia—her extra inventory space makes resource management way smoother. Then you’ve got more specialized but equally useful abilities, like Zygmund’s melee charge, which lets you plow through multiple enemies at once (as long as you’ve got the room to pull it off).
Bottom line? This game isn’t just a one-trick pony with a neat gimmick. It’s packed with solid content variety, plenty of replayability, and—most importantly—it shines the brightest in 1-4 player co-op, where the chaos is at its absolute best.
A Few Mispells and (Grammatical) Errors to Note
As much as I love this game, I wouldn’t be doing it justice if I didn’t call out its shortcomings—because for all its cool ideas, it’s also got its fair share of bugs and some downright baffling design choices.
First off, the game is buggy as all heck—and not even in a fun, charmingly retro way (though that would at least match the aesthetic). When a player dies, they’re supposed to enter spectator mode and follow the remaining survivors as they carry on. But the one time I bit the dust while my teammates were still kicking, I got stuck in some kind of digital purgatory beneath the map, floating through the game’s assets like a Gmod ragdoll clipped into the backrooms.
Then there’s the save system, which, despite being RE-inspired, is about as intuitive as typing with your elbows. Instead of letting you save and reload properly, it just checkpoints your progress within the scenario—so if you die, you respawn there, but everything you’ve done since then gets wiped. And if you exit to the main menu? Tough luck, that run is gone. Hope you didn’t get too attached.
Yeah, there are no breaks in Blood Typers, and at this rate, I expect to be donating my own blood to the title before long. The scenarios only get longer and more complex, and considering the first one already took me hours to finish solo, I can only imagine how brutal the fifth one’s gonna be.
Great Idea, Less Great Execution, Great Game Nonetheless
Overall, there’s a lot to say about Blood Typers, and most of it is good—though a few hiccups keep it from hitting absolute perfection. Its core gameplay is both fleshed out and well-executed, but the saving system and buggy coding leave a little to be desired in terms of overall polish. Aesthetically and sonically, it’s on point—though the visuals definitely outshine the audio—and there’s no shortage of variety to keep things fresh.
If it can clean up the misspells it made along the way, you can B+ sure this game will reach a state where it’s worth everyone’s time. I guess you could say it’s a universal donor in that regard.
Is Blood Typers Worth It?
The Most Unexpected But Worthwhile $10 You’ll Ever Spend
This isn’t the kind of game you’d have on your radar—but it’s definitely one you’d regret skipping, especially for the price. Even though its quality and fun factor scream a higher price tag, it’s sitting at just $10—a steal considering how much entertainment you’ll squeeze out of it. That said, since it’s a paid multiplayer game, everyone in your group will need their own copy, so keep that in mind.
Still, even if you’re doubling, tripling, or quadrupling the cost for a full lobby, I’d say the game more than earns its keep—if you can look past the bugs and the questionable save system, that is.
| Steam |
$9.99 |
Blood Typers FAQ
Will there be an achievement system for Blood Typers?
According to the game’s community page FAQ, Blood Typers will receive a full achievements system soon after its full release.
Will there be Public Multiplayer Lobbies for Blood Typers?
According to the game’s community page FAQ, Blood Typers will receive full public multiplayer lobby support soon after its full release.
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Blood Typers Product Information
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| Title | BLOOD TYPERS |
|---|---|
| Release Date | February 21, 2025 |
| Developer | Outer Brain Studios |
| Publisher | Outer Brain Studios |
| Supported Platforms | PC (Steam) |
| Genre | Action, RPG, Horror, Survival |
| Number of Players | 1-4 (Online Co-op Multiplayer) |
| ESRB Rating | RP |
| Official Website | Blood Typers Website |
