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Bots Are Stupid

Leander Edler-Golla · Yogscast Games · 2022-12-15

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 15, 2022 (Linux), Dec 15, 2022 (Mac), Dec 15, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An ultra-precise 2D platformer where you give robots instructions instead of directly controlling them. Master the campaign levels or create and share your own. “It’s Mario Maker with coding” - Lewis Brindley, Yogscast.

77%
positive of 235 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.29
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 26,927 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.7k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 235 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.62-11%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.90 at GameBillet (2025-10-04) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 123 of 158 observed days · $0.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520222026Week of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$0.902022-11-242026-10-092022-11-24 — best price $12.992023-01-10 — best price $11.042023-02-15 — best price $10.782023-04-18 — best price $7.092023-06-01 — best price $10.782023-07-17 — best price $5.992023-09-01 — best price $10.782023-10-28 — best price $10.282023-11-29 — best price $12.992024-01-06 — best price $10.282024-02-19 — best price $4.732024-03-19 — best price $5.072024-05-05 — best price $4.522024-06-01 — best price $12.342024-07-16 — best price $12.992024-08-15 — best price $5.192024-10-17 — best price $12.992024-11-27 — best price $2.752024-12-21 — best price $2.742025-01-06 — best price $2.472025-02-16 — best price $10.282025-04-14 — best price $2.142025-05-22 — best price $12.992025-07-08 — best price $2.602025-08-18 — best price $1.562025-09-22 — best price $1.162025-10-24 — best price $1.702025-11-22 — best price $1.362025-12-11 — best price $1.162026-01-15 — best price $10.282026-02-24 — best price $9.542026-04-20 — best price $9.892026-05-22 — best price $12.992026-06-26 — best price $1.152026-08-13 — best price $1.292026-09-14 — best price $1.032026-10-05 — best price $1.302026-10-09 — best price $11.62
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
97.5%
earned "Robotics 101"
2.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-12-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2026%32

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

Player tags

LogicCasualCodingPuzzleRobotsHackingAutomationFuturisticProgrammingLevel Editor

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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