Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus
Fair · Action · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 10.2h
- Value
- $1.96/hr
- Reviews
- 84% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GT 730, 2 GB or AMD Radeon R7 240, 2 GB or Intel UHD Graphics. Windows only.
Flow gracefully through a colorful, hand-drawn 2.5D action platformer inspired by Japanese folklore. Engage in acrobatic aerial combat, unlock powerful mystical abilities, and explore an interconnected world of myth as you seek to unravel the mysteries of your origin.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
The lowest price on record is $9.99, set in December 2025. 18 discounts in the 2 years on record. They run about 30 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 11 percent on value. It is pricier than 91 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 87 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Lone Fungus ($5.99, scores 65) beats it on value, while it beats Pronty ($17.99, scores 52).
This site sampled 538 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written July 2024 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 66 percent of the 110 reviews written there were positive, against 84 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 10.2 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
88% start to 1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
15 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 02:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
DISCLAIMER: The first bit of this is going to be me glazing this game, so if you're just wanting to know what it's about, skip to the next part you see all caps. I really don't understand, much at all, how this game has been out for 2 years and it still doesn't have all that much exposure or traction. Maybe I'm wrong? It has a lot of awards. It seems like it had a following, but I really just can't believe I hadn't...
To get to the point: this game is a perfect fusion of Hollow Knight and Ori and The Blind Forest, while offering a more casual experience compared to the former and a more combat action take on the latter. The visual style is nothing short of spectacular and pleasant, as the developers opted for a ink and block print take on the whole Japanese traditional aesthetic. Think Okami, but on a 2D plane. I do recall some...
A lovely little metroidvania with an emphasis on platforming rather than combat. The movement feels fluid and fun with every ability being assigned to a different button so you don't have to go crashout during a section or fight bc your character did X when you actually wanted to do Y. The worldbuilding isn't unique in any sense since it's just traditional japanese folklore, but the artstyle and animations are what...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus scores 53/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1614440/b-path-of-the-teal-lotusReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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