The Legend of Bum-Bo on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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

The Legend of Bum-Bo is a rogue-lite, indie and strategy game developed by Edmund McMillen, James Interactive and Ridiculon and published by Edmund McMillen.
Released on November 12th 2019 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 5,785 reviews of which 4,686 were positive and 1,099 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • 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

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March 2025
A great idea, marred by a complicated and messy development. Still lots of fun to be had here! Gameplay is unique and interesting, music and aesthetics are perfect, and Isaac fans are going to love the overall story. If you're interested in checking it out, or are looking to give it another shot, may I recommend the "Windfall" mod? Bug fixes, quality of life improvements, and even some new content / balance changes. Good stuff! "Bum-bo want Coin! ...and Bum-bo want Patch!"
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Feb. 2025
Would you play a good game with toilet graphics?
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Jan. 2025
Absolutely love this game. Has all the theming of Binding of Isaac in a unique take on a match 4 game. Negative: Let me get the bad out of the way first. Yes, the game can be buggy at times, but not unplayable. Also, the game feels a bit short with a limited number of enemies; hoping the team returns to this game someday and it gets the Binding of Isaac treatment. Positive: To help with people struggling, this isn't about matching 4 tiles and you win. At its core, it's actually about intelligent resource management. Knowing what spells to cast when and how to extend your turn as long as possible. If you're being damaged, you're doing something wrong (or you have bad luck when building your deck)! I also appreciate how each character forces you to approach the game wildly different. Tactics vary from straight up "Match 4" to "Use spells and only spells this whole run". Lastly, the music/sound/design all feel right at home in the Isaac universe. Incredible work. TLDR; If you like strategy games, you'll love this. If not, it can feel unfair at times and be frustrating. Just stick with it and it'll grow on ya.
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Nov. 2024
A relatively short, well-contained puzzle roguelike that feels good to improve at. Every character's got a unique playstyle (unlike the game its based on, lol) and they all feel well balanced. Aesthetics wise, it's nice. Don't know what it is about Edmund's "flash" artstyle but it's very appealing to me, especially when paired with the cardboard arts-and-crafts theme. The music's good as well, though I wish there was some variety. It's a love letter to Isaac fans, one I wish I hadn't put off playing for so long. It really isn't as bad as a lot of people made it out to be, I thought it was pretty good. (I recommend installing the Windfall mod, it improves the ui and fixes a lot of bugs.)
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June 2024
i enjoy bumbos coin adventures 2 (tm) but the gameplay definitely has problems, some mechanics just aren't explained to you which can kill runs until you figure out why exactly it happened. if the match 4 gameplay looks cool to you go get it on sale. ALSO DOWNLOAD THE LEGEND OF BUMBO WINDFALL PATCH IT FIXES A BUNCH OF PROBLEMS SUCH AS ACHIEVEMENTS NOT UNLOCKING + QOL its a must have considering the game is basically abandoned as of 2024, makes the experience better :D
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The Legend of Bum-Bo
7.9
4,686
1,099
Online players
19
Developer
Edmund McMillen, James Interactive, Ridiculon
Publisher
Edmund McMillen
Release 12 Nov 2019
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