On the Keyboard (2024)

Developer: SBO Games
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, Casual, Indie, Racing, Simulation
Rating: 3.6 of 5, 18 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 58 minutes
Where to get it: Steam

How it feels

A surreal and tense typing-physics puzzle where you frantically press keys to coax an unruly sphere across a keyboard, demanding precision under pressure.

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What players say

Players praise the fresh concept of using the full keyboard as a controller to roll a sphere, but the game is brutally hard, falling sends you back to the start. An update added checkpoints and an easy mode, which some say made it more accessible but removed the fun. There is no AZERTY layout support, and blind typing is almost required.

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