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=== 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 [[Pageview|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> Fans of the game created various content such as [[Animation|animations]] and a song adaptation by video game musical group [[Random Encounter (band)|Random Encounters]].<ref name=":9" />

Fans were involved in [[Video game modding|modifications]],<ref name=":3" /> with [[JournalistVideo game journalism|journalists]] noting appearances of the game in ''[[Roblox]]'' and ''[[Minecraft]]'' as [[Recreation|recreations]],<ref name=":9" /> as well as unauthorized [[mobile game]] knock-offs, which McGonigal also had warned about around that time.<ref name=":3" /> All of them further contributed to the game’s popularity.<ref name="inquirer" /><ref name="comedy" /><ref name=":6" />

== Notes ==