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Baldo: The Guardian Owls cover art

Baldo: The Guardian Owls

Naps Team · 2021-08-26

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ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 27, 2021 (iOS), Jul 26, 2021 (Mac), Aug 27, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 27, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 27, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Aug 27, 2021 (Xbox One)

The prophecy is coming true, a pure-heart child has been born. The no-heart creature sealed in the underworld by the wise owls is destined to rise again.

64%
positive of 197 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3.77★
PlayStation Store rating (313 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)
Baldo: The Guardian Owls is an action-adventure video game developed and published by NAPS team. It was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, as well as iOS and macOS through Apple Arcade. The Switch version of the game was scheduled to be released first in summer 2020 as a timed console exclusive, but the game was indefinitely delayed in September of that year. The game was released on August 27, 2021.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (76 reviews).
  • · Top 44% of 16,758 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.9k–8.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 197 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $13.99 at GOG (2026-07-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 1 of 5 observed days · $6.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
414120212026Week of 2021-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$13.992021-08-272026-09-202021-08-27 — best price $24.992021-12-06 — best price $19.992021-12-20 — best price $24.992022-04-26 — best price $19.992022-05-10 — best price $24.992022-06-16 — best price $17.492022-06-30 — best price $17.492022-07-07 — best price $24.992023-03-08 — best price $17.492023-03-15 — best price $24.992023-10-09 — best price $17.492023-10-16 — best price $24.992024-11-27 — best price $16.242024-12-04 — best price $24.992026-02-18 — best price $19.992026-07-07 — best price $19.992026-07-17 — best price $13.992026-07-25 — best price $19.992026-09-20 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3132026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-25 — 7 pageviews2026-06-28 — 12 pageviews2026-07-01 — 14 pageviews2026-07-04 — 10 pageviews2026-07-07 — 10 pageviews2026-07-10 — 7 pageviews2026-07-13 — 11 pageviews2026-07-16 — 9 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-22 — 19 pageviews2026-07-25 — 12 pageviews2026-07-28 — 8 pageviews2026-07-31 — 11 pageviews2026-08-03 — 8 pageviews2026-08-06 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-12 — 26 pageviews2026-08-15 — 28 pageviews2026-08-18 — 21 pageviews2026-08-21 — 19 pageviews2026-08-24 — 18 pageviews2026-08-27 — 6 pageviews2026-08-30 — 16 pageviews2026-09-02 — 9 pageviews2026-09-05 — 11 pageviews2026-09-08 — 7 pageviews2026-09-11 — 6 pageviews2026-09-14 — 19 pageviews2026-09-17 — 13 pageviews2026-09-18 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
40.3%
earned "Meet Baldo's Grandpa"
11%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Player tags

3DRPGAnimeActionPuzzleCartoonCartoonyColorfulCinematicAction RPG

Census log

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

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