Backspace Bouken

Backspace Bouken

RNG Party Games · December 13, 2019 · Typing, Indie, Action, RPG, Adventure

Buy Backspace Bouken from Steam at $14.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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Backspace Bouken price by region

Backspace Bouken costs £11.39 in the United Kingdom, €12.49 in Europe (EUR), $14.99 in the United States, $14.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$17.49 in Canada, NZ$18.49 in New Zealand, A$21.50 in Australia, R$28.99 in Brazil and zł53.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Backspace Bouken offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £11.39 £11.39 — 1
Europe (EUR) €12.49 €12.49 — 1
United Statesyour region $14.99 $14.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $14.99 $14.99 — 1
Canada CA$17.49 CA$17.49 — 1
New Zealand NZ$18.49 NZ$18.49 — 1
Australia A$21.50 A$21.50 — 1
Brazil R$28.99 R$28.99 — 1
Poland zł53.99 zł53.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Backspace Bouken

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.

Backspace Bouken — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Backspace Bouken is a creative typing-focused dungeon crawler that players find engaging and genuinely fun, with good difficulty variety and the bonus of improving typing skills. Common praise includes the creative concept, solid gameplay loop, and satisfying progression, though complaints center on the thin dungeon-crawler mechanics (no loot or leveling), the overly zoomed-in map making navigation frustrating, and the relatively short length that leaves some wanting more.

Recommended May 17, 2026
Funny name for a game! Although... Most of the time you CAN use your backspace. XD I have to say... I thought this game was for "hardcore typists". I got all the way up to the last Boss in F8 and then I remembered there was a "Dodge" button... Which you WILL NEED... Because... Even with a typing speed of 100+ wpm... You can't beat him. Hah! (Someone wrote a guide on the "Dodge" button too, so you can look for it there or listen to the skelly). Although I was enjoying the game, I only have two gripes with it: -> The map needs to have a ZOOM OUT. I have severe trouble with directions and with the map being so up close... I ended up on the same floor, circling around 5x... Until I realized that I was in an incorrect place to be. -> The Save Point only comes before Bosses/Sometimes at random spots... So like 30+ - 1hr... I haven't found a "Quick Save" anywhere and ended up re-doing stuff, as sometimes I get called away to do stuff. While I beat the F8 tower... The Number Lock thing....... I think that's a harder version of F8? And they are also basement levels. Well... I got lost. See, this is where the ZOOM OUT would've HELPED ME A LOT!!! The maps are so od…
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Recommended Aug 2, 2026
very punny and very charming dungeon crawler, might be a bit frustrating to some but i think it's the normal amount of friction for a dungeon crawler game. it's also kinda funny how just being too fast at typing can completely skip the enemies' gimmicks and ruin their dialogue.
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Recommended May 20, 2026
DISCLAIMER: I'm a retired medical transcriptionist who types 90 WPM, so my impression of this game is likely quite different from gamers who are not professional typists. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Backspace Bouken is quite good. Not perfect, but good enough that I played to the end and I had a fun time with it! The dungeon-crawler aspect of the game is just a thin veneer, so gamers looking for a dungeon-crawler will likely not be impressed. No weaponry or armor to find, no skills to level up, and only a paper-thin plot. I'm only casually into dungeon-crawlers, so I didn't mind at all. What kept the fun alive for me was the reasonably good variety of difficulty (short words and sentences, long words and sentences, punctuation), and the pleasant playful humor. Nothing laugh-out-loud funny, but a solidly constant kooky stream of punny wordplay. Aside from the puns, the sentences are quite real-worldly. Stuff that a transcriptionist of casual speech would be right at home with. The only two negatives I have about Backspace Bouken are both fairly mild negatives: 1. The collection of backspaces. I never needed them, and I can't imagine an…
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Recommended Jan 28, 2026
I really enjoyed this one, and I do feel better at typing now!
Recommended Jan 18, 2026
awesome game about typing, cool storyline too!! i would've 100'd this if it weren't for the 90 wpm achievement :( anyways 8/10
Recommended Oct 31, 2025
This is game is very fun and creative. I just wish it was longer

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