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The Legend of Bum-Bo
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending 43% of players who started
Started playing 74% of owners
Steam reviews 81% positive of 5,944
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (45%); after 7h it's 1 in 7 (15%).
- 43% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Forlorn Hollow” (Beat Chapter 1 with Bumbo the Brave) and “The Halls of Belial” (Beat Chapter 2 with Bumbo the Nimble): from 100% to 76% of starters.
- 74% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 5,990 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 10.9h for positive, 17h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (73.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Forlorn Hollow Beat Chapter 1 with Bumbo the Brave. 100%
- The Halls of Belial Beat Chapter 2 with Bumbo the Nimble. Most players quit here 76% −24
- Bumbo The Weird Beat Chapter 3 with Bumbo the Stout. 60% −16
- Bumbo The Dead Beat Chapter 4. 43% −17
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (48)
story milestone ending side
- Bumbo The Nimble Beat Chapter 1 with Bumbo the Brave. 100%
- The Forlorn Hollow Beat Chapter 1 with Bumbo the Brave. 100%
- Bumbo The Stout Beat Chapter 2 with Bumbo the Nimble. 76%
- The Halls of Belial Beat Chapter 2 with Bumbo the Nimble. 76%
- Mega Chomper! Make a 7+ Tooth tile combo. 67%
- Mega Boner! Make a 7+ Bone tile combo. 66%
- Mega Peepee! Make a 7+ Pee tile combo. 64%
- Mega Turd! Make a 7+ Poop tile combo. 62%
- Mega Boogie! Make a 7+ Booger tile combo. 60%
- Bumbo The Weird Beat Chapter 3 with Bumbo the Stout. 60%
- The Basement Beat Chapter 3 with Bumbo the Weird. 50%
- Bumbo The Dead Beat Chapter 4. 43%
- Puzzle Flick Beat Chapter 4 once with Bumbo the Weird. 38%
- Brimstone! Win the jackpot ending once. 38%
- Bloody Bag Win the jackpot ending twice. 30%
- Bumbo Smash! Beat Chapter 4 once with Bumbo the Brave. 29%
- Needle! Beat Chapter 4 once with Bumbo the Nimble. 28%
- Everything's Terrible! Complete Chapter 4, 4 times. 26%
- Attack Fly Beat Chapter 4 once with Bumbo the Dead. 25%
- Prayer Card Win the jackpot ending three times. 25%
- Stick! Beat Chapter 4 once with Bumbo the Stout. 24%
- Suck Bag Win the jackpot ending four times. 21%
- Magic Marker Beat Chapter 4 twice with Bumbo the Weird. 21%
- Mega Love! Make a 7+ Heart tile combo. 20%
- Snow Globe Beat Chapter 4 twice with Bumbo the Brave. 19%
- Toothpick! Beat Chapter 4 twice with Bumbo the Nimble. 19%
- Krampus Cross Win the jackpot ending five times. 18%
- Blender Blade Beat Chapter 4 twice with Bumbo the Stout. 17%
- Number Two Beat Chapter 4 twice with Bumbo the Dead. 17%
- Soul Bag Win the jackpot ending six times. 15%
- Mega Cursed! Make a 7+ curse tile combo. 15%
- Bumbo The Empty Beat the game twice with each character. 14%
- D20 Win the jackpot ending seven times. 13%
- Bumbo The Lost Beat Chapter 1-3 without taking damage. 12%
- The D6 Beat Chapter 4 once with Bumbo the Empty. 12%
- Juice Bag Win the jackpot ending eight times. 11%
- Glitch! Beat Chapter 4 twice with Bumbo the Empty. 11%
- Libra Win the jackpot ending nine times. 9.4%
- Bag of Trash Win the jackpot ending ten times. 7.7%
- The Negative Beat the game with Bumbo the Lost. 7.2%
- Dead Dove Beat the game with Bumbo the Lost twice. 5.0%
- Pause Beat the game with Bumbo the Weird while holding 45+ coins. 5.0%
- Backstabber Beat the game with Bumbo the Nimble while holding 45+ coins. 4.7%
- 20lbs Weight Beat the game with Bumbo the Brave while holding 45+ coins. 4.7%
- Buzz Up Beat the game with Bumbo the Dead while holding 45+ coins. 4.5%
- Cat Heart Beat the game with Bumbo the Stout while holding 45+ coins. 4.3%
- Holy Mantle Beat the game with Bumbo the Lost while holding 45+ coins. 4.3%
- 20/20 Beat the game with Bumbo the Empty while holding 45+ coins. 3.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.