BAO
Short description
BAO is a brilliant mancala type boardgame from East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania). Like Chess and Go, Bao leaves nothing to chance. 100% strategy = 200% fun. Think many turns ahead and you will become a true BAO master!
- Developer
- VMS Media
- Publisher
- VMS Media
- Release
- Fri, Oct 16, 2020
- Price
- $6.99
- Reviews
- 4
- Positive
- 75%
- Followers
- n/a
- Owners (estimated)
- 0 – 20K
- Concurrent players
- n/a
- Genres
- Strategy
- Features
- Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Cross-Platform Multiplayer
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by the $6.99 launch price — there is not enough price history for this game to weight the copies by what they actually sold for. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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History
Tracking started Aug 11, 2026. Charts appear once there is more than one data point — nothing has changed since.
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