Keyb Out is a roguelite wave defense game about defending your PC from viruses and hackers by using your keyboard as a weapon.

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Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Our team only consist of 3 people, there's a lot of polishing works need to be done even though the game is fully playable from the start to finish. But for us, we aim higher than just that.

We want to develop the game along with the community, especially with balancing. This is an uncharted territory for us, so we really appreciated any feedbacks from our players.

Disclaimer : Player's run record may be reset multiple times during early access due to balancing or even content rework. The progress may be overhauled, but we will try to compensate the time and effort each player has put into the game as much as we can.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We expect Keyb Out to remain in Early Access for at least 6 months. The exact length will depend on the feedback we receive from our players and how our ideas for Keyb Out progress.

Our goal is to ensure that the game reaches a certain standard of quality and depth of content before its full release.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“While the core mechanic and the main story of Keyb out is done at the time we launch the early access, there's still a lot of work needs to be done, including UI polishing, bug fixing and balancing.

We plan to improve the overall experience by adding more content such
- More Keyb(Weapon)
- More abilities
- More game mode
- Increase max level cap”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The core gameplay and mechanics are done. The game is fully playable from the start to finish. We also have an endgame content which allow you to further increases the difficulty in exchange for more reward, similar to Hades's pact of punishment.

Here's the content we have at launch of the Early access:
- An entire story mode is playable with 5 acts in total
- 3 Keyb (weapon)
- 6 Abilities
- 100+ perks
- Max level at 70”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Yes, the price at the Early Access version is a discounted price for our early players and supporters. We may gradually increases the price as we polish and add more content to the game.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We will involve community feedback in development including balancing, bug report, quality of life suggestions.

Even though we can't guarantee that all feedback/suggestions will be implemented into the game, we do appreciated any feedback/suggestions and we take them seriously and will absolutely discuss them internally and with community.

You can join our "Scratching Fox" Discord server to directly chat with us”
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Planned Release Date: 2027

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About This Game

A KEYBOARD AS YOUR WEAPON.

Keyb Out is a roguelite like no others. Performing an attack by pressing any key on your keyboard, the attack lands right where you pressed!

But be careful, consecutively missing too many attacks cause you to go “Overheat”, briefly disabling your attacks.

SUPPORT VARIOUS KEYBOARD LAYOUTS

You can play Keyb Out with any Keyboard layout, even though the letters and symbols displayed might be incorrect, your attack still lands accurately. However, if you are using keyboard layout as follows, the game will change the letters and symbol to match your layout automatically! We will keep supporting more layout as the player requests

  • QWERTY (Default)

  • AZERTY - Belgian French

YOU'VE BEEN HACKED!

The game is set in a futuristic city called Neoterra Metropolis. You play as “Ruby”, an aspiring inventor who runs her late father's workshop with “J1-V4S” , the companion bot she built.

One day, Ruby invented the “Recall Tech”, which allows her to backup physical items, similar to how we do with digital data.

One evening, Ruby’s PC got hacked. In the effort to save her PC at all cost, she told J1-V4S to do anything to save her PC. As a result, J1-V4S accidentally uses Recall Tech to backup the entire world.

Ruby and J1-V4S now stuck in a loop until they managed to get rid of all viruses.

MASTER YOUR BUILDS.

Craft your own build across six perk classes, which represents the actual companies or services in the world of Keyb Out.

  • Alien OC : Dealing Damage over time.

  • USC : Multi target damage

  • Col’Der : Slow and freezing

  • Bastion : Survivability, defense and repair

  • Keyit! : Attacks, Crit. chance and Crit. damage

  • Toy-less : Enhance abilities efficiency.

Discover 100+ perks, and more will be added for free after launch!

REPLAYABILITY

Earn XP to unlock new contents, including new perks, abilities, Keybs (Weapons). Upgrade and acquire new techs to grow permanently stronger. Beating the game is just a new beginning!

EVEN MORE IN THE FUTURE

We will keep supporting the game after the launch, including new perks, weapons, abilities or even new game modes! Stay tuned, and keyb your PC safe!

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit (version 21H1 or newer)
    • Processor: Intel Core i3-8100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX 11 capable with 2 GB VRAM (Intel UHD Graphics 630 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 550)
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX compatible
    • Additional Notes: Keyboard required. Controllers are not supported. 1920x1080 recommended.
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 11 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-10400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 / AMD Radeon RX 6400 (4 GB VRAM)
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX compatible
    • Additional Notes: Keyboard required. Controllers are not supported. 1920x1080 recommended.
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS 12 Monterey or later
    • Processor: Apple silicon or Intel Core i5
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Metal-capable GPU
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
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