Back to Bed

- Developer
- Bedtime Digital Games
- Released
- Aug 6, 2014
- Steam reviews
- 81% of players recommend it, from 2,937 reviews — Steam calls that “Very Positive”
- Tags
- ActionCasualIndie
On Linux and Steam Deck
Ships a native Linux build on Steam — no Proton needed.
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About this game
The developer's description, from the game's Steam store page.
Bob is a narcoleptic sleepwalker. The city wants to swallow him whole. You are the only part of his mind still awake.
Back to Bed is an atmospheric isometric puzzle game set inside a surreal, hand-painted dreamscape. As Subob, Bob's subconscious guardian, you manipulate the strange and impossible world around him to carve a safe path back to bed. Redirect his steps, outwit the hazards, and navigate physics-defying environments where streets fold, staircases loop, and nothing behaves as it should.
SURREAL HAND-PAINTED WORLD
Play inside a living work of art. Every level is a meticulously crafted dreamscape blending urban architecture with impossible, otherworldly imagery inspired by surrealist painting.
MIND-BENDING ISOMETRIC PUZZLES
Navigate 3D environments that defy the laws of physics. Manipulate oversized objects and exploit the architecture itself to guide Bob safely through each level.
TWO CHARACTERS, ONE MIND
Subob is not separate from Bob. He is the part of him that refuses to sleep. This quiet, wordless relationship is at the heart of everything.
System requirements
As Steam lists them.
Windows
Minimum
- OS *
- Windows XP SP3
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz or equivalent (lower might work but is untested)
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Intel Core HD Graphics 3000/4000, NVIDIA 8800 GT, ATI Radeon HD 4850 or better
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
- Storage
- 600 MB available space
- Sound Card
- DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
- Additional Notes
- Controller support: Xbox 360, Xbox One, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, several Logitech and miscellaneous controllers.
macOS
Minimum
- OS
- Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or newer
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz or equivalent (lower might work but is untested)
- Memory
- 3 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Intel Core HD Graphics 3000/4000, Nvidia GeForce GT 330M, ATI Radeon HD 4850 or better
- Storage
- 600 MB available space
- Additional Notes
- Controller support: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, several Logitech and miscellaneous controllers.
SteamOS + Linux
Minimum
- OS
- Ubuntu 12.04 or newer (other distros may work)
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz or equivalent (lower might work but is untested)
- Memory
- 3 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Intel Core HD Graphics 3000/4000, NVIDIA 8800 GT, ATI Radeon HD 4850 or better
- Storage
- 600 MB available space
- Additional Notes
- Controller support: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, some Logitech and miscellaneous controllers. Please follow this link if vsync and/or aa does not work. Japanese and Chinese is not supported on Linux.
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