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''Baldi's Basics'' is a [[3D computer graphics|3D]] puzzle horror game that satirizes 1990s [[educational game]]s.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2022-10-24 |title=Basically Games Announces Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered is Available now, October 21, With a New Trailer |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/press-release/basically-games-announces-baldis-basics-classic-remastered-is-available-now-october-21-with-a-new-trailer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118173124/https://www.gamedeveloper.com/press-release/basically-games-announces-baldis-basics-classic-remastered-is-available-now-october-21-with-a-new-trailer |archive-date=2024-01-18 |access-date=2025-07-31 |website=[[Game Developer (website)|Game Developer]] |language=en}}</ref> The player has to locate seven notebooks scattered around a school;<ref name="inquirer">{{cite news |date=April 9, 2019 |title=PC download charts: Why are 'Baldi's Basics' and 'Totally Accurate Battle Simulator' so popular again? |url=https://technology.inquirer.net/85223/pc-download-charts-why-are-baldis-basics-and-totally-accurate-battle-simulator-so-popular-again |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221192227/https://technology.inquirer.net/85223/pc-download-charts-why-are-baldis-basics-and-totally-accurate-battle-simulator-so-popular-again |archive-date=February 21, 2025 |access-date=March 3, 2025 |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |agency=[[AFP-Relaxnews]]}}</ref> they belong to the [[player character]]'s friend, who cannot retrieve them to avoid being late for "eating practice".<ref>{{cite video game|title=Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning (2018)|developer=Micah McGonigal (mystman12)|platform=Windows, macOS, Linux|level=Menu (How to play)|quote="Oh noes!{{sic}} School is out, but your friend has a Problem!{{sic}} He left all of his notebooks in school, but doesn't have time to go get them, becasuse{{sic}} if he does he'll be late for eating practice. To help him out, you have to go back in school and find all his notebooks for him."}}</ref> Each notebook contains three arithmetic problems within the mathematics subject, but after the first notebook the third question becomes unsolvable. As the player continues to fail the questions, of which some are impossible, Baldi becomes more aggressive, moves faster and becomes harder to avoid.<ref name="kotaku12">{{cite news |last=Jackson |first=Gita |date=April 12, 2018 |title=A Free Game That Makes Math More Scary |url=https://kotaku.com/a-free-game-that-makes-math-scary-1825220750 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012054112/https://kotaku.com/a-free-game-that-makes-math-scary-1825220750 |archive-date=October 12, 2022 |access-date=April 6, 2021 |work=[[Kotaku]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Baldi hears every sound that the player makes,<ref name=":4" /> and chases them with his wooden ruler. As he moves, he smacks the ruler, making a sound to alert the player as to the approximate ___location of Baldi.<ref name="kotaku12" /><ref name=":0" /> If the player gets caught by Baldi, they are [[Jump scare|jumpscared]], resulting in a [[game over]].<ref name="kotaku12" />

The player may encounter other characters that can be used to their advantage or should be avoided, such as [[Head teacher|Principal]], Bully or Playtime. The Principal locks the player in [[School detention|detention]] for a short period of time, which increases with every visit, after breaking one of the school rules. Bully, a naughty student that will take one of the player's [[Item (game terminology)|items]] upon interationinteraction, and if they have none he will act as a human barrier, blocking a path. And Playtime forces player to [[Skipping rope|jump rope]] for a certain amount of time.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":7" /> Items are scattered around the facility, which the player can use to defend themselfthemselves,<ref name=":1" /> like from Playtime using [[scissors]] to cut her rope.<ref name=":7" /> After collecting seven notebooks, the player has to find all four school exits to beat the game, without been caught by Baldi.<ref name="inquirer" /><ref name=":1" /> The original game features both a story mode and an [[Glossary of video game terms#endless mode|endless mode]]; in the latter, the player must keep collecting notebooks until Baldi catches them.<ref name=":4" /><ref name="pocket">{{cite news |last=Bald |first=Cameron |date=December 23, 2019 |title=Baldi's Basics Classic, a mobile version of the game, creeps onto Android and iOS |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/articles/081813/baldis-basics-classic-a-mobile-version-of-the-cult-horror-game-creeps-onto-android-and-ios/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005115213/https://www.pocketgamer.com/articles/081813/baldis-basics-classic-a-mobile-version-of-the-cult-horror-game-creeps-onto-android-and-ios/ |archive-date=October 5, 2021 |access-date=April 6, 2021 |website=[[Pocket Gamer]]}}</ref>

