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The Baby In Yellow

Team Terrible · 2023-05-25

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 17, 2021 (iOS), Jul 12, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 09, 2021 (Android)

You've got a new babysitting job, and things are taking a turn for the weird. Feed him, read him a bedtime story, and try not to fall into his dreams. How long can you stay in control?

The Baby In Yellow is a 2023 Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Early Access game priced at $8.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 2507 reviews).

37
playing now
97%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
11,092
twitch viewers (latest)
11092.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
65/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 8h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

37 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

As a baby sitter you have to deal with some unruly children. This one might be your last.... How long will you stay in control?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 37 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 693 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~87/week).
  • · Review velocity up 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 29,028 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 50k–113k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,507 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.39 at GreenManGaming (2025-01-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 10 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21721720232026Week of 2023-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

75162026-09-15 15:00 — 30 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 19 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 24 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 56 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 41 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 20 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 38 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 30 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 24 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 53 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 20 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 18 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 24 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 46 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 28 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 37 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 33 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 20 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 20 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 57 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 23 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 75 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 37 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7015Jun 2023Aug 2026Jun 2023 — avg 25 · peak 63Jul 2023 — avg 16 · peak 37Aug 2023 — avg 16 · peak 48Sep 2023 — avg 15 · peak 41Oct 2023 — avg 19 · peak 52Nov 2023 — avg 16 · peak 72Dec 2023 — avg 35 · peak 94Jan 2024 — avg 30 · peak 69Feb 2024 — avg 22 · peak 48Mar 2024 — avg 21 · peak 54Apr 2024 — avg 20 · peak 49May 2024 — avg 19 · peak 50Jun 2024 — avg 20 · peak 42Jul 2024 — avg 19 · peak 44Aug 2024 — avg 34 · peak 243Sep 2024 — avg 38 · peak 131Oct 2024 — avg 25 · peak 62Nov 2024 — avg 23 · peak 78Dec 2024 — avg 27 · peak 58Jan 2025 — avg 22 · peak 54Feb 2025 — avg 20 · peak 41Mar 2025 — avg 18 · peak 48Apr 2025 — avg 20 · peak 46May 2025 — avg 19 · peak 45Jun 2025 — avg 18 · peak 39Jul 2025 — avg 19 · peak 43Aug 2025 — avg 18 · peak 38Sep 2025 — avg 16 · peak 42Oct 2025 — avg 16 · peak 41Nov 2025 — avg 58 · peak 201Dec 2025 — avg 70 · peak 144Jan 2026 — avg 46 · peak 122Feb 2026 — avg 41 · peak 101Mar 2026 — avg 41 · peak 107Apr 2026 — avg 42 · peak 94May 2026 — avg 40 · peak 86Jun 2026 — avg 38 · peak 79Jul 2026 — avg 36 · peak 71Aug 2026 — avg 33 · peak 69
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$8.99$5.392023-05-262026-08-222023-05-26 — best price $8.992023-09-14 — best price $8.992023-11-02 — best price $8.992023-11-28 — best price $8.992024-01-04 — best price $8.992024-03-21 — best price $8.992024-04-11 — best price $8.992024-05-27 — best price $8.992024-07-11 — best price $8.992024-09-03 — best price $8.992024-10-25 — best price $5.822024-11-02 — best price $8.992024-11-06 — best price $8.992024-11-27 — best price $7.192024-12-13 — best price $5.752025-01-02 — best price $8.992025-01-24 — best price $5.392025-02-17 — best price $7.192025-03-13 — best price $7.192025-03-20 — best price $8.992025-04-18 — best price $8.992025-05-24 — best price $8.992025-06-27 — best price $7.192025-07-15 — best price $8.992025-08-09 — best price $8.992025-08-28 — best price $8.992025-10-06 — best price $8.992025-11-04 — best price $8.992025-11-17 — best price $8.992025-11-27 — best price $8.992025-12-12 — best price $7.192026-01-05 — best price $8.992026-03-18 — best price $7.192026-03-26 — best price $8.992026-06-22 — best price $6.292026-07-09 — best price $8.992026-08-14 — best price $6.292026-08-22 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
86.2%
earned "The Sheep Stepped Forth"
16.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Thai, Vietnamese, Dutch, Polish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4903%38

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FunnyHorrorPuzzleMysteryPhysicsSurrealLore-RichDark HumorStory RichDark Comedy

Census log

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

Recent updates

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