Nanotale - Typing Chronicles

Typing adventure RPG with spellcasting, puzzles, and keyboard-driven exploration

Fishing Cactus · Published by Fishing Cactus, PID Games, 2PGames · Released Mar 31, 2021

Adventure RPG

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 76% of 866
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 0; peak 24h 2
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 3 years ago; Jan 29, 2023

Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.

Metacritic: 68/100 (critic reviews)

What is Nanotale - Typing Chronicles?

This single-player typing adventure RPG follows Rosalind, a novice archivist gathering knowledge about a spreading magical corruption. You explore forests, deserts, and caves, typing to cast and combine spells against enemies, solve puzzles, and interact with the world.

For you if...

+you enjoy practicing typing through combat and puzzles
+you like exploring different regions and cataloging discoveries

Not for you if...

−you prefer combat that does not rely on typing
−you want exploration without puzzles or collecting samples

What players say

76% of 866 reviews are positive

Players praise the typing-based spellcasting, puzzles, and artwork. Their most common complaint is bugs, including ones that block progress. Some also criticize the story and report performance problems.

Screenshots and trailer

Nanotale - Typing Chronicles system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i5 2400 -OR- AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
Graphics: Radeon HD6870 -OR- GeForce GTX 295 (Does not support Intel Integrated Graphics Cards)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 2 GB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 34
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
The native resolution is not the default one
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Hungarian.