Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians
Skip · Action · 2013
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 37, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $1.88/hr
- Reviews▼
- 75% of 1,187
- Critics
- 75
- Genre rank
- Top 31% Action
Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 5.3h
- To 100%
- 11.1h 2.1x the story
- Achievements
- 15
Price and sales
- Sales
- 69 on record
- Typical cut
- 80% off
- Steam low
- $0.99 October 2020
- Sale every
- 51d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 1 now
- Cheaper than
- 24% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 61% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
27% start to 2% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
69 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 31 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 76 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 61 percent. On the same math BARRIER X ($2.99, scores 65) and BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien ($14.99, scores 54) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians
Inside the two-hour refund window, 81 percent of the 119 reviews written there were positive, against 75 percent overall, and those are 30 percent of everything written about it.
5.3 hours to finish it, 11 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.1 times the campaign.
At 5.3 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians, developed and published by Threaks, is a distinctive action-adventure platformer that skillfully fuses rhythm-based gameplay with a visually striking underwater world. Released in 2013, the game places players in a vibrant and dynamic environment where timing and musicality are as important as traditional platforming skills. Every movement, enemy encounter, and environmental element...
2 more reviews
BOOTS AND CATS AND BOOTS AND CATS AND BOOTS AND CATS AND BUMBLEBEE BUMBLEBEE... (For those of you who know a thing or two about beatboxing). It took me almost 10 years to play this game myself, but not because I was hesitant or apprehensive, it just didn't happen and I was too distracted with other things. The first time I noticed the existence of this game, was when I was traveling by train for a gig in Hamburg...
It's a simple indie rhythym game with puzzles and platforming but it is very charming and if you like a jazzy disco music I can recommend it for sure.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Awakened from his slumber, Beatbuddy journeys through lush hand-painted environments on a quest to save his companions and his own immortality. Beatbuddy interacts with the living breathing environment that pulses to the beat of an original soundtrack, aiding him as he unlocks new paths and solves puzzles.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 256 MB NVidia or ATI graphics card, Intel HD Graphics 3000 or better, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians scores 37/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/231040/beatbuddy-tale-of-the-guardiansReviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.