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Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
Developer Moonsprout Games
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling is a 2019 role-playing video game developed by Moonsprout Games and published by Dangen Entertainment. Taking inspiration in art and gameplay from the first two Paper Mario games, the game's plot centers around three bugs (Vi, Kabbu, and Leif) as they search the mythical land of Bugaria in pursuit of the Everlasting Sapling, an item capable of eternal life. Along the way, they… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
399 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
93
LovedLoved
216 positive · 16 negative
95% range 89–96%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 216 | 16 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 71 | 2 | 68 |
| Lemmy * | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
5,144 of 5,299 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
92% recommend · 197 yes, 16 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 213 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (5,894 of 6,076 positive).
Players widely praise Bug Fables as a worthy spiritual successor to Paper Mario, especially The Thousand-Year Door. [1][2][3][4] Many reviewers highlight the game's charming characters, engaging turn-based combat, and extensive content. [5][6][7][8] Some players find the game flawed, citing a slow start, simplistic writing, or lack of a compelling hook. [9][10][11]
Liked
Representative posts
- [9]
This game is not terrible, per se, but it's just such a heavily flawed game that it's difficult to recommend to anyone wanting a refined game. There are so many small things to point out so here's what comes to mind: The early game is a slog with needing to grind money to just rest at the inn and recover from fights. Once you get to chapter three (of seven) you get the recipe for the best healing item which you …
- [5]
Story: ★★★★★ (5/5) Gameplay: ★★★★★ (5/5) Highlights: Vast, hightly well-designed game world; fun, addictive, surprisingly deep turn based battle system; outstanding music you'll whistle on your way to work; endearing, touching characters; extensive story and side/post game. Verdict: One of the greatest gems indie developing has given us in the past decades. Comment: Paper Mario is my favourite game of all time. Bug …
- [4]
A true true love letter to the original two Paper Mario games. Dare I speak for my own preference, I may even prefer bug fables over those games. Bug Fables takes the Paper Mario formula and improves upon it with more dynamic gameplay and more challenging battles. The game is packed with charm, and the amount of side content is staggering. The game gives you an optional hard mode that you can toggle on or off from …
- [14]
I grew up with the Paper Mario games on the N64&Gamecube and they have been very influential on me and just straight up some of the best games I ever played The biggest compliment I can give Bug Fables even in 2026 is that they're genuinely on par with those games. In some aspect a bit weaker but actually even better in some, especially difficulty. The Paper Mario games are more on the chill side and quite easy but …
- [1]
This is literally Steam's Paper Mario, and it's an adventure to remember. Genuinely enjoy every time I decide to come back to play this game
Summarised from 34 of the 343 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling talk about excellent Paper Mario-inspired gameplay and design; those who didn't talk about early game can be a grind for money. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4 versions of Bug Fables all received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received "mighty" approval, being recommended by 100% of critics. Praise was directed to the game's level design, combat, and writing, which were positively compared to the early Paper Mario games. Another highlight of the game according to critics is the art style which was both "pleasant and simple". However, some critics felt that it did falter in its platforming sections. In addition, certain puzzles were cited as quite hard to accomplish…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 399 · most liked firsthere's the banner i submitted for bug fables' 5th anniversary banner contest in their discord server. happy five years to the game that made me fall in love with bugs! 💚💛💙 @moonsproutgames.bsky.social #BugFables
neutral · AI labelView post →i finished Bug Fables! such a cute game wanted to draw the whole family #bugfables #ukrart #украрт
positive · AI labelView post →Bug Fables art i made after finishing the game in 2022!!! still LOVE this game very dearly💕 and also Happy 5th Anniversary to the best bug game ever!!!🥳🪲🐝🦋🌷✨️✨️ #BugFables
positive · AI labelView post →Bug Fables is on sale for $7.99 as part of the Steam Summer Sales! Pick up one of my favorite games of all time! I have quite literally bought this game and gifted it to people dozens of times. I stand by that this game has some of the most heart and love I’ve ever experienced
positive · AI labelView post →Follow me if you fw: Bugs Birds Space Monster Hunter Bug Fables In Stars and Time Hollow Knight Terraria Deep Rock Galactic Rain World Helldivers 2 Blasphemous (game) Everhood Hades (game) A Hat in Time Hyper Light Drifter One Shot Neon White Persona Signalis
neutral · AI labelView post →Bug Fables is like, a good game y'know
positive · AI labelView post →BUG FABLES: the game #bugfables
neutral · AI labelView post →A surprise Bug Fables update has dropped, adding Russian language to the game!
