The Game Census
Bean and Nothingness cover art

Bean and Nothingness

RBOR Games · 2021-12-01

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 01, 2021 (Linux), Dec 01, 2021 (Mac)

A difficult tile-based puzzle game about turning beans into monsters -- and monsters back into beans.

99%
positive of 223 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 12,925 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.5k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 223 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2023-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120212026Week of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$5.992021-12-012026-07-092021-12-01 — best price $10.192022-01-27 — best price $8.032022-02-19 — best price $8.032022-03-30 — best price $8.032022-05-18 — best price $8.032022-06-23 — best price $8.032022-08-16 — best price $8.032022-11-22 — best price $8.032022-12-22 — best price $8.032023-03-16 — best price $8.032023-04-24 — best price $8.032023-06-29 — best price $8.032023-08-03 — best price $8.032023-09-11 — best price $8.032023-10-23 — best price $8.032023-12-21 — best price $5.992024-02-05 — best price $8.032024-03-14 — best price $5.992024-05-23 — best price $5.992024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-07-30 — best price $8.032024-09-16 — best price $8.032024-11-27 — best price $5.992024-12-20 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-05-29 — best price $5.992025-06-27 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $5.992025-11-10 — best price $8.032025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $5.992026-05-28 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
54.7%
earned "Initiate"
7.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)19012%20

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

Player tags

2DCuteIndieLogicCasualPuzzleTop-DownDifficultControllerTurn-Based

Census log

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

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