BOMBANANA! Release Date and Price on Steam

BOMBANANA! was released on September 2, 2026 at 12:30 UTC on Steam, for Windows and macOS, priced at $7.99 with a 38% launch discount (about $4.95) at release. It is a one-time purchase — no free-to-play tier, no in-game purchases.

The Exact Release Time

Unlike games that unlock at local midnight in each region, BOMBANANA! unlocked globally at one moment: 12:30 UTC on September 2, 2026, the timestamp on the studio's "BOMBANANA! Is out NOW" Steam announcement. That translated to:

The launch came roughly two and a half months after the demo (June 15, 2026) turned the game into one of the summer's biggest Steam stories.

Price

• Standard price: $7.99 on the US Steam store.
• Launch discount: -38%, bringing it to roughly $4.95 through September 9, 2026. The discount has ended: as of September 24, 2026 the store shows the standard $7.99 with no discount active.
• Regional pricing exists in local currencies (for example, ¥29 in China, discounted to ¥17.98 at launch).
• There are no special editions, season passes, or DLC — one SKU, one price. The one add-on is the DUMBANANA! bundle, announced September 10, 2026, which pairs the game with Dumb Ways to Build for an extra 10% off.

For what hardware you need to run it, see the download and system requirements guide.

Who Made It

• Developer: Lefto Studio — an independent studio based in Istanbul, Türkiye, founded in March 2025 by Ufuk Girit. The team previously worked on titles including Liars Bar and We Are So Cooked.
• Publisher: TARK — a Türkiye-based publisher and fund backing Turkish games.
• The studio also worked with publishing advisors Claire Barilla and Steve Stopps, whose credits include Ranch Sim and Still Wakes the Deep.

The Road to Launch, in Numbers

The launch was preceded by one of the strongest demo runs of 2026:

• Demo released June 15, 2026
• #1 most-played demo of Steam Next Fest (June 2026)
• 6M+ demo players and 1M+ wishlists before launch
• Demo review score around 97% positive
• At launch: 96% positive on the full game's Steam reviews
• First week (studio milestone announcement, September 7, 2026): 500,000 players reached, the concurrent peak climbing past 20,000, and the review rating holding at 97% positive
• Two weeks (studio milestone announcement, September 18, 2026): the post is titled "1 MILLION MONKEYS!", but its text only thanks players for "all of the amazing milestones" — the figure itself, and what it counts (copies sold or players reached), sit in the post's image rather than its prose, so the defensible reading is one million monkeys, metric unspecified. The same post opened a Youtooz merch vote: the plush needed 200 votes within 7 days to go into production. As of September 24, 2026 it is no longer listed as votable on the Youtooz site
• Review snapshot as of September 24, 2026 (all languages): over 3,100 Steam reviews, 96% positive, sitting in Steam's Overwhelmingly Positive band
• The official Discord had passed 50,000 members on the eve of launch (the studio's own "1 Day To Go!" count, September 1, 2026)

What Shipped at Launch

The release version contains:

• 30 handcrafted campaign levels
• Endless mode (procedurally generated waves) and Custom mode (fully tunable bombs)
• 14 puzzle modules — 11 standard plus 3 CHAOS modules
• Environmental hazards (power outages, noise) and new environments
• 23 Steam achievements
• Full 3-player online co-op with server browser and room codes

Launch Dates You Should Not Confuse

Because several demo-era pages still rank in search results, here are the dates that actually matter:

Any page claiming an "August 2026" release window or an unannounced price is looking at pre-launch Steam data that has since been superseded.

Where to Buy

The only official storefront is the BOMBANANA! Steam page. The game has no other official store, no mobile version, and no key reseller arrangements — see the demo guide for the fake-download warning that goes with this game's search results.