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Born of Bread

WildArts Games · Dear Villagers · 2023-12-05

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AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 05, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 05, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 05, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Dec 05, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

Get ready to go on a wacky and joyful turn-based RPG adventure! Play as Loaf, a freshly baked flour golem, and explore the different regions of a wonderful world ripe with mysteries with the help of a colorful cast of characters.

Born of Bread is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, and RPG game released in 2023 for $24.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 557 reviews).

3
playing now
79%
positive of 559 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
1
Nexus mods (18 downloads)
4.31★
PlayStation Store rating (270 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Born of Bread is a 2023 video game developed by French Canadian independent developer WildArts and published by Plug In Digital. It is an action-RPG in which players fight enemies as a batch of bread that has been brought to life named Loaf. The developers aimed to create a game evocative of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, creating a similar visual style that merges two and three dimensional graphics. Upon release, the game received average reviews.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 66 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 28,889 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 559 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$2.49-90%
Steam$3.74-85%
WinGameStore$3.74-85%
GreenManGaming$3.75-85%
GOG$24.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at IndieGala Store (2026-03-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 154 of 187 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11511520232026Week of 2023-12-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
443Dec 2023Aug 2026Dec 2023 — avg 44 · peak 169Jan 2024 — avg 15 · peak 40Feb 2024 — avg 7 · peak 22Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 20Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18May 2024 — avg 11 · peak 39Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19Jul 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 27Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Oct 2024 — avg 8 · peak 26Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 20Feb 2026 — avg 5 · peak 22Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$2.492023-12-052026-10-152023-12-05 — best price $21.242024-01-25 — best price $22.492024-03-03 — best price $22.392024-03-28 — best price $24.992024-04-30 — best price $22.392024-06-17 — best price $13.242024-07-15 — best price $19.672024-08-12 — best price $18.892024-09-09 — best price $7.772024-10-22 — best price $19.882024-11-22 — best price $8.242024-12-19 — best price $9.992025-01-27 — best price $6.932025-02-21 — best price $24.992025-04-05 — best price $19.672025-05-01 — best price $8.742025-06-18 — best price $19.882025-07-26 — best price $24.992025-09-04 — best price $6.242025-09-30 — best price $24.992025-10-29 — best price $19.882025-11-29 — best price $19.672025-12-23 — best price $24.992026-01-31 — best price $24.992026-02-27 — best price $24.992026-03-22 — best price $24.992026-04-11 — best price $19.672026-05-01 — best price $4.992026-05-26 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $3.742026-07-16 — best price $3.742026-08-01 — best price $3.752026-08-14 — best price $2.492026-08-24 — best price $3.082026-09-03 — best price $3.742026-09-13 — best price $2.492026-09-23 — best price $3.152026-10-03 — best price $3.752026-10-13 — best price $2.492026-10-15 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2122026-05-28 — 6 pageviews2026-06-01 — 9 pageviews2026-06-05 — 8 pageviews2026-06-09 — 6 pageviews2026-06-13 — 7 pageviews2026-06-17 — 8 pageviews2026-06-21 — 3 pageviews2026-06-25 — 8 pageviews2026-06-29 — 5 pageviews2026-07-03 — 5 pageviews2026-07-07 — 5 pageviews2026-07-11 — 5 pageviews2026-07-15 — 13 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-23 — 11 pageviews2026-07-27 — 5 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-04 — 2 pageviews2026-08-08 — 6 pageviews2026-08-12 — 6 pageviews2026-08-16 — 2 pageviews2026-08-20 — 6 pageviews2026-08-24 — 10 pageviews2026-08-28 — 6 pageviews2026-09-01 — 6 pageviews2026-09-05 — 10 pageviews2026-09-09 — 3 pageviews2026-09-13 — 21 pageviews2026-09-17 — 6 pageviews2026-09-21 — 5 pageviews2026-09-25 — 8 pageviews2026-09-29 — 2 pageviews2026-10-03 — 8 pageviews2026-10-07 — 9 pageviews2026-10-11 — 10 pageviews2026-10-13 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
77.2%
earned "Mischievous Bread"
15.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-12-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4644%36
PS5 (PlayStation)39317%37
Xbox Series (Xbox)1786%36
Switch (Nintendo)400%0

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

Player tags

RPG2.5DCuteFunnyComedyCartoonColorfulAdventurePlatformerSoundtrack

Census log

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

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