Other versions and releases of the game, such as ''Baldi's Basics Birthday Bash'' and ''Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered'', include additional features such as randomly-chosen items.<ref name="inquirer" /><ref name=":4" /> The latter game features a "Demo" mode, which blends the original with the elements from ''Baldi's Basics Plus''.<ref name=":4" />

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== Reception ==

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The games have all gotten very positive overall reviews on steam. ''Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered'' has gotten a review rating which has been very positive overall, with 92% of the steam user reviews being positive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1712830/Baldis_Basics_Classic_Remastered/ |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=store.steampowered.com |language=en}}</ref>

''Baldi's Basics Plus'' has gotten even better reviews by percentage, its review rating being overwhelmingly positive, with 97% of the steam user reviews being positive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baldi's Basics Plus on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1275890/Baldis_Basics_Plus/ |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=store.steampowered.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Cultural impact ===

The game became an [[online phenomena]] and online success. Several [[Let's Play]] [[YouTuber]]s such as [[Markiplier]] and [[PewDiePie]] have made videos on the game reaching millions of [[views]], gaining popularity on [[Online video platform|video-sharing platform]], [[YouTube]].<ref name=":3">{{cite news |last=Wöbbeking |first=Jan |date=June 8, 2018 |title=Baldie's Basics in Education and Learning: Bizarrer Überlebenskampf in der Edutainment-Schule |language=de |website=[[4Players]] |url=https://www.4players.de/4players.php/spielinfonews/PC-CDROM/39758/2175571/Baldis_Basics_in_Education_and_Learning-Bizarrer_Ueberlebenskampf_in_der_Edutainment-Schule.html |url-status=live |access-date=April 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710193246/https://www.4players.de/4players.php/spielinfonews/PC-CDROM/39758/2175571/Baldis_Basics_in_Education_and_Learning-Bizarrer_Ueberlebenskampf_in_der_Edutainment-Schule.html |archive-date=July 10, 2022}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{cite news |last=Nguyen |first=Keoni |date=June 25, 2018 |title=A Fake Edutainment Game Is Now A YouTube Hit |url=https://kotaku.com/a-fake-edutainment-game-is-now-a-youtube-hit-1827114239 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711013558/https://kotaku.com/a-fake-edutainment-game-is-now-a-youtube-hit-1827114239 |archive-date=July 11, 2022 |access-date=April 6, 2021 |work=[[Kotaku]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Conville |first=Caitlyn |date=2018-05-15 |title='Baldi's Basics' Brings Nostalgia for Millennial Gamers |url=https://studybreaks.com/culture/baldis-basics/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228144633/https://studybreaks.com/culture/baldis-basics/ |archive-date=2022-02-28 |access-date=2025-08-03 |work=Study Breaks}}</ref> Various other content like [[Animation|Animateions]] created by [[Fandom|fans]] of the game, including a song adaptation by video game musical group [[Random Encounter (band)|Random Encounters]].<ref name=":9" />

FanFans of the game didhave alsocreated involed inmultiple [[Video game modding|mods]] over the years, adding to the game's popularity.<ref name=":3" /> [[Journalist|Journalists]] also noted other video game media appearances of the game like in [[Roblox]] or [[Minecraft]] as a [[Recreation|recreations]].<ref name=":9" /> As well as [[Copyright infringement|unauthorisedunauthorized]] [[mobile game]] [[Counterfeit consumer goods|knock-offs]], which McGonigal also had warned around that time.<ref name=":3" /> All of them further contributed to its popularity.<ref name="inquirer" /><ref name="comedy" /><ref name=":6" />

== Notes ==