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The Legend of Bum-Bo

The Legend of Bum-Bo

A puzzle based deck building rogue-like prequel to The Binding of Isaac... Made of cardboard!

Released Nov 12, 2019 Developer Edmund McMillen, James Interactive, Ridiculon Publisher Edmund McMillen Platforms Windows Rogue-liteIndieStrategyAdventurePuzzle
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

80.9%positive5,801 reviews
Recommended · 30 found this helpful

“Playing Isaac made me want to play Mewgenics.... Playing Mewgenics made me want to play Bumbo... Playing Bumbo made me want to play Meat Boy.... Playing Meat Boy made me want to play Isaac.... we've come full circle......”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“few other games have me thinking statements such as "so long as I get ♥♥♥♥ and piss on the board, I can infinite this encounter" so that's pretty cool such a shame this game had a real rough development cycle, I can see the vision for the game, and I'm happy it saw the light of…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Not recommended · 49 found this helpful

“Even after the final patch, this game continues to have multitudes of bugs many of them gamebreaking. This shouldn't be available for sale in its current state, don't spend money on this.”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:20 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

20playing at last check
3124-hour peak
3,861all-time peak
0 1k 2k 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 1.4k avg · Nov 2019

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

48achievements
14.4%median completion
2.8%rarest: 20/20
73.8% of players 73.8% of players 56.0% of players 56.0% of players 49.3% of players 49.0% of players 47.1% of players 45.4% of players 44.5% of players 44.3% of players 36.7% of players 31.6% of players 28.0% of players 27.9% of players 22.2% of players 21.7% of players 20.8% of players 19.3% of players 18.7% of players 18.4% of players 18.0% of players 15.7% of players 15.6% of players 14.9% of players 14.4% of players 13.9% of players 13.2% of players 12.4% of players 12.3% of players 11.4% of players 10.9% of players 10.5% of players 9.9% of players 8.8% of players 8.8% of players 8.5% of players 7.8% of players 7.0% of players 5.7% of players 5.2% of players 3.7% of players 3.6% of players 3.5% of players 3.5% of players 3.3% of players 3.1% of players 3.1% of players 2.8% of players 73.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
73.8%Bumbo The Nimble — Beat Chapter 1 with Bumbo the Brave.
73.8%The Forlorn Hollow — Beat Chapter 1 with Bumbo the Brave.
56.0%Bumbo The Stout — Beat Chapter 2 with Bumbo the Nimble.
Rarest badges of honor
2.8%20/20 — Beat the game with Bumbo the Empty while holding 45+ coins.
3.1%Holy Mantle — Beat the game with Bumbo the Lost while holding 45+ coins.
3.1%Cat Heart — Beat the game with Bumbo the Stout while holding 45+ coins.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US14.99 USD
EU14.79 EUR
UK12.79 GBP
Australia21.95 AUD
Canada19.49 CAD
Japan1,700 JPY
Brazil46.99 BRL
China58.00 CNY

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

China≈$8.6 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$17

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

Mar 15, 2021
Update v1.1.24

update notes for v1.1.24 - Fixed Lost unlock not displaying after 3rd stage if 4th stage is unlocked - Fixed spells not being charged after exit and continue - Fixed spells infinite charge after exit

Mar 05, 2021
The Lost Expansion is live!

well how do you do fellow kids!? its your old pal Edmund! you probably thought i was dead, and i was! but im back! and while i was burning in hell i came across this lost expansion for the legend of b

Nov 26, 2020
A long overdue update

when the legend of bum-bo launched on steam last year it was instantly apparent that it was the messiest launch of my career.. James worked non stop for days to fix bugs and update the game after mont

Dec 13, 2019
Update notes: v1.0.8

Legend of Bum-bo v1.0.8 Patch Notes: Bugs: -Fixed bug that wouldn't let you save sound setting edits. -Fixed bug that would get you stuck in options menu. -Fixed bug with Bum-bo the dead where if you

Dec 02, 2019
Update notes: v1.0.7

Legend of Bum-bo v1.0.7 Patch Notes: -Damage up needle now effects Bum-bo the Deads attack spells. -Looping around the board and canceling a move now works. -Sinus infection bugs on flipping enemies a

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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.

GenresAdventure, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsRogue-lite · Indie · Strategy · Adventure · Puzzle · Match 3 · Singleplayer · Great Soundtrack · Funny · Difficult · Casual · Card Game (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements48
Estimated owners1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.legendofbumbo.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or later (64 bit required) Processor: Core 2 Duo Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Discreet video card, Shader Model 3+ DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: one that works