On Key Up: A Game for Keyboards

Released: Mar 8, 2022
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Last updated: 11 Sep 2026, 22:37 GMT

Updates & announcements

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22 Sep 2024Developer post
Endless Mode
We're back with a small but hopefully fun update! The "thank you for playing" playground level at the end of the game has been replaced with a new Endless Mode. This mode randomly picks a level and sub-challenge and continues indefinitely until you quit. There is also an accompan
21 Apr 2023Developer post
v1.0.1: Nordic Keyboards
Well, I finally have access to a Norwegian laptop, so I wanted to at least come back to this game and add support for Nordic keyboard layouts. The settings now differentiate between QWERTY (US) and QWERTY (NORDIC), with AZERTY and QWERTZ still being options, too, of course. I kno
21 Feb 2022Developer post
v1.0: Ready for Launch!
Well, we've finally tweaked On Key Up enough to consider it "done" and ready to leave Early Access. We'll be making the switch in the next week or two, along with another price increase, so grab the game now if you haven't already! In this latest update, we've also made the follo
Well, we've finally tweaked On Key Up enough to consider it "done" and ready to leave Early Access. We'll be making the switch in the next week or two, along with another price increase, so grab the game now if you haven't already!
In this latest update, we've also made the following changes:

A new playground level unlocks after finishing all of the regular levels. We hope to do more with this "playground," so let us know what you'd like to see!
The order of the levels has been adjusted, so the difficulty should scale more reasonably now. This is based on average times from players during Early Access and is still subject to change.
Sound effects have been improved.
Top 10 leaderboards are available in-game. After you've completed a level, click on the ✪ icon that appears next to your score.
We know development of this game has taken longer than it should, so we really appreciate everyone's patience and support. And, as always...
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02 Nov 2021Developer post
v0.9.0: The Final Levels!
Whew! It has been a long wait, but the last set of six levels is finally ready to play. This update brings the total level count to 24 and adds some interesting new challenges that include chains, lasers, balloons, and race cars: These levels have been placed right before the not
10 Oct 2021Developer post
v0.8.5: Dark Mode
To celebrate the upcoming Halloween season, we've released a new Dark Mode that changes the background and UI colors. Check it out: In other news, we're finished with four of the next six levels. We expect the entire level set to be ready sometime next month. Stay tuned!
29 Aug 2021Developer post
v0.8.4
New Keyboard Layouts On Key Up now supports AZERTY and QWERTZ keyboard layouts! The layout can be changed under Settings in the main menu. Please note that these layouts come with caveats, however. Due to how the game engine reads key inputs, some keys can't be pressed simultaneo
New Keyboard Layouts
On Key Up now supports AZERTY and QWERTZ keyboard layouts! The layout can be changed under Settings in the main menu. Please note that these layouts come with caveats, however. Due to how the game engine reads key inputs, some keys can't be pressed simultaneously, and others require a double tap. But this should still make the game much more playable than sticking with the default QWERTY layout.
Other Improvements
Version 0.8.4 makes a few other adjustments, including:

It's now more clear that the timer is supposed to stop at 1 hour.
Collision detection has been improved to cut down on objects glitching through each other and/or getting stuck.
The Make a Picture level has been slightly tweaked. Most notably, you can rotate the picture pieces by tossing them in the air like so:
Price Increase
Now that we're back on a regular development cycle and getting closer to the finished version of the game, the price will start increasing alongside major updates. The first increase will take place in about a week, with the next one coinciding with the release of the last set of levels later this year.
Thank you for your support during Early Access!
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23 Aug 2021Developer post
v0.8.3
New levels are coming, we promise! In the meantime, we're working on smaller improvements like localization, the first of which is for Simplified Chinese. The language can be changed under Settings in the main menu. This update also does the following: Changes the "paint all vowe
New levels are coming, we promise! In the meantime, we're working on smaller improvements like localization, the first of which is for Simplified Chinese. The language can be changed under Settings in the main menu.
This update also does the following:

Changes the "paint all vowels" challenge to "paint the letters K-E-Y-S."
Updates the behavior of the balls to (hopefully!) prevent them from getting stuck in the corners of the keyboard.
Adds a halfway setting for music and sound effect volumes. This is a stopgap measure until we're able to rebuild the UI with full-blown volume sliders in mind.
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28 Apr 2021Developer post
v0.8.2: Two More Levels
The latest update adds two more levels to the game, bringing the total to 18! The first new level tasks you with tossing rings onto one of the keyboard keys. The second level requires you to move pieces of a picture into place to form a complete animal. This also means two more a
26 Feb 2021Developer post
v0.8.0: New Levels
The next set of levels is finally here! This update includes six new challenges that range from sorting ball colors to flipping over playing cards to stacking hamburger ingredients. Each level also comes with a new achievement and leaderboard. The levels have been added after the
14 Jan 2021Developer post
v0.7.4
On Key Up has been out for a month now, and we're really excited by how many people have already downloaded it. Thank you for the support! We wanted to let you know that we're hard at work building a new set of levels, which will hopefully be ready within a month or two. In the m