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Bubble Bobble 4 Friends: The Baron's Workshop cover art

Bubble Bobble 4 Friends: The Baron's Workshop

TAITO CORP. · 2021-09-30

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Action

Franchise: Bubble Bobble · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 30, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 19, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 17, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Use your bubble-blowing abilities to trap your enemies and conquer a variety of stages in this action-puzzle game! Includes the original arcade game, The Baron is Back expansion, and a new exclusive Workshop Mode only on Steam!

64%
positive of 145 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 16,414 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.9k–6.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 145 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420212026Week of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$9.992021-09-302026-07-092021-09-30 — best price $33.992021-11-24 — best price $27.992022-01-27 — best price $23.992022-04-27 — best price $23.992022-06-24 — best price $23.992022-11-22 — best price $23.992022-12-22 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $23.992023-04-28 — best price $23.992023-06-30 — best price $23.992023-11-21 — best price $19.992023-12-18 — best price $15.992024-03-14 — best price $15.992024-04-25 — best price $15.992024-06-27 — best price $13.992024-11-27 — best price $13.992024-12-19 — best price $13.992025-02-10 — best price $13.992025-03-13 — best price $13.992025-04-24 — best price $13.992025-06-26 — best price $13.992025-10-01 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-04-22 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
53.9%
earned "Clear Bookshelf Forest"
3.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Player tags

2DCute1980sCo-opRetroActionArcadeColorfulMultiplayerLevel Editor

Census log

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

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