I'm a typing game enthusiast (100~ wpm 💪🤓), and for the longest time I thought that no typing game could compare to Typing of the Dead until I gave Blood Typers a try. It really innovates on a genre that's long been flooded by "Mavis Beacon"-likes by uniquely blending beloved mechanics from different genres!

Movement, inventory management, combat, and environmental mechanics are all handled by the keyboard alone. You switch between exploration and combat contexts and move your character tank-controls style. While awkward at first (especially the combat/exploration context switching), the whole system grows on you quickly, and the first mission gives you ample opportunity to learn the ropes before tossing you into a horde of zombies.

It's hard to put into text how well Outer Brain Studios executes on this fusion until you give it a try yourself, so do yourself a favor and give the demo a try! Unfortunately the demo doesn't let you play online, but I think your friends will be convinced if you stream yourself fumbling the keyboard.

As an online co-op game, it's very competent in delivering on the horror w/ friends gameplay that Lethal Company and others have popularized, and as others have said, there's good fun to be had solving puzzles, managing your inventory, and fighting zombies Resident Evil-style while yelling at your friends over VOIP.
Disclaimer: I had some trouble getting VOIP to work (2 of us had it working immediately, I had to switch to a different mic to get anything, another friend couldn't get through at all) so for my time playing we just used Discord.

There's multiple difficulty options, 8 unique characters, and 4 playable scenarios (levels) w/ more on the way so there's a good bit of content to sink your fingers into. Enemy variety is a little lacking at the moment (or maybe I haven't seen them all just yet), but the varied weapons keep combat encounters interesting.

I've only tried the first scenario so far, but I look forward to playing this game with the boys well into the future! (This is me granting permission to release paid DLC for additional content.)

I'm a little let down that the game doesn't have you typing proper sentences, especially in the computer segments where you type long strings of texts. I think it's a missed opportunity to feed the player interesting passages to type/read through, though their word bank at least includes many keywords relevant to the game's context.

Finally, my one request would be for the devs to let us add custom word-lists, something like what Typing of the Dead: Overkill did.

I'm a typing game enthusiast (100~ wpm 💪🤓), and for the longest time I thought that no typing game could compare to Typing of the Dead until I gave Blood Typers a try. It really innovates on a genre that's long been flooded by "Mavis Beacon"-likes by uniquely blending beloved mechanics from different genres! Movement, inventory management, combat, and environmental mechanics are all handled by the keyboard alone. You switch between exploration and combat contexts and move your character tank-controls style. While awkward at first (especially the combat/exploration context switching), the whole system grows on you quickly, and the first mission gives you ample opportunity to learn the ropes before tossing you into a horde of zombies. It's hard to put into text how well Outer Brain Studios executes on this fusion until you give it a try yourself, so do yourself a favor and give the demo a try! Unfortunately the demo doesn't let you play online, but I think your friends will be convinced if you stream yourself fumbling the keyboard. As an online co-op game, it's very competent in delivering on the horror w/ friends gameplay that Lethal Company and others have popularized, and as others have said, there's good fun to be had solving puzzles, managing your inventory, and fighting zombies Resident Evil-style while yelling at your friends over VOIP. Disclaimer: I had some trouble getting VOIP to work (2 of us had it working immediately, I had to switch to a different mic to get anything, another friend couldn't get through at all) so for my time playing we just used Discord. There's multiple difficulty options, 8 unique characters, and 4 playable scenarios (levels) w/ more on the way so there's a good bit of content to sink your fingers into. Enemy variety is a little lacking at the moment (or maybe I haven't seen them all just yet), but the varied weapons keep combat encounters interesting. I've only tried the first scenario so far, but I look forward to playing this game with the boys well into the future! (This is me granting permission to release paid DLC for additional content.) I'm a little let down that the game doesn't have you typing proper sentences, especially in the computer segments where you type long strings of texts. I think it's a missed opportunity to feed the player interesting passages to type/read through, though their word bank at least includes many keywords relevant to the game's context. Finally, my one request would be for the devs to let us add custom word-lists, something like what Typing of the Dead: Overkill did.