While ‘battle royale’ can feel like a buzzword that gamers everywhere have been completely overexposed to – and a trend that’s forced itself into nearly every franchise – it’s also a genre that feels limiting.
It is easy to immediately think of a Fortnite style arena, something absolutely rooted in the shooter-genre and maybe even a degree of cosmetic chaos – again, inspired by Fortnite’s trailblazing aesthetic.
However, Final Sentence, which currently has a demo available to play – is getting people talking as a deviation from the norm, taking the form of a “typing battle royale game.”
Final Sentence Gameplay
Taking on a more grizzly and highly-pressurised tone than you’d expect from the Fortnite comparisons, Final Sentence positions players behind a typewriter as soldiers hold a gun to their head.
There, they have to type out sentences as quickly and accurately as possible, with mistakes and failures racking up until three of them earns you a bullet to the head. This can be played in smaller rooms with four-to-8 friends, or in giant lobbies that can feature up to 100 players.
In either case, the aim of the game is to be the last one typing, with players getting gradually eliminated.
The game also features voice chat, which gives it the opportunity to have a lot of personality injected into it by player interactions, something which could help it to do well on platforms like Twitch if it proves popular enough, as it already has done with certain streamers like Northernlion.
While the concept appears original and novel, it’s quite similar to some other games that have been popular on streaming platforms in recent years.
Liar’s Bar is a good example of how the social format of multiplayer games can be leveraged to create a game filled with memorable and emergent gameplay – taking a more basic element (as Final Sentence does with typing) and elevating it through how it gamifies social interaction.
While it arguably isn’t as versatile a format as Fortnite, in that it might not support years of continued updates and festive events, it is a very novel approach to a game that focuses its central gameplay around a skill that many will have familiarity with outside of gaming – perhaps helping to broaden Final Sentence’s outreach.
Final Sentence Release Date
No official release date has been given for the full version of Final Sentence, but it is slated for a Q4 2025 release launch.
