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Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus cover art

Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus

Squid Shock Studios · Balor Games · 2024-07-17

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 17, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Jul 18, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 17, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 17, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

Flow gracefully through a colorful, hand-drawn 2.5D action platformer inspired by Japanese folklore. Engage in acrobatic aerial combat, unlock powerful mystical abilities, and explore an interconnected world of myth as you seek to unravel the mysteries of your origin.

7
playing now
84%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
16h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 20h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus is an action-adventure platform game developed by Squid Shock Studios and published by Humble Games, and published by Raredrop Games on home consoles. It was released on 17 July 2024, for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. It was the final game Humble Games published before effectively being closed on 23 July.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 27% of 10,910 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 34k–77k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,709 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99-50%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.49 at Fanatical (2026-06-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 43 of 63 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1872026-08-27 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 11 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 10 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 18 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$8.492024-07-172026-08-302024-07-17 — best price $14.622024-07-20 — best price $18.432024-07-23 — best price $18.432024-10-16 — best price $15.992024-11-05 — best price $18.432024-11-22 — best price $13.592024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-14 — best price $19.992024-12-20 — best price $14.392025-01-04 — best price $19.992025-01-23 — best price $13.372025-02-13 — best price $15.992025-03-13 — best price $13.992025-04-17 — best price $12.272025-04-26 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $13.992025-07-14 — best price $19.992025-09-04 — best price $19.992025-11-17 — best price $13.992025-11-24 — best price $19.992025-12-08 — best price $9.992025-12-20 — best price $15.742026-01-07 — best price $15.892026-02-02 — best price $15.892026-02-09 — best price $10.792026-02-26 — best price $19.992026-03-09 — best price $10.192026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-04-01 — best price $19.992026-04-14 — best price $9.992026-04-23 — best price $15.892026-05-18 — best price $8.692026-06-03 — best price $9.992026-06-17 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-03 — best price $8.692026-08-21 — best price $15.892026-08-28 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

50152026-05-29 — 45 pageviews2026-06-01 — 25 pageviews2026-06-04 — 50 pageviews2026-06-07 — 41 pageviews2026-06-10 — 41 pageviews2026-06-13 — 33 pageviews2026-06-16 — 23 pageviews2026-06-19 — 23 pageviews2026-06-22 — 21 pageviews2026-06-25 — 32 pageviews2026-06-28 — 40 pageviews2026-07-01 — 37 pageviews2026-07-04 — 26 pageviews2026-07-07 — 36 pageviews2026-07-10 — 27 pageviews2026-07-13 — 26 pageviews2026-07-16 — 20 pageviews2026-07-19 — 26 pageviews2026-07-22 — 35 pageviews2026-07-25 — 33 pageviews2026-07-28 — 39 pageviews2026-07-31 — 29 pageviews2026-08-03 — 29 pageviews2026-08-06 — 22 pageviews2026-08-09 — 22 pageviews2026-08-12 — 26 pageviews2026-08-15 — 25 pageviews2026-08-18 — 23 pageviews2026-08-21 — 34 pageviews2026-08-24 — 15 pageviews2026-08-26 — 27 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
87.5%
earned "Exorciser"
24.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8903%41
PS5 (PlayStation)7735%41
Xbox Series (Xbox)902%41
Switch (Nintendo)880%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteActionDragonsCartoonyStylizedComic BookPlatformerSouls-likeExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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