neutral · AI labelView post →Nothin like a bug in your pocket, especially Bug Fables on a Game Boy Pocket! (with chippy rendition of Snakemouth Den!) #pixelart #gameboy #gbstudio
positive · AI labelView post →Started replying Bug Fables this month and forgot how much I love this game :’) (RIP Leif’s antenna, it broke outside 😔)
positive · AI labelView post →Sorry this is so late, motivation for art has been low lately Regardless, happy 6th anniversary to Bug Fables, forever and always my favourite game <3
positive · AI labelView post →Bug Fables (and its art book) are 50% off for Steam's Autumn Sale. Please get this game there is a good chance you will come out of it with your brain chemistry permanently altered store.steampowered.com/app/1082710/...
neutral · AI labelView post →'Bug Fables' Plus a pretty chunky mod which adds new maps, enemies, minigames, etc to the already 10/10 main game is now available. youtu.be/QObNiNKuVp4?...
neutral · AI labelView post →No matter how many times I've played Bug Fables, Team Snakemouth's interactions still make me laugh This game is so peak I missed playing it 🥹
positive · AI labelView post →Man you know what fuck interactions. I gotta bring back that Bug Fables posting even if it means half of my posts are talking to a brick wall. I love this game too much.
positive · AI labelView post →Oooh, nice. Big community expansion-type mod came out for Bug Fables. And the game is going cheap on Steam, too. One of the best Paper Mario-like games around. store.steampowered.com/app/1082710/... gamebanana.com/mods/600365
neutral · AI labelView post →Been thinking about another really amazing game, one named Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling. Definitely an amazing title and it really brings me back to Paper Mario with the art style and battle sequences 💕💕💕
positive · AI labelView post →Everyone kept saying my sona looks like Wolfgang from #EscapeFromEverAfter . (The other Paper Mario inspired game like Bug Fables.) and... yeah. He really does in game, so I swapped their outfits. It's like having a clone. #Sona #Wolf #Werewolf #Wolfgang
neutral · AI labelView post →'Bug Fables' version 1.2 out now. New minigames, medals, enemies and more! Happy 5th Anniversary to the best Paper Mario game! youtu.be/6X_gHGlo4hw?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Bug Fables is tied for my favorite video game of all time. Knowing that it's going to turn 5 in a month is so surreal to me. And thus, I drew this as an early celebration! Go play Bug Fables. I highly recommend it!
positive · AI labelView post →Looking for good turn based games. Turn based games tended to be something I sort of stopped getting into as I got older. Despite really enjoying games that involve tons of strategy and thought like Hitman or 13 Sentinels Aegis Rim, I struggled more with games that are turn based. I've tried to get back into them with stuff like Pokemon and the occasional board game sim that I play with my friends, but I just know there's games out there I'd like a lot more. I do want to give Fire Emblem, Bug…
neutral · AI labelView post →I miss when games used to be good. Anyone 'member Vampire Survivors, Lethal Company, Bug Fables? Developers these days just can't compare.
positive · AI labelView post →I can’t believe Bug Fables’ 6 year anniversary is coming up already That game and the community was the actual cornerstone to keeping me sane during my college years- Still my favorite game of all time; sorry I’m not as active in the fandom nowadays! 🥲
positive · AI labelView post →Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling version 1.2 now available, adding fishing, medals, post-game, and QoL updates: www.rpgsite.net/news/16577-b...
