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Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians
Awakened from his slumber, Beatbuddy journeys through lush hand-painted environments on a quest to save his companions and his own immortality. Beatbuddy interacts with the living breathing environment that pulses to the beat of an original soundtrack, aiding him as he unlocks new paths and solves p
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Beatbuddy is a charming underwater adventure where the music genuinely comes alive through the environment — watching creatures and obstacles pulse in sync with the electroswing soundtrack is something I hadn't experienced before in a game. The hand-drawn visuals are gorgeous,…”
— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played“Fun game!”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“Kind of a whatever beat based puzzle game.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
NEW BEATBUDDY GAME, BUNDLES & SOUNDTRACK!
Hey Beatbuddies To celebrate the release of the all new Beatbuddy: On Tour we've finally released the original Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians Soundtrack on Steam! If you want to go ALL IN you can ch
NEW BEATBUDDY GAME, BUNDLES & SOUNDTRACK!
Hey Beatbuddies To celebrate the release of the all new Beatbuddy: On Tour we've finally released the original Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians Soundtrack on Steam! If you want to go ALL IN you can ch
ALL NEW TOUCH CONTROLS OPTIMISED FOR 2 IN 1!
This awesome patch brings you all new touch controls optimised for 2 in 1 Ultrabook Devices delivering a crazy new Beatbuddy experience! All New Touch Controls Polished Mouse Controls New Russian Lang
ALL NEW TOUCH CONTROLS OPTIMISED FOR 2 IN 1!
This awesome patch brings you all new touch controls optimised for 2 in 1 Ultrabook Devices delivering a crazy new Beatbuddy experience! All New Touch Controls Polished Mouse Controls New Russian Lang
Epic Patch with all new Mouse controls
The new Beatbuddy patch is here! As a highlight we bring you brand new mouse controls. We completely refurbished the input and are super happy with the results! We also added a new menu song and made
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Music · Rhythm · Adventure · Casual · Action · Great Soundtrack · Puzzle · 2D · Platformer · Singleplayer · Touch-Friendly (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Remote Play on TV |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://beatbuddy.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 Processor: 1.8 GHz (dual core) Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB NVidia or ATI graphics card, Intel HD Graphics 3000 or better DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1 GB available space