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Back to Bed cover art

Back to Bed

Bedtime Digital Games · 2014-08-06

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 06, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 06, 2014 (Linux), Oct 29, 2014 (Windows Phone), Aug 25, 2015 (PlayStation Vita), Aug 25, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Dec 22, 2016 (Wii U)

A surreal 3D puzzle game where you guide Bob the sleepwalker safely back to bed. Move objects, avoid hazards, and solve dreamlike isometric puzzles as Bob’s subconscious guardian.

3
playing now
81%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Back to Bed is a puzzle video game developed and published by independent developer Bedtime Digital Studios. It was released as a browser game in 2011, then for Windows, OS X, and Linux on August 6, 2014; for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita on August 25, 2015; Android and iOS on August 28, 2014; Wii U on December 22, 2016; and Nintendo Switch on April 11, 2019.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 73k–176k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,933 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$0.59-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.80-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.47 at Fanatical (2024-06-17) · bundled 15×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 55 of 91 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

312026-08-06 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.15$0.472015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $4.012015-07-03 — best price $5.992015-12-22 — best price $1.492016-06-14 — best price $5.992016-11-01 — best price $5.992017-07-05 — best price $5.992018-01-19 — best price $4.492018-06-29 — best price $5.992018-10-18 — best price $5.032019-02-22 — best price $2.692019-08-29 — best price $1.492020-01-14 — best price $5.552020-04-27 — best price $1.492020-07-09 — best price $5.992020-08-23 — best price $1.192020-10-11 — best price $5.282020-11-20 — best price $0.532021-01-11 — best price $0.592021-03-08 — best price $5.992021-04-16 — best price $0.602021-05-28 — best price $5.992021-08-13 — best price $0.602021-12-01 — best price $5.992022-03-25 — best price $5.202022-08-05 — best price $0.532022-11-29 — best price $4.712023-03-01 — best price $5.282023-06-12 — best price $1.192023-09-22 — best price $5.992024-01-20 — best price $2.992024-05-29 — best price $5.282024-10-11 — best price $0.472025-03-13 — best price $1.192025-08-04 — best price $0.472025-11-21 — best price $0.472026-03-14 — best price $5.992026-06-16 — best price $5.282026-08-24 — best price $0.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1412026-05-27 — 3 pageviews2026-05-30 — 3 pageviews2026-06-02 — 9 pageviews2026-06-05 — 4 pageviews2026-06-08 — 4 pageviews2026-06-11 — 3 pageviews2026-06-14 — 6 pageviews2026-06-17 — 6 pageviews2026-06-20 — 8 pageviews2026-06-23 — 3 pageviews2026-06-26 — 9 pageviews2026-06-29 — 5 pageviews2026-07-02 — 4 pageviews2026-07-05 — 2 pageviews2026-07-08 — 5 pageviews2026-07-11 — 6 pageviews2026-07-14 — 11 pageviews2026-07-17 — 10 pageviews2026-07-20 — 6 pageviews2026-07-23 — 10 pageviews2026-07-26 — 4 pageviews2026-07-29 — 4 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1 pageviews2026-08-04 — 7 pageviews2026-08-07 — 6 pageviews2026-08-10 — 6 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-16 — 7 pageviews2026-08-19 — 14 pageviews2026-08-22 — 8 pageviews2026-08-24 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
31.1%
earned "Understanding the Basics"
6.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,32114%20
PS4, PS3, PS Vita (PlayStation)3,61420%16
PS4, PS3, PS Vita (PlayStation)43758%16
Switch (Nintendo)110%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieShortActionCasualPuzzleSurrealAdventureIsometricSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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