Typoman

Gaming NexusSean Colleli

8.5/10

Typoman is a challenging, if at times frustrating platformer with a great core concept. It relies too heavily on trial and error and the controls could be a bit tighter, but the puzzle design and stark, haunting aesthetic more than make up for any drawbacks.

Pure NintendoKaelyn Daugherty

8.5/10

Typoman is the very first eShop indie title offering from studio Brainseed factory, and it features a very unique premise. Using the power of words, you must gu

TheSixthAxisDave Irwin

7/10

Typoman’s appeal boils down to whether or not you’re willing to invest in shorter games that are content light, yet have genuinely interesting ideas that are beyond what’s come before. By using words as an aesthetic and gameplay device, it writes its own reasons for why it is unique. My only wishes were that the platforming was tighter and that it had a few more levels. Typoman is over far too quickly for my liking, but this is high praise for what it did in its short time.

KeenGamerMichael Keener

6.5/10

The world is nothing more than scattered letters and fearsome creatures. Play as one brave hero who tries to beat the darkness and survive more traps than anyone would like to encounter. You'll find a bunch of puzzles and platforming gameplay, as well as some thought provoking scenarios of intense action.

Nintendo LifeJon Mundy

6/10

Typoman remains a refreshing combination of platform-adventure and word puzzler, with a particularly creative use of words and letters as physical tools. It's undoubtedly spoiled by frustratingly clunky platforming mechanics and a lack of clarity in some of its design, but those after something a little bit different and cerebral should give it a spin.

Typoman deserves plenty of credit for creating a visually interesting world and one that requires players to figure out a way to proceed through it by literally spelling things out. This makes for a great initial impression due to the uniqueness of the game mechanic. However, the goodwill that it builds at the start does starts to suffer as you realise just how limited the spelling mechanic can be, and start to run into the rough edges around he platforming.

Nintendo World ReportZachary Miller

4/10

Typoman is a gorgeous game with a lot of half-baked ideas (and physics) and, frankly, deserves better. As it exists, the game is not worth recommending.

Metro GameCentralGameCentral

3/10

A great idea ruined by some very strange design decisions, that turn what should be a fun platformer puzzler into a gloomy and illogical word game.