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Bean and Nothingness

Bean and Nothingness

A difficult tile-based puzzle game about turning beans into monsters -- and monsters back into beans.

Released Dec 1, 2021 Developer RBOR Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux PuzzleDifficultTurn-BasedLogicLevel Editor
View on Steam ↗ $11.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

98.7%positive224 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“I have reached the good ending of bean and nothingness. This is a unique puzzler that derives complexity from numerous monsters. Mechanically speaking, each monster is quite complex, and so it incentivizes the player to experiment to learn about the intricacies of how each one…”

— a player, Steam review · 79 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“havent finished the game but i can already say this is an extremely well made puzzle game. im 8 worlds in and there hasnt been a single level i dislike or even found annoying which is extremely rare for me. despite my love for puzzle games i am a very impatient person at times…”

— a player, Steam review · 73 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“- Are puzzle games this good ? - Always has bean”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

50all-time peak
0 10 20 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 14 avg · Aug 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

20achievements
7.8%median completion
3.5%rarest: Bean Mastery
54.7% of players 25.9% of players 24.9% of players 19.7% of players 17.1% of players 13.8% of players 12.6% of players 11.2% of players 8.5% of players 7.9% of players 7.8% of players 7.3% of players 7.0% of players 6.8% of players 5.3% of players 5.0% of players 4.8% of players 4.4% of players 3.6% of players 3.5% of players 54.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
54.7%Initiate — Reach the altar on Initiate's Island.
25.9%Buckets and Bean Switches — Reach the altar on the Island of Buckets.
24.9%Mastery of Rollers and Bombs — Solve every puzzle on Initiate's Island.
Rarest badges of honor
3.5%Bean Mastery — Solve every puzzle.
3.6%Just For Fun — Hidden achievement
4.4%Mastery of Petals — Solve every puzzle on the Island of Petals.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Feb 10, 2025
Patch Notes - Feb 10 2025

This patch is for the Windows and Linux versions only. Bugfixes Fixed a bug that could cause bookmarks to vanish after saving, quitting, and reloading. Fixed a bug that could cause the player to exit

Oct 04, 2024
Patch Notes - Oct 4 2024

This patch is for the Windows and Linux versions only. Puzzles "thin line of slime" - removed an unintended solution. "little bean in a big pond" - removed an unintended solution. "unusual retrieval"

Dec 26, 2022
Patch Notes -- Dec 26

Bugfixes Converted all sound effects to a standard format to hopefully reduce instances of "buzzing". Puzzles "a thin line of slime": Fixed an unintended solution, and hopefully constrained the puzzle

Dec 25, 2022
Hotfix -- Dec 24

This patch hotfixes a sound bug introduced on Windows in the most recent patch.

Dec 22, 2022
Patch Notes -- Dec 22

Gameplay (Island IV) Fixed an edge-case where vines could sometimes grab "through" another vineable object (most easily spotted in interactions with rollers during their initial lunge) Bugfixes Linux:

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresCasual, Indie
Player tagsPuzzle · Difficult · Turn-Based · Logic · Level Editor · Singleplayer · 2D · Top-Down · Controller · Indie · Cute · Casual (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements20
Official sitehttp://beanandnothingness.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.6+ GHz, 32 bit Memory: 1 GB RAM Storage: 300 MB available space