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Type:Rider
Developer Ex Nihilo, ARTE France
Type:Rider is a video game developed by Agat Films & Cie – Ex Nihilo and published by Bulkypix and Arte. It was released in for Microsoft Windows, Android, and iOS in 2013, for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in 2016, and for Nintendo Switch in April 2019. The game won the award for Artistic Consistency at the 2013 European Indie Game Days. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
193 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 22, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
72
Fresh
136 positive · 52 negative
95% range 66–78%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
1,350 of 1,701 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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60 of 193 · most liked firstPretty interesting little 2D platformer where you can learn a thing or two about the history of typography. I wouldn't say it's flawless, it has some annoying bits but overall it's alright.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If a Typewriter brings words to life, Type:Rider goes even further, letting you dive into the fascinating history and evolution of typography. It's a journey through the world of letters. It’s more like an educational game, though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you are into the type of games that makes you feel like reading through Wikipedia most of the time than doing anything gaming related.. If you are into a game that is more on the educational side, a game where you don't feel guilty like you have wasted your time playing it, at the end of the day.. Well, this might be something for you! It is a platform game (A cranky one at that!).. But ironically enough, that is only a "platform", a facade for the real purpose, the wiki-like reads! It is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →coming from the publisher of Type:Rider, a great game about celebrating human font designers, this is disappointing to say the least.
unlabelledView post →A short platformer based on fonts and their history. I have to admit, from a creative/artistic point of view it’s definitely visually interesting and unique, but based on the platforming experience it might probably be kind of lacking for a lot of people. Controls are often unresponsive (like it needs some time before the dots get into rolling), and afterwards jumps are truly all over the place due to the varying momentum. With the results mostly being random, which means dying a lot, so if…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’ll say right away that I liked the basic game play and concept of Type: Rider. I found the platforming and puzzle aspects to be overall pretty good and enjoyable. I did find the dots to be annoying to control and maneuver at times but I was able to to get through the levels. The special level after the ending is terrible though in my opinion. While the levels before all have checkpoints at different points the special level has none at all and any mistakes mean starting the level from…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really liked this game. I'm not usually one for learning as I play, but the nice thing is most of the learning is background and avoidable if you hate to read and just want a good platformer. The movement and controls are smooth and the style is nice and charming. The gameplay is simple. Not too challenging, but still a nice quick play and I feel like the price is worth a good swift platformer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Type:Rider - On Sale for $0.84 (83% Off) Now Through October 6, 2025 on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/258890/T... #steamsale #steam #indiegame #videogames #gaming
unlabelledView post →I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First of all very unusual game. You don't actually type in this one as this is a platformer. Smart play on the words in the title as word typewriter comes to mind. At first glance you might think the game is boring but it's not. The basic idea of the game is educating player in history of fonts, alphabet and characters, not overwhelming with excessive reading or craming the knowledge. Puzzle elements are present often but not troublesome. Music is great and the game looks unique. What else...…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was going through my backlog, and then I stumbled upon this gem. The platforming and gaming portion of this title is good and fair (ampersand collect for the over achievers). The good stuff is in an enjoyable well told history of typography, from pic to CAPS to sMol to art to print press to ... ... Very enjoyable read with some light platform puzzle interludes. If your only after the cheevo's then you can skip the good stuff and get them quick I guess!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this game, since I was getting interested in typography. Unfortunately, my experience with it was frustrating. + Visuals. + Music. - There's no 1920×1080 resolution. - Game doesn't save any settings. With every new launch you have to start over. - If you change the sound settings, the sounds may disappear completely and you have to restart the game. - If you minimize the game and change sound settings in system, the sound disappears as well. - If you minimize the game,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game gave me a newfound hate for Comic Sans.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An engaging tale of typography: How to turn ordinary things into an adventure. Type:Rider is a simple yet stylish puzzle game that manages to tell a captivating story through its gameplay. While the puzzles themselves are not particularly difficult, each level brings new gameplay mechanics that keep the game fresh and interesting throughout. Playing as a colon, your journey through the history of typography, moving from one font to another and learning about each one through small notes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it's a mobile game and a lazy port to pc -no resolution over 900p. -there is a noticeable input delay when jumping. -no way to rebind keys. why is jump even bound to space instead of the up arrow? there's no reason for this when the game could be a relaxing one-hand game using just the arrow keys -audio bugs that require full game restart to fix +looks nice enough +nice audio +you can learn something about typography and it's history just get it on your phone
