Simian Shakespeare
One Bard. Infinite Monkeys. Hire apes to type at random until Shakespeare appears. Starting with a monkey pecking one character at a time, and scales all the way up to hundreds of monkeys hammering away and…
Simian Shakespeare is an indie developed by Terracotta Sombrero, released 23 September 2026 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Simian Shakespeare is
Simian Shakespeare is an indie game developed by Terracotta Sombrero and released in 2026. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
One Bard. Infinite Monkeys. Hire apes to type at random until Shakespeare appears. Starting with a monkey pecking one character at a time, and scales all the way up to hundreds of monkeys hammering away and even a Monkey on your GPU typing millions of characters a second! Will they fill the book?
How it plays
Its themes are educational and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Simian Shakespeare launched on 23 September 2026, within three weeks of Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant and Onimusha: Way of the Sword.
Released around the same time: Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant, Onimusha: Way of the Sword.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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