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The Tales of Bayun
Developer FlyinDogs
Can a flat world resting on the backs of three demon bears live in peace? Of course not! Immerse yourself in the universe of the dark Slavic legends, explore the characters' stories and make difficult choices that affect the course of events. Bayun the Cat will help you. If you're lucky, that is. From the Steam store page
17 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Apr 26, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
71
Fresh
12 positive · 5 negative
95% range 47–87%
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| Steam reviews | 12 | 5 | 0 |
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
15 of 20 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
72% recommend · 13 yes, 5 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 18 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (161 of 212 positive).
Players praise the game's art, atmosphere, and Slavic folklore inspiration. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the game is short, with bugs and limited content. [4][5][6] A few players find the stories interesting but repetitive or lacking meaningful choices. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [5]
Not bad for the price but I didn't really like it. So few images and too short. Some bugs on my first ending (consequences on the choices made were illogical). The stories are interesting though.
- [1]
One of the most interesting games in 2023 on Slavic mythology. If you played The Witcher 3 and after that fell in love with dark, gloomy Slavic folklore and hard choices, then you should definitely try this game. Also, if you have played games such as: Tiny Bunny Konung: Legends of the North (Damn you're so old) Again, you will love this game. Yes, there can be some bugs and narrative mistakes. But if we look at the …
- [2]
Saw the cat and decided it was a must buy for me strictly on the basis that Bayun is amazing. And he is and it was worth it. Art style is a perfect fit for the story, atmosphere is engrossing and I like the stat mechanic. Overall definite value for money. My only quibble is the lack of a proper windowed mode but devs said they may look into this later. And also that I can't actually have Bayun.
- [3]
THIS REVIEW IS NEUTRAL! Please Steam add this option! THE GOOD: Ok, the pros, obviously, are many: Beautiful, GORGEOUS graphics and the Slavic folklore inspiration is what attracted me to this game. I was not disappointed! The game is stunning, and the plot is just as mesmerizing: you are plunged into the fairy tale world of Storona, a world that is facing serious problems! From enemy armies waiting to attack the …
- [4]
I like the story. It is folk tale with good atmosphere. Managed to finish it in 3 hours :) There is bugs, tho
Summarised from 16 of the 19 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 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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The Tales of Bayun sits at 71% positive across 17 opinionated reactions from 1 source. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
17 of 17 · most liked firstFull Gameplay on my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAIKnLF9D5g&ab_channel=TheBaldMan I manage to end the game in 3 and a bit hours, relaxed playthrough. There are two stories in the game. The game has a system where you receive traits depending on what you choose; and at some parts of the game you can take decisions based on how many traits you have. Is a bit strange because you might not have enough and you cannot progress as you want. The second story is easier because you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the most interesting games in 2023 on Slavic mythology. If you played The Witcher 3 and after that fell in love with dark, gloomy Slavic folklore and hard choices, then you should definitely try this game. Also, if you have played games such as: Tiny Bunny Konung: Legends of the North (Damn you're so old) Again, you will love this game. Yes, there can be some bugs and narrative mistakes. But if we look at the ratio of quality and money spent, then quality clearly wins here. One of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just a masterpiece.An incredibly great Russian game.Masterpiece (xs what other words do the English have few words in English, although they are not really more than in Russian)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not bad for the price but I didn't really like it. So few images and too short. Some bugs on my first ending (consequences on the choices made were illogical). The stories are interesting though.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My Walkthrough - https://youtu.be/twHS5CcmggI I 1000% Recommend this One of the best Choice Based Story Telling games with lots of endings Really Gorgeous, in terms of art style ( I fell in love with her sister when she turned into something else, I dont wanna give any spoilers here ) Some really Gorgeous ladies in there The story is really amazing There are two different stories you can play each is like 2 Hours Long Each story has multiple endings based on how you make your choices…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought it because of Kuplinov's stream. The game turned out to be worse than expected. The further the game progressed, the less content it became, and it was never completed, apparently due to poor sales.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Saw the cat and decided it was a must buy for me strictly on the basis that Bayun is amazing. And he is and it was worth it. Art style is a perfect fit for the story, atmosphere is engrossing and I like the stat mechanic. Overall definite value for money. My only quibble is the lack of a proper windowed mode but devs said they may look into this later. And also that I can't actually have Bayun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Doomed if you do, doomed if you don't. Gets old pretty quick.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The stories were neat, the characters were rad (hellooooo, nurse Yaga), and it was fun to play...the first few times. I would've like more variety of stories to get all the cheevos; with having to repeat the two, I was ready to sacrifice everyone to the fae to just get it over with. Then I checked the forums and saw the awful truth: by all indications, it's been abandoned by the devs with some cheevo-blocking bugs left unaddressed. My OCD is left weeping powerlessly. I will probably never be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THIS REVIEW IS NEUTRAL! Please Steam add this option! THE GOOD: Ok, the pros, obviously, are many: Beautiful, GORGEOUS graphics and the Slavic folklore inspiration is what attracted me to this game. I was not disappointed! The game is stunning, and the plot is just as mesmerizing: you are plunged into the fairy tale world of Storona, a world that is facing serious problems! From enemy armies waiting to attack the settlements, to a snake demon who is rising in power. From a mysterious…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great game, love Russian folklore
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the story. It is folk tale with good atmosphere. Managed to finish it in 3 hours :) There is bugs, tho
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not bad for the price, and fun learning about the Slavic lore and legend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Disappointed. The game consists of two extremely short and event-poor stories, which you switch in a main menu. As a visual novel, it is bad by a lack of meaningful choices and a primitive, overly schematic stats system. At the same time, it lacks a basic visual novel feature—the ability to skip already read dialogue branches. The character design is also disappointing: the male characters feel uniform, while the female characters are exaggeratedly sexualized—turning Slavic folk enteties like…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →brotha what is this ♥♥♥♥
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice little game with interesting stories.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beautiful art, very well written story and varied choices. I clocked in 4 hours straight after downloading it. I played both stories and went back to the first story. I got an even more depressing ending for the first story my second go round even though I thought I made better choices. I would love if there is an actual "good" ending but I suspect this is just meant to be depressing Slavik folklore. Pentemen was like that. I didn't really seem to be able to get a "happy" outcome and that is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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