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Games like Epistory - Typing Chronicles

If Epistory - Typing Chronicles is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nanotale - Typing Chronicles, D' Mär Lucidium: Grimmgart and Sky of Tides — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging typing gameplay, rewarding exploration and strategic elemental use. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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Epistory - Typing Chronicles is a single-player action-adventure indie game developed by Fishing Cactus that costs $14.99. Players control a girl riding a giant fox through an origami-inspired world, where the core typing mechanic is used to trigger elemental abilities during exploration, puzzle-solving, and boss-fights. Reviewers highlight the unique art style and describe the experience as atmospheric and hypnotic. The challenging gameplay loop combines strategic elemental use with rewarding exploration, progressing a narrative that literally unfolds as players advance. The game runs on Steam Deck in its playable state and holds a 96% positive rating from 2,207 Steam reviews.

About Epistory - Typing Chronicles: Epistory immerses you in an atmospheric action/adventure game where you play a girl riding a giant fox who fights an insectile corruption from an origami world. As you progress and explore this world, the story literally unfolds and the mysteries of the magic power of the words are revealed.

2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 74Windows · macOS · Linuxby Fishing Cactus
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Steam players who put hours into Epistory - Typing Chronicles also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Nanotale - Typing Chronicles

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Top pick for Epistory - Typing Chronicles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Something is wrong with the heart of magic. Play a young archivist venturing out into a dying world, cataloging its mysteries and its wonders to unearth the truth. Nanotale is the new adventure from the Typing Chronicles franchise and the spiritual successor to the acclaimed Epistory.

    2021AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. D' Mär Lucidium: Grimmgart

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Epistory - Typing Chronicles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Your personality shapes your story in this first-person open-world RPG. Explore Grimmgart valley, scarred by the War for Divinity, and make choices through rich, layered dialogues. Shape your own playstyle and take your role in this new world.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Sky of Tides

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Epistory - Typing Chronicles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Sky of Tides is a choice-driven isometric sci-fi adventure following Rin D’Lorah as she searches for her missing father in a shattered world where oceans float in the sky. Shape her through decisions, balance who she is becoming, and uncover a mystery where every choice quietly rewrites the future.

    IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  4. Terra Alia: The Language Discovery RPG

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Epistory - Typing Chronicles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Discover a new language with Terra Alia – a unique language learning experience where you can embark on a thrilling RPG adventure in the world full of magic and mysteries!

    2021IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Forspoken

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Epistory - Typing Chronicles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Forspoken follows the journey of Frey, a young New Yorker transported to the beautiful and cruel land of Athia. In search of a way home, Frey must use her newfound magical abilities to traverse sprawling landscapes and battle monstrous creatures.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG20.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Mages of Mystralia

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Ranked #6 for Epistory - Typing Chronicles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    In a world of magic, your mind is your greatest weapon. Learn the ways of magic and design your own spells to fight enemies, navigate treacherous terrain, and right past wrongs in the kingdom of Mystralia.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Ranked #7 for Epistory - Typing Chronicles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic is a retro action-adventure game originally released in 1997. After saving the world from the evilish Doctor Funfrock, Twinsen is now ready to face a new threat coming from outer space.

    2015ActionAdventureRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. SEASON: A letter to the future

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Ranked #8 for Epistory - Typing Chronicles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Leave home for the first time to collect memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away. Ride, record, meet people, and unravel the strange world around you in this third-person meditative exploration game.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Epistory - Typing Chronicles at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Epistory - Typing Chronicles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Epistory - Typing Chronicles on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Epistory - Typing Chronicles on Steam right now. Shares Action with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Epistory - Typing Chronicles on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Epistory - Typing Chronicles on Steam right now. Shares Action with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Epistory - Typing Chronicles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Epistory - Typing Chronicles on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Epistory - Typing Chronicles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Fishing Cactus

Other recommendable Steam games by Fishing Cactus, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Nanotale - Typing Chronicles

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Another title from Fishing Cactus, the studio behind Epistory - Typing Chronicles. Shares Adventure with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Something is wrong with the heart of magic. Play a young archivist venturing out into a dying world, cataloging its mysteries and its wonders to unearth the truth. Nanotale is the new adventure from the Typing Chronicles franchise and the spiritual successor to the acclaimed Epistory.

    2021AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Algo Bot

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Another title from Fishing Cactus, the studio behind Epistory - Typing Chronicles. Shares Indie with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Algo Bot is puzzle game that takes place deep inside the Europa, a pan-galactic colonisation ship, where a recycling mission goes horribly wrong. Use your algorithm special skills to command Algo Bot, a service droid, and help PAL, a cantankerous line manager, to contain the crisis.

    2018Indie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Gloomy Eyes

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Another title from Fishing Cactus, the studio behind Epistory - Typing Chronicles. Shares Indie and Adventure with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    A cozy horror, “self-coop”, adventure about two unlikely souls who forge a forbidden bond and journey together to find the sun. Explore eerie yet charming Tim Burton-esque levels, switch between two unique characters, and solve brain-teasing puzzles.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ary and the Secret of Seasons

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Another title from Fishing Cactus, the studio behind Epistory - Typing Chronicles. Shares Action and Indie with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Take control of the seasons and use them to solve puzzles, defeat enemies, and discover the beautiful world of Valdi in this award-winning indie adventure.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shift Quantum - A Cyber Noir Puzzle Platformer

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Another title from Fishing Cactus, the studio behind Epistory - Typing Chronicles. Shares Action and Indie with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Shift Quantum is a brain-busting platformer using a unique mechanic called SHIFTING, a way to twist your environment and invert space around you. Bend your mind to reach the exit of each level and unveil the secrets of a strange program. Extend the experience, create and share your own levels.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Monkeys Ahoy

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Fishing Cactus, the studio behind Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Join two young pirate chimps on their quest to make the Ultimate Friendship Smoothie through this bright and lively monkey world

    2017Strategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Urbance Clans Card Battle!

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Fishing Cactus, the studio behind Epistory - Typing Chronicles. Shares Indie with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Street gangs rise up in Neo-City. Time has come to gather your own gang to take over the whole city, district after district. Takedowns will happen, show no mercy if you wanna survive.

    2018StrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Outshine

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Another title from Fishing Cactus, the studio behind Epistory - Typing Chronicles. Shares Action and Indie with Epistory - Typing Chronicles.

    Unleash your powers against your oppressors in this arcade, fast-paced typing game. Avoid traps, destroy enemies, defeat bosses to seek your revenge, and rush to the top of the leaderboards.

    2022ActionIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Epistory - Typing Chronicles

Does Epistory - Typing Chronicles run on Steam Deck?
Epistory - Typing Chronicles is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Epistory - Typing Chronicles cost?
Epistory - Typing Chronicles is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Epistory - Typing Chronicles?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Epistory - Typing Chronicles are Nanotale - Typing Chronicles, D' Mär Lucidium: Grimmgart, Sky of Tides.
Who developed Epistory - Typing Chronicles?
Epistory - Typing Chronicles was developed by Fishing Cactus and published by Fishing Cactus, PID Games, Dear Villagers.

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