Bean and Nothingness

RBOR Games / Dec 1, 2021 / Casual, Indie

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Steam Deck Playable

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A difficult tile-based puzzle game about turning beans into monsters -- and monsters back into beans.

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What's new

Patch Notes - Feb 10 2025

2025-02-10

This patch is for the Windows and Linux versions only. Bugfixes • Fixed a bug that could cause bookmarks to vanish after saving, quitting, and reloading. • Fixed a bug that could cause the player to exit the puzzle during a replay. • Fixed a bug where (Island VII) a cloud shooting a pile of beans sitting on an EKC and giving an EKC recipe caused all other magic to not work on the same turn.

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What players say

Very Positive

99% positive, 168 reviews

Recommended57 hrs played

solved one of the 5 star puzzles after i had an epiphany in the shower and felt compelled to write a review the mechanical interactions of all the different puzzle elements in this game results in some beautiful design where you can spend a tremendous amount of time agonizing over a level that seems impossible, only to realize you can utilize a specific interaction that makes the solution seem blindingly obvious in...

4 found this helpful, 2025-10-16

Recommended31 hrs played

Excellent puzzle game, very original, very difficult.

3 found this helpful, 2025-12-07

Recommended16 hrs played

This is a good puzzle game! But it is also long, and it is difficult. I did not finish it yet, and I'm not sure I will. I still think I got my moneys worth, so I would recommend it to any puzzle fan. But I would recommend it even more to those who like a challenge! Works great on the Steam Deck!

2 found this helpful, 2025-12-10

Recommended106 hrs played

Nothingness is... on the contrary of its meaning, a word vast and profound in meaning. Why nothingness, then? Is it the loneliness throughout the journey, in search of people who might very well be dead? Is it... the feeling of not pertaining, lost in an unknown place for you? Could it be about the possible outcome of all this journey? Or... is it a sum of the emotions you feel during the experience? My first time...