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish I could recommend this, it comes close, but there are just a few too many frustrations for it to be a satisfying experience. The unsatisfying platforming control is the chief offender here. Too many dangerous sections are made unnecessarily tricky by the hard-to-control nature of the character, and dying over and over until you seemingly randomly hit a bounce in just the right spot is highly frustrating. Also, for a game about typography, printing and publishing, the English…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Any game that makes you stop and think is a good game. This maybe more art than a game. If you respect literature I recommend this one
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is it a game? Is it education? Unfortunately, it is neither. The art style is nice and fitting to the different fonts but the gameplay is boring and unimaginative and the mechanics just outright horrendous.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Loved the history on typefaces and fonts. This was an interesting 2D platformer. I will say, controlling the :colon: is very touchy and got a bit annoying at times but for an educational game that is raising awareness on typography and its importance, it was still fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As soon as I launched the game the ARTE logo caught my eye, instantly reminding me of the TV channel and the early music videos I loved watching on YouTube. However, this game didn’t meet my expectations. It’s a simple, plain and unpolished game where you control two chained balls ":" to move from the left side of the map to the right. The gameplay feels dry, with little excitement beyond occasional jumps. While the backgrounds offer historical facts and figures, they lack sufficient context.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bulmaca oyunu oynamak isteyen istek atsın! Finished in 94 minutes and enjoyed every moment of it. It was pure art. Not just a game, also a history lesson. The musics were also perfect and they were harmonies with the level.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Je me souviens avoir beaucoup apprécié Type:Rider ! Un jeu très intelligemment construit 🙂 Il est aussi disponible sur Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/258890/T...
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's been years since I played it. Though, I remember loving it. And I installed it again. Maybe I'll complete the achievements. Although I think the last level was hard to beat and no dying might be impossible for me. For all who love fonts even a little bit. This game is a love letter to typography. <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →6/10 decent relaxing game about 86 minutes to finish the game and secret level - the tetris bit can eat a bag of ♥♥♥♥♥ + learned a little bit about fonts
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cool platforming game, with which you can learn something
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A different way of learning history with an intersting physical engine behind. Learning is not a must when playing a video game, but Type:Rider does teach the player who wants to learn about the history of typography in a wise manner. It is an innovative game, perfect in artistic terms (levels are carefully designed in each case), but their repetitive game mechanics would push most of players to dislike the game after a couple of chapters. Overally, it felt like a relatively basic…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a really boring platformer, the game itself doesn't teach you anything about typography as some reviews claim, the only way you learn is by unlocking pages of dull text as you play through the game. So if you're interested in a platformer, look up another game, if you're interested in typography, just google what you want to know and if you're interested in a relaxing game, defenitely go elsewhere since this thing is just annoying with slightly unresponsive controls and in every level new…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nobody likes punctuation and typefaces more than me. And I like the occasional platformer. I didn't enjoy this game, and I found the controls painful. I loved the concept--I have to give credit there. But the theme didn't really come through as I played, and the actual gameplay was unpleasant throughout.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you enjoyed this review, please consider following my Curator Page [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33864135/]Nep's Gaming Paradise (Nepiki Gaming) for more reviews! Nepiki's Stats Overall length 2-3 hours for beating, 3-4 hours for completion Overall difficulty Low to Medium difficulty. Overall score ★★☆☆☆ Review What Type:Rider excels at is what it sets out to do to begin with: educating people…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For a museum piece about typography, this game is incredibly in-depth. Gameplay-wise, the premise is simple: you take control of an umlaut and navigate terrain across the evolving time periods of fonts. Simple? NO. Having already cleared the game on mobile before I thought this would retain the same experience. WRONG. The movement system is shoddy, and for a platformer I'd expect the movement to be less janky. Granted, it is a mobile port, so I can forgive some of the aspects.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Must Have for people who want to learn about Typography. Some simple riddles and generally pretty chill
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It may not be the best platformer, but it's a must for all the type lovers and graphic designers. An entertaining way to refresh my knowledge about type history.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’d forgotten how amazingly good a game “Type:Rider” is….
