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Backspace Bouken

Type your way through absurd encounters and mysterious puzzles in this old-school typing dungeon crawler.

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Developer
RNG Party Games
Publisher
RNG Party Games
Release
December 13, 2019
6 years and 234 days ago
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Very Positive75 reviews93.3%

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About the Game

Backspace Bouken is a Japanese-inspired old-school dungeon crawler with a fast-paced typing battle system and ridiculous storyline. Fight monsters by typing their dialogue as you progress through the game and climb the tower. Fast and accurate typing will be rewarded, and maybe you'll even become a better typer!

Features

  • Fluid typing-based battle system that tells the story as you play.
  • Fight a wide variety of enemies and bosses with unique and compelling behaviors and twists.
  • Explore numerous floors of a tower in classic first-person dungeon crawling style.
  • Solve puzzles and collect passwords and information from your enemies to progress through the game.
  • Save NPCs from the tower in a collectathon fashion.
  • Get rewards for completing encounters and filling out your map.
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