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Bit Buddy

Bit Buddy

by Salt Fish Studio

★ 99%
Price $1.39
Avg Players 513
Reviews 535
Released Nov 18, 2025
CartoonyCasualCollectathonCute
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Bit Buddy places an animated dog companion on your desktop that mirrors your keyboard and mouse activity in real time. Each interaction generates points toward unlocking cosmetic decorations and accessories, creating a low-friction reward loop that requires no active engagement beyond normal computer use. It's ideal for anyone wanting a charming visual feedback layer to their daily computing habits, particularly those who enjoyed similar desktop pets or input visualizers.

About this game

Players, last 30 days

Peak 617 · Low 362

Daily peak concurrent players, sampled once a night from Steam.

What players are saying

▲ Recommended 3 hrs
I love the custom content, its really cute but I wish there was a feature where the bit buddies had an option to detect mic input so they could also talk, like those pngtuber model things? Might be too much to ask for but I think that would be super cool
59 found helpful Steam ↗
▲ Recommended 11 hrs
Someone just thought "wait, what if we make bongo cat but cooler?" and came up with this gem. Yeah, it has a pricetag and not free like bongo, but it offers so much for symbolic payment.
- Once you unlocked a customization - it's with you forever, even if you use it to trade for an item of higher quality;
- You need only 5 items of same quality to combine, instead of 10;
- Items have chance to drop with each action, there's no set timer to "get the treasure chest";
- YOU CAN MOD THIS THING! You can add your own blorbos and share them with community, and this is like the biggest appeal of Bit Buddy on top of other points listed above!

Strongly recommend if you're a fan of silly desktop additions such as Bongo Cat or Tap Tap Loot, can't wait to try myself adding my beloved characters to tap with me while I work or play games :]
22 found helpful Steam ↗
▲ Recommended 8 hrs
THIS IS GREAT, 11/10! However it could be even better if voice reactivity was added for streamers or youtubers.
18 found helpful Steam ↗

Reviews are by Steam users, hosted on Steam.

Latest updates

Bug Fixes & Optimizations

18 days ago
Optimized clickable area calculation logic to improve performanceFixed an issue that prevented some players from launching the game properly

Bug Fixes / Optimizations

22 days ago
Fixed an issue where some visual elements could be incorrectly clipped.Fixed an issue where microphone input would not prevent Buddy from entering sleep mode.Optimized Steam stats synchronization to reduce unnecessary requests.Optimized clickable area calculations to improve performance.Thanks everyone for all the recent feedback and bug reports! This update mainly focuses on fixes and optimizations based on your feedback. Thank you for your continued support of Bit Buddy!

Microphone Tracking is Here!

24 days ago
🎙️ Bit Buddy Can Hear You Now!With microphone tracking enabled, Bit Buddy will move its mouth in sync with your voice whenever you speak. Whether you're chatting with friends, streaming, or just talking to yourself at your computer, Bit Buddy can now “talk” along with you!Currently, the vast majority of Buddies have been adapted with mouth animations. However, due to the design or animation structure of certain Buddies, a small number of them couldn't be adapted and therefore won't respond to microphone input.You can enable and configure microphone tracking in the settings.🛠️ Workshop Editor UpdateBit Buddy Workshop Editor has also been updated with microphone tracking support!You can now configure mouth images for your own Buddy directly in the editor. Once configured, your Workshop Buddy can respond to microphone input just like the official Buddies.If you've already created and published a Buddy, you can simply reopen the project and add mouth images to make it compatible with the new microphone tracking feature!Other Changes:Optimized the game's clickable area. The clickable area now follows the actually visible area much more closely, greatly reducing cases where transparent areas block mouse interactions with windows and other elements on your desktop.Thank you, as always, for all your feedback and suggestions!Microphone tracking has been one of the most requested features, and we're really happy to finally bring it to Bit Buddy.Now go say something to your Buddy!

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