neutral · AI labelView post →Drawing harmony every day until Splatoon 4 releases day 429 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVOURITE GAME OF ALL TIMES (HAS BEEN FOR 4 YEARS), BUG FABLES NUMBER ONE!!!
positive · AI labelView post →SILKSONG 2 DELTARUNE CHAPTER 5 CLASSIC SONIC GAME SONIC SUPERSTARS SWITCH 2 EDITION 3D MARIO UNDERTALE SWITCH 2 EDITION BUG FABLES 2 IN STARS AND TIME 2
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing through Bug Fables atm, this game is so charming! 💖
positive · AI labelView post →[ #bugfables #art ] Happy birthday bug fables :-] I've been drawing this game for 3 years now!!! 2022/2023/2024
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally,, Bug Fables is a good game
positive · AI labelView post →Bug Fables is an extremely charming game #bugfables #fanart
positive · AI labelView post →Getting a little tired of games trying to draw me in with "it's like [popular game] mixed with [other popular game]". Why poison my mind against you by making it seem like you're just piggybacking on trends? *Continues working on his Zelda OoT but also Bug Fables game*
neutral · AI labelView post →Bug Fables turns 6 years old today!!! This game changed my life for the better, and while I’m not quite as obsessed with it as I was back in the early 2020’s, it’ll always have the honor of being my favorite game of all time. Happy 6th birthday Bug Fables, here’s to many more adventures!
positive · AI labelView post →I guess you're looking to spend time with interesting characters. Endearing party of playable characters: * Bug Fables — A big tiny adventure of three cute insects, with Paper Mario-inspired turn-based combat * Cassette Beasts — Creature-collecting with heart. You bring one of several interesting companions with you. * Moonlight Pulse — A metroidvania set on a planet-sized creature. You play as a team of planet-creature denizens fighting off a parasite infestation. Encountering interesting…
neutral · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight (2017) - 8 years -> Team Cherry releases Silksong (2025) Bug Fables (2019) - 8 years -> Moonsprout Games’s next game?!
neutral · AI labelView post →(and yea my post is obvious Sea of Stars slander #943954 so nobody will notice the game that actually prompted this thought was Bug Fables)
neutral · AI labelView post →Demon Tides (3d platformer, Mario Odyssey crossed with LoZ Wind Waker) Bug Fables (Paper Mario-esque RPG) Ultrakill (boomer shooter) Session. Skate Sim (EA Skate but without EA) Synthetik 1 & 2 (isometric futuristic rouge like) Vall Halla (cyberpunk bartender visual novel) Dungeons of Hinterburg (Dungeon crawling RPG with a Persona like social system) Cairn (mountain climbing sim with a great story) Tactical Breach Wizards (XCOM style game with wizards and defenstration) Noita (magic…
neutral · AI labelView post →This is literally Steam's Paper Mario, and it's an adventure to remember. Genuinely enjoy every time I decide to come back to play this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →concept for a game over for a hypothetical bug fables spooky au game where jaune dies in her base form and H.B revives her like she did with kali and crisbee #bugfables #art #bugfablesau
neutral · AI labelView post →Finished up Bug Fables!! Such a charming little game! 🥲
positive · AI labelView post →The Chunky Kabbu Mod for Bug Fables is done! Want your softie, justice-loving bug with extra squish? Wanna make one or two more lines in the game fit oh so much better? We’ll look no further! Download with instructions in the thread, feel free to reply if you have any issue installing correctly!
neutral · AI labelView post →I have uncovered what is possibly the most reported issue with Bug Fables: Controllers on PC don't work on boot. The main issue people have likely been running into specifically involves an incorrect hook timing by Steam Input Details, workarounds and others here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
neutral · AI labelView post →Bug Fables is Paper Mario with bugs. It is also a VERY GOOD Paper Mario game. Funny, cute, smart. Just a cozy hug of an RPG. It recently got a huge community made 'Plus' upgrade mod which tunes up the balance and adds a ton of sidequests and optional adventures, filling it out further. Recommended.
