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Baba Is You

2019 video game
VideoGame video_game Q62061666
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Baba Is You

Summary

Baba Is You is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (335 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Baba Is You received the Nordic Game Jam[3].
  • Baba Is You received the Independent Games Festival Award - Excellence in Design[4].
  • Baba Is You received the IGF Student Showcase Winner[5].
  • Baba Is You received the Game Developers Choice Award - Best Design[6].
  • Baba Is You's instance of is recorded as video game[7].
  • Baba Is You's composer is recorded as Arvi Teikari[8].
  • Baba Is You was published by Hempuli Oy[9].
  • Baba Is You's genre is puzzle video game[10].
  • bouba/kiki effect is named after Baba Is You[11].
  • Baba Is You's based on is recorded as Baba Is You (Jam Build)[12].
  • Baba Is You's developer is recorded as Hempuli Oy[13].
  • Baba Is You's copyright license is recorded as proprietary license[14].
  • Baba Is You's designed by is recorded as Arvi Teikari[15].
  • Baba Is You's operating system is recorded as Android[16].
  • Baba Is You's operating system is recorded as iOS[17].
  • Baba Is You's Commons category is recorded as Baba Is You[18].
  • Baba Is You's platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows[19].
  • Baba Is You's platform is recorded as macOS[20].
  • Baba Is You's platform is recorded as Linux[21].
  • Baba Is You's platform is recorded as Q19610114[22].
  • Baba Is You's platform is recorded as Android[23].
  • Baba Is You's platform is recorded as iOS[24].
  • Baba Is You's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[25].
  • Baba Is You's language of work or name is recorded as English[26].
  • Baba Is You's software engine is recorded as Multimedia Fusion 2[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Baba Is You was published by Hempuli Oy[9].

Publication

Baba Is You was published on March 13, 2019[28]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[26]. Its genre is puzzle video game[10]. Recorded distribution format include digital distribution[29] and digital download[30].

Reception

Awards received include Nordic Game Jam[3], a game jam[31], founded in 2006[32]; Independent Games Festival Award - Excellence in Design[4]; IGF Student Showcase Winner[5]; and Game Developers Choice Award - Best Design[6]. Reviews include 7/10[33], 90/100[34], 84/100[35], 89%[36], and 82/100[37].

Why It Matters

Baba Is You ranks in the top 4% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (335 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38]

FAQs

What awards did Baba Is You receive?

Honors received include Nordic Game Jam[3], Independent Games Festival Award - Excellence in Design[4], IGF Student Showcase Winner[5], and Game Developers Choice Award - Best Design[6].

Related Entities

Android bird's-eye view Finland Hempuli Oy iOS Linux macOS Microsoft Windows touchscreen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . hempuli.com. Retrieved . hempuli.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . hempuli.com. Retrieved . hempuli.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . reddit.com. reddit.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . gamasutra.com. gamasutra.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . Night in the Woods, Baba Is You win big at the 2018 IGF Awards. wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Night in the Woods, Baba Is You win big at the 2018 IGF Awards. wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . gamedeveloper.com. Retrieved . gamedeveloper.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] ↑ . gamespot.com. Retrieved . gamespot.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [34] ↑ . pcgamer.com. Retrieved . pcgamer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [35] ↑ . OpenCritic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [36] ↑ . OpenCritic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [37] ↑ . Q131917281. Retrieved . criticdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [28] ↑ . hempuli.com. Retrieved . hempuli.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Baba_Is_You
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  2. 9w ago · ~2026-23625-37 · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → puzzle video game
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