Best Free Typing Games 2026 — How to Choose, with a Comparison Table (Checked October 2026)

One to try first, by goal. The official sites of Sushida, e-typing, MyTyping and Typing Musou say they are free. On TypingTube’s official site I found neither a price nor any “free” wording; it says it is run on ad revenue, that you can play without an account, and that there is no limit on plays or songs.

• Short sessions → Sushida

  A romaji-input game with three courses: 60, 90 and 120 seconds (checked on October 18, 2026 on the in-game course screen).

• Record your current speed → e-typing

  The Skill Check (腕試しレベルチェック) shows your speed as a level and a score. Saving results needs a free membership. For certification tests, see the typing test guide.

• Type topics or songs you like → MyTyping or TypingTube

  MyTyping uses prompts posted by users (about 390,000 according to its top page). TypingTube uses lyrics synced to YouTube videos (its top page says 40,000+ songs).

• Battle other people → TypingTube or Typing Musou

  These are the two with a battle feature, as far as I could confirm. I found no battle feature on the official sites of Sushida, e-typing or MyTyping.

• Learn from the home row up, as a game → Typing Musou

  It has a 150-stage dojo that starts from the home position of the fingers. But it does not run on phones and needs a physical keyboard.

If you cannot decide, using one main and one sub also works. That is my opinion, not a rule with evidence behind it.

I fix the criteria first. They include the ones where Typing Musou is weak, so I do not pick only the axes that favor it.

• 1. Price and ads

  What is free, whether anything is paid, and whether the site runs on ads.

• 2. Sign-up

  Can you play without registering? Do you need an account to keep records?

• 3. Devices

  PC only, or tablets and phones too? Is a physical keyboard required?

• 4. Content

  What you type (words, sentences, song lyrics, user-made prompts), the input methods (romaji, kana, flick), and whether there is English practice. This is where Typing Musou is weak.

• 5. Battles and score units

  Can you battle other people? Are results shown as money, a score, or WPM?

I think how much you improve depends more on how often and how you practice than on the service. This article does not compare improvement between services. For how to practice, see How to Get Faster at Typing.

What I confirmed on each official site. Every check date is October 18, 2026. “Could not confirm” and “not found” mean the item is not stated there, or I could not verify it.

As far as I could confirm, TypingTube and Typing Musou are the two where you can battle other people. I found no battle feature on the official sites of Sushida, e-typing or MyTyping (October 18, 2026).

TypingTube has a battle lobby. You enter a room and play in real time; the room list shows player counts in a form like “2/100”. The room limit shown on the check date was 100. The official site says that once you create an account (no email address needed), score saving, rankings and battles become available.

Typing Musou has two kinds of battles. Random Battle automatically finds a 1v1 opponent, and wins and losses move your rating. Friend Battle (the screen calls it “private battle”) is entered by sharing a room code of six letters and digits; it supports 1v1 and 2v2, and does not change your rating. Both last 180 seconds, and both sides get the same words in the same order. For playing with friends, see How to Play Typing Battles with Friends.

If Random Battle finds no opponent, after a few seconds up to about ten, a CPU built from real players' records takes the seat. It counts for rating too. If you only want human opponents, use Friend Battle.

A short summary of the tables, one service at a time. I do not say which is better, only what each is for.

• Sushida

  A romaji-input game. You type the words on the plates before they pass by on a conveyor-belt sushi lane and compete on the amount of sushi you “ate”. Each run is 60 to 120 seconds, by course. The official site says you can type “shi” as si, shi or ci. Its official Q&A allows classroom use for practice purposes and prohibits commercial use.

• e-typing

  A typing practice site that has been around since 2001 (per its copyright notice). The skill check shows your current speed as a level and a score, and logging in keeps a graph. It assumes a Japanese PC keyboard. For its certification test, see the typing test guide.

• MyTyping

  A site where you play prompts made by users. The range of topics is wide, and you can play without signing up. The official site says Mac supports JIS keyboards only, and iPad and Android tablets need a Bluetooth keyboard.

• TypingTube

  A site where you type lyrics along with YouTube videos. It supports romaji, kana and flick input, and also has word-list typing and a kids' corner. The official site says it is run on ad revenue.

• Typing Musou

  A battle-style typing game that I develop and run. How fast you type, and how many words you finish without a miss (the combo), become your character's attack power. The dojo has 150 stages that start from the home position, a 60-second Speed Trial, a no-miss Accuracy Drill, and a 100-stage Mock Combat against CPU opponents.

I will say it about my own service first. It is not for you in these cases.

• It does not run on phones

  If you open a game screen on a phone, you are sent to the public site. Articles like this one and the public site can be read on a phone. Tablets such as iPad work with a physical keyboard attached, but not with the on-screen keyboard. For the device details, see Typing Practice on a Phone or iPad.

• Romaji input only

  There is no kana-input mode. Romaji spellings are accepted either way, such as si and shi.

• You type only the Japanese words I prepared

  There is no practice with lyrics, topics you choose, or English text. Even if you switch the screen to English, what you type is Japanese in romaji.

• It is not a certification test

  It gives no grades or certificates. For certification tests, see the typing test guide.

• Your opponent may not be a person

  If Random Battle finds no opponent, a CPU takes the seat. If you only want human opponents, use Friend Battle.

• A short operating history

  It has been public for about six months (a half-anniversary campaign ran in October 2026). It has no long track record like Sushida (copyright notice from 2005) or e-typing (from 2001).

If you still want to try it, the tutorial takes about four minutes and needs no login.

