{"id":208249,"date":"2025-09-27T21:55:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T21:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2146488"},"modified":"2025-09-27T21:55:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T21:55:33","slug":"best-60-65-75-and-tkl-keyboards-for-gaming-typing-and-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/best-60-65-75-and-tkl-keyboards-for-gaming-typing-and-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"Best 60%, 65%, 75% and TKL keyboards for gaming, typing and programming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/best-60-65-75-and-tkl-keyboards-for-gaming-typing-and-programming.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Compact keyboards are the fastest-growing segment of the mechanical keyboard space, a reversal of the traditional wisdom that gamers want full-size boards with tons of macro keys, media controls and other exciting doodads. Instead, these 60 percent, 65 percent, 75 percent and TKL boards focus on a clean aesthetic that&#8217;s super-portable and takes up minimal desk space, while still providing all of the keys you&#8217;ll need for 99 percent of modern games. In this round-up, we&#8217;ll share our recommendations for the very best compact keyboards on the market based on our extensive testing.<\/p>\n<p>Indie keyboard makers have been making 65 percent, 60 percent and even smaller sizes for the enthusiast crowd for years, but now the bigger brands are starting to get involved &#8211; the Razers, Corsairs and Logitechs of the world. If you wanted to see what the fuss is about with these smaller boards without losing creature comforts like synchronised RGB lighting and well-developed software packages, this is a great time to jump aboard the mini keyboard bandwagon. Of course, smaller vendors have their advantages too, and we&#8217;ll try to cover both ends of the spectrum &#8211; while still focusing on boards that are readily available.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and the by the way &#8211;\u00a0 if you&#8217;re interested in seeing our picks for full-size keyboards too, do check out our round-ups of the <a href=\"\/articles\/digitalfoundry-best-gaming-keyboard-mechanical-membrane\">best gaming keyboards<\/a> and <a href=\"\/articles\/digitalfoundry-best-mechanical-keyboard-for-gaming-typing-coding-7008\">best mechanical keyboards<\/a>, both of which have some unique options worth knowing about!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/digitalfoundry-best-60-percent-65-75-and-tkl-keyboards\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/digitalfoundry-best-60-percent-65-75-and-tkl-keyboards\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Compact keyboards are the fastest-growing segment of the mechanical keyboard space, a reversal of the traditional wisdom that gamers want full-size boards with tons of macro keys, media controls and other exciting doodads. 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Indie keyboard makers have been making 65 percent, 60 percent and even smaller sizes for the enthusiast crowd for years, but now the bigger brands are starting to get involved &#8211; the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/best-60-65-75-and-tkl-keyboards-for-gaming-typing-and-programming\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":208250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Best 60%, 65%, 75% and TKL keyboards for gaming, typing and programming | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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