Bakeru
A 3D action game starring taiko drum-wielding tanuki boy Bakeru, who assumes the form of a human, going on a journey to save Japan from the clutches of a festival army led by the notorious Oracle Saitaro.
Bakeru is an adventure developed by Good-Feel, released 30 November 2023 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Bakeru is
Bakeru is an adventure game developed by Good-Feel and released in 2023. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Disaster strikes Japan! Oracle Saitaro and his Festival Troops are using a bizarre festival to take over Japan. Bakeru travels to 47 Japanese prefectures to free Japan from the grip of evil spirits!
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Bakeru holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Bakeru launched on 30 November 2023, within three weeks of Ready or Not, The Finals, Against the Storm and The Exit 8. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Ready or Not, The Finals, Against the Storm, The Exit 8.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Bakeru yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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