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Backspace Bouken

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App ID 1097170
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher RNG Party Games
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29692264
Last Record Update 22 June 2025 – 18:16:48 UTC ()
Release Date 13 December 2019 – 13:41:12 UTC ()
❓ 80.85%
69 reviews
0
In-Game

Type your way through absurd encounters and mysterious puzzles in this old-school typing dungeon crawler.

Additional Information

Developer RNG Party Games
metacritic_name Backspace Bouken
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher RNG Party Games
Store Release Date 13 December 2019 – 13:41:24 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://x.com/BackspaceBouken
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC15JbSpnLmarkIVL3rQSxNg/
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23), RPG (3)
Steam Release Date 13 December 2019 – 13:41:12 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 22 December 2020 – 17:45:05 UTC () (1608659105)
library_assets
library_capsuleen
library_heroen
library_logoen
logo_position ↴
pinned_positionBottomLeft
width_pct35.00583430571763
height_pct61.99611137497031
osextended macos64
review_score 8
review_percentage 92
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 21 April 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 6037615
  • configuration:
    supported_inputother
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke1
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs1
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimenative
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 29 May 2019 – 17:21:53 UTC (), in changelist #6346051

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes

Tags

⌨️ Typing 🌱 Indie 💥 Action 🎲 RPG 🗺️ Adventure 🏰 Dungeon Crawler 😃 Funny 🌄 Action-Adventure 💥 Action RPG 🌸 JRPG 👾 Retro 🎲 Turn-Based 🎭 Fantasy 👾 Pixel Graphics 👤 Singleplayer 🗺 Exploration 🤡 Comedy 😓 Difficult 👩 Female Protagonist 🎶 Great Soundtrack

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Assets

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header_image
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library_assets_full
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library_hero ↴
image/englishlibrary_hero.jpg
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Assets
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timestamp22 December 2020 – 17:51:11 UTC
Trailers
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User File System

Key Value
quota 976.56 KiB (1000000)
maxnumfiles 3
savefiles
0 ↴
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platforms/1Windows
1 ↴
rootMacAppSupport
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platforms/1MacOS
2 ↴
rootLinuxHome
path.config/unity3d/RNGParty/BackspaceBouken/BinarySaveData
pattern*.dat
platforms/1Linux
rootoverrides
0 ↴
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1 ↴
rootLinuxHome
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2 ↴
rootLinuxHome
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3 ↴
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4 ↴
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osLinux
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Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
Windows %USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/RNGParty/BackspaceBouken/BinarySaveData *.dat
MacOS ~/Library/Application Support/com.RNGParty.BackspaceBouken/BinarySaveData *.dat
Linux ~/.config/unity3d/RNGParty/BackspaceBouken/BinarySaveData *.dat
Windows (Override) This appears to be broken because there is no configuration for [All OSes] and MacAppSupport.
Windows (Override) This appears to be broken because there is no configuration for [All OSes] and LinuxHome.
MacOS (Override) This appears to be broken because there is no configuration for [All OSes] and LinuxHome.
MacOS (Override) This appears to be broken because there is no configuration for [All OSes] and WinAppDataLocalLow.
Linux (Override) This appears to be broken because there is no configuration for [All OSes] and WinAppDataLocalLow.
Linux (Override) This appears to be broken because there is no configuration for [All OSes] and MacAppSupport.
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