Be Brave, Barb is an adventure developed by Thomas K. Young, released 12 March 2025 on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Be Brave, Barb is
Be Brave, Barb is an adventure game developed by Thomas K. Young and released in 2025. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Barb the cactus has lost her positive affirmations! How will she get through the day? How will she face her fears? How will she defeat King Cloudy and his evil henchmen? I have no idea. Maybe you should play this gravity-bending platforming adventure right now and find out?
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Be Brave, Barb launched on 12 March 2025, within three weeks of Inzoi, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Split Fiction and Monster Hunter Wilds. It arrived 8 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Inzoi, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Split Fiction, Monster Hunter Wilds.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
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