positive · AI labelView post →oh shit Bug Fables is a game? I couldn’t tell because the marketing doesn’t call it The Bug Fables Game
neutral · AI labelView post →This was an old tumblr palette challenge request for Vi from Bug Fables! Still haven’t played this game… #pokeslash109 #bugfables
neutral · AI labelView post →In the indie reinassence gaming has been living today there has been a number of them that are heavily inspired by beloved older titles, many times they are also directly impacted by the lack of new entries in a series, or by the decay in quality of the current ones. Those two cases are not rare in the gaming world, as any fan of a franchise purchased and gutted by EvilAssholes Games would attest, and as such, many titles came forth offering to give you the experience you can't get any more...…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On par with Paper Mario TYD. Similar game, but overall better characters and story-beats. The game supports most controllers, incl. Dual Shock, dispite hat Steam advocates. Look in the settings for the right button mappings and symbols.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I finished the first chapter of Bug Fables on stream, and all I can say is WOW This game is so charming! And I can't wait to continue it tomorrow! #gaming
positive · AI labelView post →Y’all… I have something shocking to say but I can hide it no longer: 1. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble 2. Super Mario Galaxy 3. Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling 4. Sonic Unleashed 5. Undertale Super Mario Galaxy has been dethroned as my favorite game of all time.
positive · AI labelView post →- Amy Rose, Siffrin (ISAT), Leif (Bug Fables), Trip the Sungazer, Ralsei - TRUEEEEE 🔥🔥🔥 - I've been told it would be right up my alley, definitely a game I'm interested in playing soon! - real - Idk anything about him but I fw him anyway cuz Leif is a cool name :3
neutral · AI labelView post →A combat demo for Born of Bread! It's definitely influenced by Paper Mario, hehehe 😅 which is cool tho! The only other Paper Mario inspired game that I can think of is Bug Fables Game: Born of Bread by WildArts Studios (Nintendo Switch version)
neutral · AI labelView post →I keep seeing people make mutual lists soo... here's things that I like‼️ -Pokemon -Pokemon Mystery Dungeon -Kirby -Mother 3 -Bug Fables -Rain World -Indie Game Music, or just vgm in general -Silly creatures :)
neutral · AI labelView post →Bug Fables pixel progress post [3] is up! www.patreon.com/gameboydemak...
neutral · AI labelView post →Platinum 91 for Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling! Fantastic game!
positive · AI labelView post →really can’t say I understand the critique that Bug Fables’ combat is “sicko mode” and requires you to totally minmax or you’re playing it wrong. like what the hell. what game did you play
neutral · AI labelView post →Well, a game that plays LIKE the Paper Mario series is Bug Fables! I played a bit of it myself and it’s very fun.
positive · AI labelView post →Story: ★★★★★ (5/5) Gameplay: ★★★★★ (5/5) Highlights: Vast, hightly well-designed game world; fun, addictive, surprisingly deep turn based battle system; outstanding music you'll whistle on your way to work; endearing, touching characters; extensive story and side/post game. Verdict: One of the greatest gems indie developing has given us in the past decades. Comment: Paper Mario is my favourite game of all time. Bug Fables is, hands down, the new, and improved spiritual sucessor, a true love…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is not terrible, per se, but it's just such a heavily flawed game that it's difficult to recommend to anyone wanting a refined game. There are so many small things to point out so here's what comes to mind: The early game is a slog with needing to grind money to just rest at the inn and recover from fights. Once you get to chapter three (of seven) you get the recipe for the best healing item which you grind from Amazy-Dayzees (which spawn in the literal first area outside the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bug Fables will always be the best game of all time in my eyes idc.
positive · AI labelView post →Literally the best Paper Mario inspired game I have ever played. Straight up if you enjoyed the thousand year door you will love bug fables.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you’re a fan of Classic Paper Mario, then Bug Fables is the game for you!
neutral · AI labelView post →
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