unlabelledView post →https://youtu.be/klCf3JHVE9s Cute theming aside the puzzle platforming is a bit spare in mechanics and unclear progression will frustrate some players.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice Type: Rider 5/10 Heisen
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow, this is a EXTREMELY good and smart both classic and puzzle-platform game! I loved how each area has its unique, own style, and how it enriches its excellent level design. It also encourages exploration and out-of-the-box thinking through collectibles and secrets. I found the information super interesting; it was an exciting trip! The last and the secret level were simple AMAZING.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great game with informative nature. Basic platforming combined with excelent design choices and narative recommended for every designer at heart
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was certainly an unconventional approach to teaching. Indeed, this 2D silhouette platformer is about the history of typography, from the very beginnings of writing to how it's used today. Not only that but its different levels are themed around the historical events both in design and presentation to the point where one has to commend the creativity put into some of the featured sections. As a result, the player can implicitly learn about the different styles while reading either a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best platformer game for typography geeks.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A game that finds itself in the edutainment genre without being entertaining nor very educationally focused.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Think a little deeper before you type with TYPE:RIDER! TYPE:RIDER is an art experience/puzzle platformer about the history of fonts, printed word, and text. That sounds boring, yes, but it really isn't if you enjoy learning about really obscure, weirdly specific things - and I enjoy learning about really obscure, weirdly specific things. You embody the punctuation mark : (colon), riding about the text-based levels like a tiny punctuation motorcycle doing nifty tricks and solving quite simple…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →⭐ - Good (I liked this game.) See all my ratings at [url=store.steampowered.com/curator/41285819/]my Curator Page. (I also have a [url=store.steampowered.com/curator/41438686/]Hungarian Curator Page.) My rating system: ⭐⭐⭐ - Outstanding. ⭐⭐ - Very Good. ⭐ - Good. 💤 - Nothing Special. ☠️ - Bad. ☠️☠️ - Very Bad. ☠️☠️☠️ - Horrendous.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's like history class but fun 67/100
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fascinating subject, mediocre gameplay. It's like playing QWOP, except it's a platformer. I can't stress enough how important it is for a platformer to have extremely responsive controls. There is somewhat some skill involved: you have to learn how to master jumping at the right moment, rotation of the two circles etc. It's just that most people wouldn't really want to put in the effort to learn the mechanics for a 3h game. Also, the game just loves to throw in cheap insta kill threats for no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A truly miserable experience. I have to admit that platformers are far from my favorite type of game, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. Have you ever had the misfortune of playing a physics-based platformer? This is one of those. Usually the problems which arise from using a physics engine are mitigated by having an easy to steer hero. This game has the opposite. The hero (a double dot) frequently gets in the way of where you are trying to move, and as with all physics platformers…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While there are a lot of things to like about the game, the key aspect of game play is kind of lacking. This is one of the game I like to say has "sloppy physics" where the controls feel like weight of what you are controlling isn't the same so being able to keep track of the inertia and momentum can make this otherwise beautiful game more annoying than fun. It's also one of those games that is silhouetted and they don't do a good ob at times of visually representing what is a platform you can…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TYPE:RIDER is not really about the game. It wants to give you a brief overview of the history of typography and integrates some game elements around it. These elements are kind of nice, but I've played better platforming games. I thoroughly enjoyed the design of the game, where each level introduced new contraptions. As a player you control the colon sign ':', and you try to progress through the level by rolling and jumping the two dots in a direction. There are obstacles and occasional…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Get it while it's on sale. a lovely small game about typography.