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Bugaboo Pocket
A relaxing, semi-idle pet game starring bugs from land, air and sea! Play as a research scientist living in a cabin with just your bugs and a penpal for company. Spoil them with pets, minigames, food and furniture. Raise and release bugs to help Beetleback Ridge recover from a devastating fire.
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 2026-05-18.
“I should start by saying I am the target audience for this game. I'm an entomology student with a passion for outreach, so any game that gets people thinking about and appreciating bugs is an automatic win in my book. The game is short, sweet, and relaxing. The story and all the…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“means everything to me. worth the price if you value dev's time and effort put into the art and bug love.”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“Pros: Great art, animation, and designs. this is a very beautiful and clean game. exciting to see new bug and each stage of it's life Great music Nice story with nice art for the cut scenes I like pinning the bugs Cons: The gameplay is repetitive you get bored waiting around for…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 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 2026-09-26.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Bugaboo Pocket is one year old!
It's crazy to think that a (little over a) year ago, our little bug crawled out of its egg. To celebrate, we are running our deepest discount yet! Thank you all for a wonderful year of lovely messages
A brand new bug and new color variants are waiting for you!
There is a brand new bug waiting for you when you update your game! This was a much-requested bug, so we hope you enjoy raising one of these popular little friends. If you have beaten the game already
New bug + color variants are now live on the public-beta branch!
We are excited to announce that a brand new bug is waiting for you on the public-beta branch! That's not all though! After feedback from our community, there are now unique color variants for each com
Version 1.0.4 patch notes
This update is to fix an issue that was introduced after the new bug was added. Fix bug that prevents a late stage minigame from being accessible. Other bugfixes will be added after this one but wante
New bug released + security vulnerability patch
Hello everybug, We have officially added another bug and a patch to Unity’s security vulnerability into Bugaboo Pocket! The new bug and new furniture will automatically be added to the game if you hav
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-18.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Simulation · Creature Collector · Casual · Collectathon · Life Sim · Cute · Nature · Science · Relaxing · Colorful · Family Friendly · Female Protagonist (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese |
| Achievements | 11 |
| Official site | https://bugaboopocket.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5 Memory: 4 MB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Integrated Storage: 650 MB available space Sound Card: Integrated