If you're in the mood for something entirely out of the ordinary, I'd highly recommend you check out Cryptmaster. It launched back in early 2024 and I'm genuinely sad it took me this long to notice it, because its combination of dungeon crawling, wordplay and dry humor is utterly captivating.

So what is Cryptmaster anyway? Well, to put it quite bluntly, it's an RPG where you fight, interact with the world and chat with its inhabitants exclusively through typing. These can be either actual words that represent the idea you're trying to convey, or a variety of spells that you'll have to assemble yourself - one letter at a time! And while you're doing all of this the titular Cryptmaster will be closely watching over you, never really skipping out on an opportunity to sass you or judge you for your dumb choices. Yet despite how mean he might come across at first, I found him and his exasperated comments to be delightful!

I do have one bit of warning about Cryptmaster, and that would be the simple fact that the combat gets a bit tedious after a while since you can just figure out the best combos and then rattle those off whenever you're in trouble. That's not much of a dealbreaker, however, as the core of the experience is the interactions with the environment and the Cryptmaster, and those remain great all the way through.

But enough of my babbling. You'll get a much better idea of what Cryptmaster is going for through the trailer below. Have a gander, it's a fun one:

If you're still not sold on the idea, it's also worth mentioning that Cryptmaster has a free demo available. You can check it out, as well as learn more about the whole thing, over at Steam.

Enjoy, and I'll leave you with a couple of teaser images just for good measure: