22-05-2025
Warhammer's free new game makes typing grimdark
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun – Words of Vengeance is a new typing game based on Warhammer 40,000 and it's available now for free on PC via Steam. The dark sci-fi spin on a typing teacher was shadow-dropped during a series of announcements made during the latest Warhammer Skulls Showcase. Also shown was a trailer for Boltgun 2, a sequel to Auroch Digital's first-person shooter the new typing game is based on.
Words of Vengeance follows in the footsteps of games like Typing of the Dead where you type on-screen prompts as quickly and as accurately as you can to defeat enemies and progress in on-rails levels. It's set in the world of Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun and uses the same pixelated 3D aesthetic with plenty of blood and violence, except the blood is spilled by typing.
As a fan of mechanical keyboards, I personally love occasionally firing up typing tests to hear what the latest keyboard I'm obsessing over sounds and feels like. But as much as I love Monkeytype or Keybr, an actual typing game offers a different kind of fun. The thought of going full boomer-shooter with my proper grammar and punctuation exercises just has me more stoked than ever. Plus, it's free.
