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Bean and Nothingness
A difficult tile-based puzzle game about turning beans into monsters -- and monsters back into beans.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“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“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“- Are puzzle games this good ? - Always has bean”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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
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"
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
Hotfix -- Dec 24
This patch hotfixes a sound bug introduced on Windows in the most recent patch.
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.
| Genres | Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Puzzle · Difficult · Turn-Based · Logic · Level Editor · Singleplayer · 2D · Top-Down · Controller · Indie · Cute · Casual (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Official site | http://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