I no longer have any friends, my wife left me, my kids don't want to see me, and i lost my 7 figure salary career. But, it's all been worth it. Since i bought this game many moons ago, I have not left my house, and although the real-world aspects of my life have dissolved, i have barely noticed due to the inexpressible amazingness of this game. And best of all, it only took me 3.142 seconds to type this review.

A fun game to learn typing, Typer Shark! Deluxe is a fun game. Diving to shipwrecks in order to find valuable treasures (and fending off hungry sealife by electro shocks generated from vicious typing) becomes repetitive after a while, but it is definitely one of the more fun ways of learning how to touchtype.

The problem I have with Typer Shark is the fact that it can't be properly shut down. It will run on in the background and log more and more time, unless you reboot the computer. That is a bit annoying, and it would be really nice if that would be gotten rid of in a future update (though I suppose this won't really happen).

Since I don't feel like I can learn much more from this game, I will clock it as "played through" and turn towards other games.

I really learnt to type with 10 fingers. Very good game for typing of every speed level.

Good. Just a standard typing game. And comes with a good typing practice course too.

+ you can type!
+ typing tutor
+ variety of enemies
+ endless challenge
- unsatisfying graphic and sounds
8 out of 10, excellent.

I actually like typing games, loved Mario teaches typing back on Win 3.1

I have Typing of the Dead and some other games involving typing, even have TOTD on my Dreamcast.

But I also have two young kids, and TOTD is not really a good fit right now :P

I snagged this on sale, and did not think much of it. Mostly, I figured it was for kids, a learning experience or edutainment type game.

Honestly... I don't mind typing a few sharks to death myself!

Wouldn't mind some awards or new typing adventures (beyond this diver theme, even a new game entirely, I'd pay for variety)

Really, if you see it on sale again, or have the full price, it is more than it appears. If you like to practice typing, want a game that will run on near anything, and don't mind killing sharks, you should buy this game.

Solid typing and learning game. It constantly pushes you to the next level. Its a fun way to practice typing. Recommend for students but also fun for adults to sharpen their typing skills. I noticed that the game does not close properly after you exit and stays running.

Note: If you're having issues with it staying open after you close it open task manager and close it under processes: "Typer Shark"

Best popcap game ever made, i speed run this game daily. going for 1000 hours

[SOLVED] Game's not exit.

When we're exiting the game from steam (even when we closed the steam), the game is still running.
We have to end it from task manager.

However, the game's names in task manager are often unfortunately changing overtime.
So, when you're looking for the games, these are the list that I found:
1. Popcapgames1.exe
2. WINTS.exe
3. Typersharkdeluxe.exe
(Maybe anyone can add the names in the future.)

Search for those word when you're in the task manager.
And end task the game.
If it is worked, the typer shark deluxe's name with 'running' on the steam will be disappeared.

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I played this game back in 2006-2009 (got this game from random mailing list) and trained until I can type with 10 fingers (maybe 200-hours worth of playing game) without looking the keyboard until now, got respectable 85+WPM.
However. for now, there are better typing education games and you can look for it outside of Steam for free. I just buy it now for appreciating it, feeling nostalgic, and remembering my past life.

Thank you Pop Cap Games for making this game.

They should seriously use this to teach typing nowadays. It's fun on a bun!

I used to play this game all the time back when I was in middle school and taking typing classes (2007-ish). Was fun then and just as fun now. Definitely a fun way to help with typing skills , but I mostly just use it a boredom-killer.

Only annoyance I have with this game is having to end the process in task manager to change my Steam status.