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Garten of Banban 4 cover art

Garten of Banban 4

Euphoric Brothers · 2023-08-11

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ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 20, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), May 30, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Aug 11, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 25, 2024 (Xbox One), Jun 25, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), May 30, 2024 (PlayStation 4)

Explore the abandoned levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the residents of the establishment that was left suspiciously empty. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…

5
playing now
77%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.48★
PlayStation Store rating (1,236 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

With no direction to go but down, you are forced to delve into even deeper levels of the mysterious establishment that is Banban’s kindergarten. Little do you know, you are heading down to where no human has been for quite some time… With an entire underworld for you to explore and survive, you will be having plenty of opportunities to finally make some friends. Despite the suspicious lack of humans in the entire establishment, you will never feel alone! In Banban’s Kindergarten, there are friends to be made in every corner!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 111 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (895 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 39k–87k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,936 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
64864820232026Week of 2023-08-01: 648 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-15 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$4.992023-08-112026-10-092023-08-11 — best price $9.992023-09-18 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $7.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992023-12-22 — best price $7.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-11-12 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-30 — best price $7.992025-11-03 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $6.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-28 — best price $9.992026-09-04 — best price $9.992026-09-11 — best price $9.992026-09-18 — best price $9.992026-09-25 — best price $9.992026-10-02 — best price $9.992026-10-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)18327%15
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)14521%15
PS4 (PlayStation)4328%15
Switch (Nintendo)80%0

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

Player tags

3DDarkActionHorrorPuzzleMysteryCartoonyAdventureLore-RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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