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Bots Are Stupid

Bots Are Stupid

An ultra-precise 2D platformer where you give robots instructions instead of directly controlling them. Master the campaign levels or create and share your own. “It’s Mario Maker with coding” - Lewis Brindley, Yogscast.

Released Dec 15, 2022 Developer Leander Edler-Golla Publisher Yogscast Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux LogicCodingProgrammingScore AttackLevel Editor
View on Steam ↗ $1.29 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.

76.8%positive233 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Definitely has a lot of trial and error that becomes boring very quickly. Some people might enjoy this, though.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I'm not too far into the game yet, but after finding my footing in the first couple levels of introduction, I've had a blast iterating on my programs to sling my little bot around each corner as quickly as possible to shave time off the clock and climb the rankings for each…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This game tries to be a unique turtle scripting game, but it feels extremely basic and limited when you realize it's much better to just bump wait timers by 0.1 until you complete the puzzle. There are some good conditional concepts like wait until / while / while not, but a…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2025-08 via SteamCharts.

50all-time peak
0 10 20 2023 2024 2025 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 19 avg · Dec 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

32achievements
2.5%median completion
1.8%rarest: Senior Test Engineer
97.5% of players 62.6% of players 52.6% of players 49.0% of players 24.3% of players 20.8% of players 10.2% of players 9.1% of players 6.5% of players 5.6% of players 4.2% of players 4.0% of players 3.9% of players 3.3% of players 3.1% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 97.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
97.5%Robotics 101 — Play the default theme for the first time.
62.6%Walljump — Swing into the side of a platform.
52.6%Turbo — Reach a speed of 1000 units/s or higher.
Rarest badges of honor
1.8%Senior Test Engineer — Upload 5 custom levels.
1.8%Actual Moon — Beat the moon station campaign levels in low gravity mode.
1.9%We are All Stupid — Die from spikes 1000 times.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-13. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$1.29−90% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$12.99base price
$1.29lowest since tracking began2026-08-13
US1.29 USD−90%
EU1.27 EUR−90%
UK1.09 GBP−90%
Australia1.89 AUD−90%
Canada1.69 CAD−90%
Japan150 JPY−90%
Brazil4.19 BRL−90%
China5.20 CNY−90%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$0.8 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$1.4

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-13 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

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

Jun 29, 2023
Bots are Stupid Swings into the Steam Summer Sale with a 45% discount!

Bots are Stupid Swings into the Steam Summer Sale with a 45% discount! Get ready to kick your brain into high gear as you program you very own bots to navigate taxing levels either as fast as possible

May 08, 2023
Bots Are Stupid v2.0.3

V2.0.3 out now! - Leaderboard filter to see Steam Friends only - ToolWindow now displays hooked duration as well - ToolWindow preferences are now saved between sessions - Steam Cloud saving - Context

Dec 25, 2022
Bots Are Stupid v2.0.2

- ‘teleported’ wait condition - 3rd decimal to tools window grounded duration info - TextEditor shortcuts: * CTRL+Y to Redo (alternative to CTRL+SHIFT+Z) * CTRL+LeftArrow/RightArrow to move cursor to

Dec 15, 2022
Bots are Stupid - Hints and Tips!

Hello everyone! If you’re reading this, you’re probably looking for ways to improve your game, to get the best time possible in each of the levels with the least amount of lines in your code or simply

Dec 15, 2022
Hello World - Bots Are Stupid is out now!

Hello World Bots Are Stupid is out now with a 20% discount! Get ready to tackle over 40 challenging levels armed with nothing but your keyboard, your coding knowledge, a cup of coffee, and we are sure

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.

GenresCasual, Indie
Player tagsLogic · Coding · Programming · Score Attack · Level Editor · Precision Platformer · Hacking · Family Friendly · Robots · Futuristic · Automation · Puzzle (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements32
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7, 8.1, 10 Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 Memory: 1000 MB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R9 270 Storage: 250 MB available space