
Mudborne is a casual nature management sim about discovering & breeding frogs! Awoken from hibernation you find your pond abandoned. Through the genetic keys of new species you must unlock the paths between the waking & dreaming worlds, and embark on a journey to restore lost populations.
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.71/day in the week to Jul 20 → 0.17/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
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About

MUD BORN, IT IS TIME TO WAKE UP
Mudborne is a casual nature management sim about discovering & breeding frogs!
You awaken from your hibernation to find your pond abandoned and empty. Through a combination of crafting minigames, menu management and puzzle solving, experiment with genetics to breed new frogs and recover what was lost.
Using the genetic keys of the new species you create you can unlock the paths between the waking and dreaming worlds, explore the land of those still hibernating, and embark on a journey to help restore the lost populations and find out what happened.

BE THE FROG
- Finally reach your life goals of becoming an actual frog!
- Catch (and eat) delicious bugs. Have another, treat yourself.
- TINY LITTLE FROGS YOU CAN CATCH AND CHASE
GENETIC ENGINEERING
- Genetically modify frogs to create weird and wonderful new species
- Grow and cultivate mushrooms with all sorts of strange effects
- Some of the frogs have tiny hats!!! GOTY contender????
SMALL FROG, BIG POND
- Utilise your frogs to uncover secrets and power your machines
- Hop between the waking + dreaming worlds to solve puzzles
- Restore the pond and its inhabitants, and find out what happened
Playtime: Mudborne will take most players 20-30 hours to finish (more if you're a completionist!
Mudborne is being created by ellraiser, one half of the indie-dev studio, TNgineers. A spiritual successor of sorts to APICO, Mudborne instead focuses on genetic manipulation and generational puzzles to create and discover all sorts of frog species, with experimentation being encouraged.
It originally started as a gamejam entry for FletchFest 2023, with the theme of ‘pond’. Ell had always joked about ‘what if APICO but frog?’ before, and this seemed a perfect opportunity to play with the concept and how to take things in a new direction.

