BOKURA

Two-player side-scrolling puzzle adventure where each sees a different world

tokoronyori · Published by Kodansha · Released Aug 9, 2023

Reviews: Very Positive; 91% of 13K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 84% of 119 in 30 days
Playing now: 77; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 2 years ago; Mar 14, 2024

What is BOKURA?

This side-scrolling puzzle adventure follows two boys who run away from home and begin seeing different versions of their surroundings. On separate machines, two players describe what they see, work together to solve puzzles, and make choices that change their journey. There is no built-in chat.

For you if...

+you enjoy solving puzzles by talking with a partner
+you like story choices and dark turns

Not for you if...

−you want to play alone or on one machine
−you dislike long stretches of dialogue between puzzles
−you want a light story without disturbing themes

What players say

91% of 13,071 reviews are positive · 84% of 119 in the last 30 days

Players praise the contrasting viewpoints, cooperative puzzles, and story, though others find the dialogue long and the puzzles tedious. Players also report connection failures and bugs that interrupt progress or block achievements.

Screenshots and trailer

BOKURA system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i5
Memory: 2 GB RAM

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Achievements: 14
Steam features: Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Ukrainian, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Czech, Danish, Portuguese - Portugal, Indonesian, Greek, Turkish, Norwegian, Hungarian, Finnish, Bulgarian, Vietnamese, Romanian.