Baba Is You Board Game Kickstarter Opens, Funded Past $275,000
Bitewing Games opened a Kickstarter campaign on September 15, 2026 for Baba Is You: The Board Game, a two-player competitive adaptation of the puzzle game. One player controls the Baba piece, the other controls Keke.
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Reporting from 3 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark.
Why it matters
The board game keeps the original's rule-rewriting as a live two-player contest, which turns a solo puzzle about editing the world into a race to lock the other player out of it.
Key Facts
- Bitewing Games launched the Kickstarter for Baba Is You: The Board Game on September 15, 2026.
- The campaign runs until October 9 and has passed its $15,000 goal, reaching over $275,000 by September 16.
- The base pledge for Baba Is You: The Board Game is $49 and includes the base game, the Baba Is Promo: Adventure Pack, and the Baba Is Wood: Pixel Pack.
- The all-in bundle covering Baba Is You: The Board Game and Party House: The Deckbuilding Game costs $149.
- Delivery to backers is scheduled for June 2027, and the campaign page lists English as the only supported language.
As in the original, players move word blocks to rewrite the rules and lead whatever has become YOU to whatever has become WIN. The campaign runs jointly with Party House: The Deckbuilding Game, based on a minigame from UFO 50, and is scheduled to close on October 9. The base pledge is $49 and includes the base game plus the Baba Is Promo: Adventure Pack and Baba Is Wood: Pixel Pack. Higher tiers add a Deluxe Upgrade Box with acrylic tiles, playmats, and metal foil packaging, up to a $149 all-in bundle covering both games. Delivery to backers is scheduled for June 2027. The campaign page lists English as the only supported language.
The pledge ladder lists nine separate backing tiers. Two are for the Party House deckbuilder alone at $29 and $39, and the Steam release of Baba Is You in March 2019 is the version the board game adapts.
- Baba Is You: The Board Game, $49, base game plus Baba Is Promo: Adventure Pack and Baba Is Wood: Pixel Pack.
- Party House: The Board Game, $29, base game plus Party House Promo Pack.
- Baba Is You and Party House Standard Bundle, $75, standard editions of both games with free bonuses for each.
- Baba Is You Deluxe Bundle, $75, base game, Adventure Pack, Wood: Pixel Pack, Deluxe Upgrade Box.
- Party House Deluxe Bundle, $39, base game, Promo Pack, Deluxe Poker Chips.
- Baba Is You All-In Bundle, $95, Deluxe Bundle contents plus Deluxe Neoprene Playmat and a limited metal foil box.
- Baba Is You and Party House Deluxe Bundle, $109, the Deluxe Bundles of both games.
- Baba Is You and Party House All-In Bundle, $149, base games, deluxe goods, and playmats of both works.
Shipping to Japan is supported: $29 for one game, $38 for two, and $9 for each game after that, which puts the $49 Baba Is You pledge at $78 delivered. Translations are still under negotiation with overseas publishers, and the FAQ states translated versions are expected no earlier than the second half of 2027. The Kickstarter page lists sample situations, including what happens when the flag becomes afraid of everything that passes nearby, or when the river becomes hot enough to melt other things. The funding goal was $15,000.
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