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tend to buy a lot of adult games, because the trading cards for those hentai games are expensive af, since I buy in argentinean pesos: the money that is like money except it's fun. So, I can get a copy of Hentai Girl for 8 ars, farm the cards at the cost of my dignity and recover what I invested plus a few extra fun coins to buy more games, rinse and repeat, and you can call me the Baron of Hentai games. What does this have to do with Type:Rider? Well, it was just a bit of context. I spend…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Fun, Beautiful Way To Learn About Typography The devs of this game have used video games as an artistic medium to teach the history of typography. Not only is it beautiful, but it's also a fun dynamic way to learn and absorb the information. They also store all the lessons in organised books so that you can read them while playing the level or at a later time. If you go back through the levels everything will be where it was the first time as well, so if you prefer to go back through them…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love the concept, but the controls are pretty unresponsive and the movement is very slow. Other problems or slightly annoying things I encountered: - in one level a pipe is supposed to suck you in, to transport you somewhere else - didn't work, dying didn't fix it, had to restart the whole level and lost my progress because of it. - leaving a level briefly to look at new information made the music turn off for some reason - clicking 'leave' led to the game asking 'leave level?' so I assumed…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A puzzle platformer in the vein of NightSky but with more platforming elements thrown in. It's educational yet somehow stays easy and relaxing the whole way through I went in expecting some lame indie artsy s**t and came out hooked I never thought I'd give a single F about the history of fonts of all things, but this game somehow made me interested in learning about typography, their origins, and how they impacted history and culture throughout the ages, It's weirdly immersive for such a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Weeeeee! I'm a font!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Play as 2 dots." <--- Not colon, dieresis, umlaut, none of that ♥♥♥♥. 2 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dots, THAT ARE CONNECTED LIKE A ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ COLON/DIERESIS/UMLAUT. But no. THEY ARE JUST 2 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DOTS YOU PLAY AS! Oh. Ok. For sure. Yeah, yeah. Makes ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sense. (not) Aside from that and the nightmare some of the level are, worst offender being the secret one (2000's-2010's LOL RAWR X3 humour exploring Comic Sans, briefly, with NO checkpoints so if you die, go right back to the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ beginning), this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This one is a mixed bag. The game concept is really unique and educational if you're interested in learning about the history of writing. I really enjoyed the visuals-the game looks really nice- and thought it was really cool how each font has its own themed level (ie. Clarendon font takes you to a western themed world) which was really fun. The music was surprisingly good too. On the other hand it was extremely frustrating trying to control ":" as it seems the two dots appear to work against…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Type:Rider is a quietly inventive 2D platformer that transforms the history of typography into an interactive, visually expressive journey. Developed by Ex Nihilo in collaboration with ARTE France and published by ARTE France, the game stands apart from conventional platformers by placing learning, atmosphere, and artistic intent at the center of its design. Rather than telling a character-driven story or presenting traditional objectives, Type:Rider invites players to explore how written…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Baita jogo, mesmo sendo um pouco curto e ensina muito ainda.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →in the beginning I was just a fan of puzzles when i purchased the game i found it great and a similar style to games like limbo with a fair level of difficulty. today, i'm a visual designer, the use of the world of type and appreciation of using type as the game subject is very well done and very informative, whether you are a fan of type or just like puzzles it is a great game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’m mostly bemused at D&D’s stickiness, which to be fair is rivaled only by Small Nephew’s abiding obsession with Type:Rider, an iOS game about the history of typography. (Shout out to @ryancordell.bsky.social on that one)
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