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Sirius Lemaitre, Léonard Lemaitre · 2022 · Windows, macOS, Linux

Steam: 97 % positive of 8,869 reviews, as of Oct 28

Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.

24 games that play like BABBDI and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: nophenia, Walking Simulator and LIMSCAPE : THE LIMINAL SPACE EXPLORER.

Player tags

  • Exploration
  • Atmospheric
  • Walking Simulator
  • Surreal
  • Free to Play
  • First-Person
  • Casual
  • Horror
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Steam reviews

What players say

Overwhelmingly positive: players call it a short, eerie, surreal exploration game whose atmosphere and free movement tools win them over, though some find it silly or confusing.

Many players enjoy the atmosphere: the empty brutalist city, the liminal, dreamlike feel and the unsettling quiet, which several compare to old open-world map exploration or a half-remembered childhood dream. Some players praise the movement, which lets you climb with a pickaxe, glide with a leaf blower, fly with a propeller or ride a motorcycle, and many enjoy hunting for secret items and well-hidden routes. Players commonly say it is short, around an hour, and free, which makes it an easy recommendation for some. Complaints are fewer. Some players find the story vague, the quests thin or the humour silly rather than unnerving, and a few report clumsy controls, disorienting navigation, low-detail textures and a dog that is hard to ignore. Recent reviews are more mixed: several are short, joking or doubtful, and a few negative recent reviews call it disorienting and weird without fun.

Praised

  • Atmosphere and mood

    Players describe an eerie, liminal, melancholic mood in an empty brutalist city, without jump scares.

    Many players
  • Movement and climbing tools

    Players enjoy the free movement, using pickaxes, leaf blowers, propellers and motorcycles to climb, glide and explore.

    Many players
  • Secrets to find

    Hidden items, secret routes and side objectives reward curious players who like to explore the whole map.

    Many players
  • Short and free

    Players say the game takes about an hour and costs nothing, so it is an easy thing to try.

    Many players

Criticised

  • Vague story and thin quests

    Players find the story hard to follow, the quests unfulfilling and the ending abrupt or unclear.

    Some players
  • Disorienting controls and navigation

    Players report clumsy movement, confusing mechanics and getting lost in the large, repetitive city.

    Some players
  • Silly rather than unsettling

    Reviewers feel the game tries too hard to be creepy and comes across as goofy or pointless.

    A few players
  • Dated visuals and textures

    Players note mismatched high- and low-resolution textures, cut-off details and an asset-flip feel.

    A few players
Who it suits
Players who like quiet, atmospheric exploration, surreal settings and hunting for secrets in a short, free game.
Who should skip it
Players who want a deep story, substantial quests, polished controls or challenge should skip it.

Summarised by AI from 80 Steam reviews (English, helpful and recent), as of Oct 28, 2026.

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By gameplay

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Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

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  1. Outpath: First Journey95 % positive of 4,649Shared: First-Person · 3D Platformer · Atmospheric
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  3. Greetings82 % positive of 647Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Short
  4. BETON BRUTAL94 % positive of 1,239Shared: Exploration · First-Person · Horror
  5. Fractal Block World97 % positive of 1,576Shared: Exploration · Surreal · First-Person
  6. BONELAB82 % positive of 18,974Shared: First-Person · Experimental · Sandbox
  7. Baby Steps89 % positive of 2,406
  8. Garten of Banban 069 % positive of 4,493Shared: Walking Simulator · Surreal · First-Person
  9. Grimhook96 % positive of 4,254Shared: First-Person · 3D Platformer · Dystopian
  10. INFRA87 % positive of 3,505Shared: Exploration · Walking Simulator · First-Person
  11. Scorn77 % positive of 14,893Shared: Walking Simulator · Surreal · First-Person
  12. Escape From Lavender Island97 % positive of 207Shared: Exploration · Walking Simulator · Surreal

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  8. INFRA87 % positive of 3,505
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  10. Labyrinthine84 % positive of 13,827
  11. ANEURISM IV75 % positive of 5,762
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At a glance

What games like BABBDI have in common

  • The tags they share most often with BABBDI: First-Person (13 of 24), Exploration (11) and Walking Simulator (11).
  • They came out between 2014 and 2026, 11 of them after BABBDI (2022).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Fractal Block World (97 % positive of 1,576).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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