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BAKU -バク- cover art

BAKU -バク-

ひろめてん · ひろゆ～ · 2025-08-24

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 25, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

BAKU is a single-player spot-the-difference game. Save the troubled animals by eating their nightmares. However, there is a secret to this story.

BAKU -バク- is a $5.99 Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2025, holding a Very Positive sentiment from 54 reviews.

100%
positive of 54 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 80% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (31 reviews).
  • · Top 52% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 54 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2025-08-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
303020252026Week of 2025-08-25: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$4.792025-08-252026-07-092025-08-25 — best price $4.792025-08-31 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $4.792026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $4.792026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $4.792026-07-09 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-09-03 (Steam store data)

Census log

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

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