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Beat Around The Bush
Beat Around the Bush is a series done over YouTube shorts where the top comment got the next addition to the game. Beat Around the Bush is a game where your primary goal is to Beat around the Bush. Once you do, you did it. You won. Therefore, there's no more reason to keep playing this game.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
18 of the 73 reviews raise this.
“it's very interesting game but fun <><”
“Beat Around the Bush is a short, surreal puzzle game that feels like a fever dream you’d have after spending too much time in a hedge maze. Developed by Sokpop Collective, it carries their signature "sketchy" art style…”
5 of the 73 reviews raise this.
5 of the 73 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I'm not gonna beat around the bush with this review... Its a grind and upgrade game. If you're a follower of JustJeff's games you like this and the connection to his other games. If you're not a follower of JustJeff...…”
4 of the 73 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☑ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
4 of the 73 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“It feeds off of our own fear, our fear of failure. On a real note, if you wanna see through it and beat the bush, you're gonna need a ♥♥♥♥ ton of patience because the early game is borderline torturing.”
Counted across 73 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“"Wha... What am I doing...? No matter how much I keep hitting the ground, it doesn't fix anything... it doesn't fill the void in my heart, nor it doesn't make me stronger. The one thing that I must do is address... the bush... but I can't... The bush is stronger than I ever will…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“This game... is amazing, it is the PEAK of video gaming in the last 50 years... I HIGHLY recommend this game because it projects a feeling of adventure. Yes I spent 1 hour on the game and unlocked 3 achievements, but WHO in their right mind cares? and trust me you WILL spend…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“It's time to address the elephant in the room. I mean bush? It's time to address the bush? Beat the elephant? Bush the beat around the elephant in the bush with a bat. Yeah!”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Casual, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Casual · Arcade · Point & Click · Idler · Immersive Sim · Free to Play · Stylized · Comedy · Funny · Singleplayer · Psychological Horror (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 14 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 960 / AMD Radeon RX 470 with 4 GB VRAM Storage: 2 GB available space