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Back to Bed cover art

Back to Bed

Bedtime Digital Games · 2014-08-06

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Back to Bed is a $5.99 Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2014, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (81% of 2935 reviews).

2
playing now
81%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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.

Trailer

Back to Bed trailer thumbnail

Back to Bed - Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 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 9% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 73k–176k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,935 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$0.59-90%
Steam$1.19-80%

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 62 of 94 observed days · $0.72 above the all-time low (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

712026-09-15 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6290Jul 2014Aug 2026Jul 2014 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2014 — avg 1 · peak 9Mar 2015 — avg 1 · peak 8Jul 2015 — avg 12 · peak 46Nov 2015 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2016 — avg 2 · peak 21Jul 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 11Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2017 — avg 75 · peak 802Mar 2018 — avg 9 · peak 90Jul 2018 — avg 10 · peak 120Nov 2018 — avg 6 · peak 54Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 20Jul 2019 — avg 3 · peak 26Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 109Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 12Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2021 — avg 9 · peak 185Nov 2021 — avg 8 · peak 265Mar 2022 — avg 15 · peak 261Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 14Nov 2022 — avg 13 · peak 90Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 33Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 41Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 6Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 45
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.15$0.472015-01-012026-10-132015-01-01 — 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 $5.282026-09-26 — best price $0.592026-10-13 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1412026-05-27 — 3 pageviews2026-05-31 — 6 pageviews2026-06-04 — 2 pageviews2026-06-08 — 4 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-20 — 8 pageviews2026-06-24 — 5 pageviews2026-06-28 — 8 pageviews2026-07-02 — 4 pageviews2026-07-06 — 5 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-14 — 11 pageviews2026-07-18 — 5 pageviews2026-07-22 — 7 pageviews2026-07-26 — 4 pageviews2026-07-30 — 2 pageviews2026-08-03 — 4 pageviews2026-08-07 — 6 pageviews2026-08-11 — 5 pageviews2026-08-15 — 5 pageviews2026-08-19 — 14 pageviews2026-08-23 — 3 pageviews2026-08-27 — 11 pageviews2026-08-31 — 5 pageviews2026-09-04 — 4 pageviews2026-09-08 — 7 pageviews2026-09-12 — 10 pageviews2026-09-16 — 6 pageviews2026-09-20 — 9 pageviews2026-09-24 — 6 pageviews2026-09-28 — 8 pageviews2026-10-02 — 11 pageviews2026-10-06 — 2 pageviews2026-10-10 — 4 pageviews2026-10-12 — 7 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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieShortActionCasualPuzzleSurrealAdventureIsometricSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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