Baba Is You's board game adaptation by Bitewing Games is funded on Kickstarter, with the campaign running through October 9, 2026 and delivery scheduled for June 2027. The original video game is connected to the Game Designers Award, which ended in 2026 after 17 winners.
Baba Is You's current activity is a board game adaptation. Bitewing Games announced the project in August 2026 and opened its Kickstarter on September 15, 2026. The board game makes the puzzle game's word-rule system a two-player match: one player controls Baba, the other controls Keke, and players move word blocks to rewrite the rules and steer whatever has become YOU to whatever has become WIN. Game design is by original creator Arvi Teikari and Peter C. Hayward.
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 Kickstarter funded past $275,000.
The other Baba Is You story is on the awards side. The Game Designers Award, founded in 2010 by game director Masahiro Sakurai and judged by him as chief judge, ended in 2026. Sakurai announced the close at a ceremony on September 15. Seventeen works won the award from Heavy Rain in 2010 to Moji Yuge in 2026, and the award's stated theme was the evaluation of games' originality and novelty.
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The Game Designers Award, founded in 2010 by game director Masahiro Sakurai, will end in 2026. Sakurai, who is chief judge, announced the close at a ceremony on September 15. Seventeen works won the award across its run, from Heavy Rain in 2010 to Moji Yuge in 2026. The theme is the evaluation of games' originality and novelty.
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. 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.