• I just started and want to learn where the fingers go

  Check the finger assignments in the home position guide, then practice in a game. For learning step by step, there are Typing Musou's Home Position Dojo (150 stages) and e-typing's member-only basic practice (the official site says it practices the basics of typing text).

• I am thinking about a test or certificate

  The typing test guide lists the grades, fees and test formats I confirmed officially. Scores in games are separate from test grades.

• I want to keep going with songs or topics I like

  MyTyping or TypingTube. These two have far more prompts, and more variety, than Typing Musou.

• I want to battle other people

  TypingTube or Typing Musou. To play with friends, see How to Play Typing Battles with Friends.

• For a child, or for class

  The criteria are in Choosing a Free Typing Game for Kids. Sushida's official site allows classroom use for practice purposes (commercial use is prohibited), and TypingTube has a page for schools and companies (an organization sign-up request). Typing Musou's school features are on the teachers' page.

• I want to practice on a phone or tablet

  Typing Practice on a Phone or iPad lists what each device can do. The official TypingTube site says PC, smartphone and tablet all work.

No. Sushida reports money eaten; e-typing reports a level and a score. e-typing's official help explains WPM as “characters (alphanumeric keys) entered per minute”, and TypingTube's top page writes “WPM (keystrokes per minute)”.

Typing Musou's WPM is the number of correctly typed romaji keystrokes divided by 5, then by elapsed minutes. Even under the same name “WPM”, different counting can make the numbers differ by as much as about five times. Watch your own progress inside one service. For averages and benchmarks, see WPM Average & Benchmarks.

• Q. Which typing games are free?

  The official sites of Sushida, e-typing, MyTyping and Typing Musou say they are free (checked on October 18, 2026). On TypingTube’s official site I found neither a price nor any “free” wording; it says it is run on ad revenue, that you can play without an account, and that there is no limit on plays or songs. Some features, such as saving records, need an account. e-typing's certification test, “e-typing Master”, is paid (grade 8 is free).

• Q. Which ones can I play without signing up?

  You can play MyTyping, TypingTube and Typing Musou (every feature) without signing up, though TypingTube's battles need an account (no email address needed). Sushida's official site mentions no login. On e-typing, the skill check gets you to the start screen without logging in. Saving records and member-only practice need an account on e-typing, MyTyping and TypingTube.

• Q. Is there a typing game I can play on a phone?

  The official TypingTube site says it supports PC and smartphone, and that tablets work too. MyTyping offers flick-input practice in an iPhone/Android app. e-typing assumes a Japanese PC keyboard, and Typing Musou does not run on phones. For Sushida on phones and tablets, I could not confirm anything on the official site. More in Typing Practice on a Phone or iPad.

• Q. Which free typing games let me battle online?

  As far as I could confirm, TypingTube (the battle lobby) and Typing Musou (Random Battle and Friend Battle). In Typing Musou's Random Battle, a CPU takes the seat if no opponent is found.

• Q. Which suits children?

  Every service has something for kids: TypingTube's kids' corner, MyTyping's kids' section, Sushida's furigana display. The criteria for choosing are in Choosing a Free Typing Game for Kids.

• Q. Can I compare my Sushida score with my e-typing score?

  No. Sushida reports money, e-typing a level and a score, and each service counts WPM differently. Track your progress inside one service.

Choose a free typing game by goal: Sushida for short sessions, e-typing to record your speed, MyTyping or TypingTube for the topics you like, TypingTube or Typing Musou for battles. Typing Musou does not run on phones, is romaji-input only, and has no lyrics or English prompts, so who it suits and who it doesn't is clear.

The values in the tables were checked on each official site on October 18, 2026. They can change, so please check the official site before relying on them.

I checked the other services on the official pages below (checked October 18, 2026). The pages are in Japanese. Services can change their details.

1. Sushida (Neutral), top page — operator, free of charge, usage notice (no external tools, no commercial use), WebGL-capable browser, ways to type “shi”, furigana and romaji display settings
2. Sushida Q&A — system requirements; classroom use (allowed for practice, not for commercial use or charging fees)
3. Sushida in-game course-select and result screens — the three courses’ prices and times, the five modes, and the result-screen items (not on the official pages; I opened the game to check)
4. e-typing, top page — free typing practice, three types (romaji, English, kana), “typing of the month”, copyright notice (from 2001)
5. e-typing Skill Check (腕試しレベルチェック) — how a run ends, level table (E- to S, Good!)
6. e-typing help: “What does member-only practice contain?” — prompts change weekly, the ranking resets every Tuesday, member-only practice
7. e-typing help: “Where should I start?” — membership gives you the karte, which graphs your Skill Check results
8. e-typing help: “System requirements” — for PC keyboards; a Japanese PC keyboard is required
9. e-typing help: “What are WPM and EPM?” — how it explains WPM (characters, i.e. alphanumeric keys, entered per minute)
10. Typing Skill Test “e-typing Master”: exam contents — grade 8 is free; grade 7 and above are paid
11. MyTyping, top page — free of charge, number of prompts, login information, the kids’ section
12. MyTyping: “What is MyTyping?” — free to play and to create; supported environments (Mac: JIS keyboards only; tablets need a Bluetooth keyboard)
13. TypingTube, top page — song count, run on ad revenue, PC and smartphone support, playing without an account, score saving, rankings and battles, the kids’ corner, romaji/kana/flick input, how it explains WPM
14. TypingTube battle lobby — real-time battles in rooms, player counts
15. TypingTube: “For schools and companies” (organization sign-up request) — that a page for schools and companies exists