A portion of the money made will be donated towards national and international amphibian, wetlands, and environmental charities to help keep our little green friends and their homes happy and healthy <3
You can learn more about TNgineer's charitable efforts on the website.
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Really good game! I found it a little confusing at first (it's not the games fault, it's mine haha) but the little journal really helps with that, it keeps you on track and points you exactly where you need to go. Once I got past the first couple hours and got the hang of the map and all that I fell in love! I haven't played it very much yet and I usually don't leave reviews until I'm at least halfway through a game, but this one's really left an impression. I'm playing on a steam deck and it works super well on it!
沒有玩過前作 APICO 來說,我喜歡他培育子代以及控制溫濕度的機制,青蛙非常可愛 覺得可以改善的部分: - 任務在中期(Breaking The Seal)開始有點卡關,不知道下一步要去哪裡 - 地圖相對於實際有點差距,還加上清醒、夢境兩個世界要一起考慮的狀況下,找路有點難度。地圖標記如果可以加上 text block 來紀錄船舶的連接地點、或一些細節會更好 - 地圖很大,到中後期才有用道具飛行的功能(夢境甚至不能用!),希望前期就有方式可以飛行到已經探索過的地區 - 包包好小 omg ---- As someone who hasn't played the predecessor APICO, I really enjoyed the mechanics of breeding offspring and controlling temperature/humidity—the frogs are adorable. Areas for improvement: - The quests get a bit stuck in the mid-game (Breaking The Seal), and I wasn't sure where to go next - The map has some discrepancies compared to the actual layout, and combined with having to manage both the waking and dream worlds simultaneously, navigation is quite challenging. It would be better if map markers could include text blocks to record ship connection points or other details - The map is huge, but you don't get the item of flying function until mid-to-late game (you can't even use it in the dream world!). I wish there was a way to fly back to previously explored areas earlier in the game - The bag is so small omg
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Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America
Hours played at review time, across 62 reviews with recorded playtime.
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This game is hella confusing, i don't have time for ts
Incredibly sweet and very fun. I am extremely taken with this game even 4 months later, and would recommend it to anyone who likes whimsy, frogs, or management games.
Honestly everything this dev touches is gold. I love Apico, I love this game, and I'm excited to try their new Factorio inspired game. These games are so beautiful and relaxing, they strike such a specific, lovely tone without throwing around the word 'cosy' constantly. These games are honestly works of art that speak for themselves. Lots of super fun, inventive systems. This game is much more of a puzzle game than Apico. I really think this game could appeal to anyone. Give it a try!! It has cool lore, cool mechanics, and just feels so comforting and fun to play. Recommend the movement speed mod too. :)
めっちゃくちゃ面白かったー!!今まで買ったゲームの中でも1,2を争うレベルで私にはすごく刺さるゲームでした。セールもあるのでぜひぜひ買ってほしい!! 【よかった点】 ・[b]ストーリーがすごく引き込まれるし面白い!![/b] ・やることが常に提示されているので、日をまたいでも思い出せる。 ・[b]とにかくデザインと雰囲気が終始「かわいい」。[/b]説明やガイドが逐一ニコニコさせてくれる。 ・ヒントが丁度いい。進行に支障が出ることはほぼなし。 ・[b]遺伝子パズル要素がとにかく楽しい![/b]難易度が丁度良い。 【ストレスポイントと一部対策】 ・カエルを繁殖→泥を作成→オタマジャクシ作成→成カエル孵化→...のすべてに少し時間を取る。 [b]⇒時間を早く進めるチェアが落ちてたり交換できたりするので絶対に入手‼[/b] ・キノコを集めるのが割と大変。 ・インベントリの量が少ない [b]⇒周辺をよく探索してみてください。[spoiler]バックパック[/spoiler]があるとないとで大違いです![/b] あと最後の実績コンプリートの際ですが、 [spoiler]マップに載っていない、メモリーワークスの右上と、夢の中のゲートウェイの右端、そしてゲートウェイの幼稚園と居住区のさらに左奥に、記憶のかけら[/spoiler]があるので探してみてください。 最後のカエルは、[spoiler]上記の左奥のゲートの先[/spoiler]で、[spoiler]右にごり押し(物理)して移動しようとすれ[/spoiler]ばコンプリート出来ます。 また最後になるであろうメモと記憶は、[spoiler]同じく左奥のゲート内でカエルを取ろうとすれば右の方に見えます。[/spoiler][spoiler]「離れた」場所にあるけど、「深い海」のせいで通れないとき、どうやって今まで行っていたかを思い出してみてください。ゲート内に道はあります。[/spoiler]
パズルゲームがやりたくて購入しました。ついでにいい感じのストーリーもついてくるとのことなので、楽しみにしていました。 パズルは十分面白く、少しの不便もなんだか楽しい。検証はちまちましてるし、ドット絵もちまちましてる。かわいい。こういうちまちましたゲームは大好きなんだ! そうしてゲームを楽しんで、ストーリーについては、さして思うところがないまま(悪くはないよ)進行度も[spoiler]80[/spoiler](具体的な数値はマスクします。理由は後述)に到達……というところで突然、ストーリーが大回転しだしました。夢中でゲームを進めて走り切った後は、このゲームの最大の魅力はストーリーである!と力強く主張するまでになっていました。 [spoiler]終盤も終盤から動き出す物語、あまりにも大器晩成すぎます。こういう伏線回収[/spoiler]が大好きなんだ!! このストーリーを、あなたにも味わってほしい。具体的には「話も結構おもしろいよ」という情報だけを持って、待ちわびず、いつ話が動くのかという心構えをしないまま、ただその時を楽しみながら進めてほしい。でも序盤でくじけてしまうのもわかる……。私は最初からずっと楽しめていたけれど、皆が皆そうではないことは実績が物語っています。なのでマスクしてまで具体的なところを書きました。話が気になるという人は、ここまで頑張ってください。 なんだかんだ言って、パズル部分に興味を持ったひとのほうが、このゲームを楽しめる素地があるのかもしれません。根気強く(あるいは楽しく)このゲームに付き合ったひとに、しっかり答えてくれるゲームだと思います。 あなたもマッドボーンで真実に至ろう。
Mudborne was a great experience. The game offers a great level of complexity and challenge without constantly holding your hand, making everything feel rewarding. It allows you to figure things out for yourself, and completing it felt genuinely satisfying. If you enjoy games that reward curiosity and problem-solving, this is an easy recommendation. Plus it's cheap.
The perfect cozy ribbit breeding simulator. Both music and graphical atmosphere create a great experience, where things don't feel rushed and you're allowed to explore and experiment.
チルいゲーム、パズル的な要素が面白い。そして何よりカエルたちがかわいい。
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