The Legend of Bum-Bo

The Legend of Bum-Bo

Edmund McMillen · November 12, 2019 · Roguelite, Indie, Strategy, Adventure, Match 3

Buy The Legend of Bum-Bo from Steam at $14.99 — the cheapest of 7 stores we compare. The cheapest The Legend of Bum-Bo key from a keyshop is $19.99 at CJS CD Keys.

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Very Positive81% · 5,94173Metacritic7playing now
Best price
$14.99
lowest tracked $2.99
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Where to buy The Legend of Bum-Bo — official stores

Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
$14.99
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Humble Store
Humble Store
Standard Edition · Steam
$14.99
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GOG
GOG
Standard Edition · DRM-Free
$14.99
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Cheapest The Legend of Bum-Bo keys — keyshops

Keyshops are third-party marketplaces — keys are resold and can be region-locked or a different edition. Check the listing's region & edition before buying.

CJS CD Keys
CJS CD Keys
Standard Edition · Steam
$19.99
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Eneba
Standard Edition · Steam
$20.67
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Gameseal
Standard Edition · Steam
$20.77
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Driffle INC
Standard Edition · Steam
$21.38
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The Legend of Bum-Bo price by region

The Legend of Bum-Bo costs $8.49 in Georgia (USD), £11.39 in the United Kingdom, €12.49 in Europe (EUR), $14.99 in the United States, CA$17.49 in Canada, NZ$18.49 in New Zealand, A$21.50 in Australia, R$28.99 in Brazil and zł53.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest The Legend of Bum-Bo offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Georgia (USD) $8.49 $8.49 $19.99 7
United Kingdom £11.39 £11.39 £14.87 5
Europe (EUR) €12.49 €12.49 €18.13 6
United Statesyour region $14.99 $14.99 $19.99 7
Canada CA$17.49 CA$17.49 — 3
New Zealand NZ$18.49 NZ$18.49 — 3
Australia A$21.50 A$21.50 — 3
Brazil R$28.99 R$28.99 R$44.37 4
Poland zł53.99 zł53.99 zł83.48 4

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

Trailers & screenshots

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About The Legend of Bum-Bo

✦ AI summary

Help Bum-bo recover his stolen coin by battling through a sewer full of twisted enemies in this puzzle-based deckbuilding roguelike where you collect, modify, and combo items to create powerful synergies. Edmund McMillen's quirky prequel to The Binding of Isaac features over 100 unique items, multiple playable characters, and challenging boss fights wrapped in darkly comedic storytelling.

"This Bum-bo game! it about time Bum-bo got coin stoled by ugly thing... can you help Bum-bo bash?"
- Bum-bo the Brave.


When Bum-bo's only coin is stolen by a mysterious entity and pulled down into the sewer, Bum-bo finds himself facing droves of deranged enemies, lost children, his fears, and eventually the beast that stole his beloved coin.

Gameplay
The Legend of Bum-bo is a puzzle based "deckbuilding roguelike" by Edmund McMillen (The Binding of isaac, Super Meat Boy) and James Interactive, where players collect hordes of items that can be modified, upgraded and comboed with others in many interesting ways. Play as one of many Bum-bo, each with its own unique abilities, as they smash, bash and splash their way through a variety of cardboard monstrosities, giant bosses and dark personal urges...

oh also its the prequel to The Binding of Isaac!

Features:


- 100+ unique items that can be modified and upgraded.
- 80+ unique trinkets that give neato passive abilities.
- 4+ playable characters each with their own unique abilities.
- 10 ugly, yet cute bosses.
- 30 enemies
- Amazing music by Ridiculon!
- loads of unlockables!
- Animated cut scenes that will make you feel bad!
- Poop!

The Legend of Bum-Bo — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Sep 8, 2026
theres some attempt to allow synergies but the game is easy without them and either its hard to make or not effective enough basically it doesn't have roguelike sauce the strongest thing is mostly speed or the funny buzz directional spells really it just seems like it could have been worked on more to make the game more interesting
3 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 8, 2026
bumbo does indeed, want coin.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Aug 23, 2026
It loads slowly, has been left untouched for around 5 years, any time i try to play it i feel like anything i do is useless and compels me to just play something else, even Isaac (whit some challenge based exceptions) and Mewgenics arn't that eager to make you give up that fast. only good thing i will say is that i appreciate it's contribution to the story of isaac and the visuals are REALLY cool, but it's not worth the purchase in my opinion
1 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 11, 2026
There is this running joke between my friends that one of them did the VA for Bum-bo. We always remind him and tell him how good he did. Hopefully he reads this and starts doing VA again, he was such a good Bum-bo.
Recommended Sep 5, 2026
x-- 8 / 10 --x Ridiculously addicitive. I'd argue that this is a lot hard than the Isaac games, but to the point where it could almost be unfair. Scale wise it's at least doable because there's only a fraction of the content to unlock.
Recommended Sep 1, 2026
This is one of those "wish there were a neutral option". Game itself is *fun* and the concept is great but there are many issues that make aspects of the game frustrating and slow. The spell system and the combat format is really cool too. I feel like a lot would have been fixed just by making the board bigger and having more moves per turn which would mitigate all the times you feel unable to do anything. Really like the cardboard art style and unsurprisingly the music is top notch.

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