Indie · March 13, 2019
Baba Is You (2019)
Baba Is You is an award-winning puzzle game where you can change the rules by which you play. In every level, the rules themselves are present as blocks you can interact with; by manipulating them, you can change how the level works and cause surprising, unexpected interactions! With some simple block-pushing you can turn yourself into a rock, turn patches of grass into dangerously hot obstacles, and even change the goal you need to reach to something entirely different. The game has over 200 levels that experiment with the game's mechanics in a multitude of ways, requiring the player to understand and manipulate the rules of the game and figure out devious ways to make the objects in the game world interact. The game was originally created for and won the Nordic Game Jam 2017. Baba Is You also won the Excellence in Design and Best Student Game awards in the Independent Games Festival 2018, and was nominated a finalist in 2 other categories, including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize. The game was made using Multimedia Fusion 2 by Clickteam.
Indie releases from 2019
38 Indie titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.
Position in Indie
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 21.9k Steam reviews | Top 13% in Indie |
| Positive rating | 98% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 4% |
| Metacritic | 87/100 | Genre average 77 — top 12% of Indie titles |
| Concurrent peak | 269 players | Top 19% in Indie by live player count |
| Engagement hours | 10 h average | Top 58% for session depth among Indie |
Peer Indie titles
Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Puzzle · 601
- Indie · 406
- Difficult · 374
- Singleplayer · 280
- Logic · 267
- Pixel Graphics · 260
- Cute · 232
- Programming · 207
- 2D · 205
- Sokoban · 199
- Great Soundtrack · 122
- Minimalist · 71
- Casual · 56
- Level Editor · 55
- Top-Down · 37
Reception Metrics
Steam community
98%Overwhelmingly Positive · 21.9k reviews
21.5k positive · 438 negative
Metacritic
87/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
8.3/10
Curator recommendations
19.5k
Peak concurrent players
269
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (12)
- English
- Spanish - Spain
- Korean
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Thai
- French
- Italian
- Dutch
- Japanese
- Portuguese - Portugal
- Portuguese - Brazil
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
- Remote Play on Phone
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Remote Play on TV
Input & Comfort
- Partial Controller Support
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
10h
short (5–15 hours)
Median
4h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
6h
Current engagement
Achievements
18
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Mar 13, 2019 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Hempuli Oy |
| Base price | $10.49 -30% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 1 released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Editions & Packages
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