Keycraft Arcade

Get faster at typing without noticing you're practicing. Keycraft Arcade is a cozy pixel-clay arcade with five typing games. Walk up to a glowing cabinet, pick a game, and play. Every word you type shoots a zombie, lands a punch, fires a laser or moves a story forward, and the arcade quietly trains the keys you miss most.

No downloads, no sign-up. It runs in your browser and saves your progress on your device.

The cabinets

Zombie Siege

Night falls and the fog fills with shambling clay zombies. Type the word over a zombie's head to shoot it before it reaches your barricade. Runners are quick, Brutes take two words to drop, and Screamers scramble the words around them.

• Type a word to lock on and fire. Esc lets go of a target.
• Build a 15-word combo, then press Enter to throw a grenade.

Rhythm Typer

Word tiles fall down four lanes toward the hit line. Type each word so its last letter lands exactly on the beat for a Perfect, Great or Good, and chain hits to multiply your score. Five original tracks, from the mellow Clay Lullaby (80 BPM) to the frantic Turbo Terracotta (160 BPM).

Arcade Blaster

Enemy ships descend carrying words, and every correct key fires a laser that chips off a letter. Watch out for Bombers, Shield ships, and a Boss armored in a whole sentence every five waves.

• Type a bomb's letter to shoot it down before it hits you.
• At a 20 combo, press Enter for a Smart Bomb that clears the screen.

Typed Adventure

Branching fantasy and horror stories that you move forward by typing. Pick your path by typing a choice, build Momentum with fast, clean typing, and stay ahead of whatever is hunting you. Each story has three endings: good, bittersweet and bad.

Feeling musical? Switch on Rap mode and type the story to a beat, with every word judged on time.

1v1 Typing Battle

Two clay fighters, one ring, best of three rounds. Every word you finish is an attack, and longer words hit harder. Chain clean words for bigger moves: one word is a jab, then a kick, an uppercut, and a slam. Typos make you stumble. Fill your special meter and press Enter for a Super Move.

Pick your opponent: Pip (25 WPM), Brickton (45), Glaze (70), Kilnfire (100), or Echo, who adapts to your speed. "I type exactly like you. Just a little better."

How to play

1. Open the game on a laptop or desktop with a physical keyboard.
2. Take the one-minute benchmark. It sets every game to your level.
3. Use ← → to walk between cabinets and Enter to choose one.
4. Pick a mode and press Enter again to start.

Difficulty is on Auto by default and keeps adjusting to how you've been playing. You can also choose Easy, Normal or Hard.

The Typing Academy

Want to practice properly? The Academy has five lessons, from home-row basics to numbers, symbols and full sentences, with a glowing finger guide that shows which finger to use. It also has workouts that drill your weakest keys and three challenge tests to see how far you've come.

Your typing profile

All five games share one profile, so every round counts:

• Weak-key training. The arcade notices which keys trip you up and feeds you more of them.
• XP and levels. Every round earns XP. Levels unlock new stories.
• Daily streak. Play a little every day to keep your streak going.
• Finger map. After each round, a color-coded keyboard shows where your misses landed and which finger slipped most, with a one-click practice drill for it.
• High scores. Each game keeps a leaderboard per mode.

Good to know

• Keycraft needs a physical keyboard and a bit of screen room. Phones and tablets get a friendly "best played on a desktop" note.
• Progress is saved in your browser. Clearing site data resets it.
• Settings include a colorblind-friendly error color and latency calibration for Rhythm Typer.