[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":347},["ShallowReactive",2],{"studio-blog-post-burg-tag-steam-online-parkour-tag-game":3,"studio-blog-related-burg-tag-steam-online-parkour-tag-game":306},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":278,"cover":22,"coverHref":15,"date":279,"description":280,"draft":281,"extension":282,"image":283,"meta":284,"navigation":81,"path":285,"seo":286,"stem":287,"tags":288,"takes":295,"__hash__":305},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fburg-tag-steam-online-parkour-tag-game.md","Burg Tag Steam: Online Parkour Tag Game by a Solo Dev","voltz",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":266},"minimark",[10,24,34,45,72,82,91,96,99,110,119,125,129,132,143,152,158,162,169,182,186,199,203,217,220,224,229,233,236,240,243],[11,12,18,19],"a",{"className":13,"href":15,"title":16,"style":17},[14],"vg-hotframe","https:\u002F\u002Fstore.steampowered.com\u002Fapp\u002F4297360\u002F","Burg Tag on Steam","background-image:url(\u002Fblog\u002Fburg-tag-steam-online-parkour-tag-game-bp-hero.webp)","\n  ",[20,21],"img",{"src":22,"alt":23},"https:\u002F\u002Fshared.akamai.steamstatic.com\u002Fstore_item_assets\u002Fsteam\u002Fapps\u002F4297360\u002F662c3942fd63772228d26da37b4354afa8065909\u002Fcapsule_616x353.jpg?t=1792683612","Official Burg Tag Steam capsule: two cartoon brown monkeys sprint left to right across the top, one wearing a blue headband and one a red headband, with speed lines and a dust puff behind them, above a chunky yellow BURG logo and a bright blue TAG logo, all on a sunny yellow and orange comic halftone background (Barji)",[25,26,30,33],"p",{"className":27,"style":29},[28],"blog-muted","margin:-0.75rem 0 1.5rem;font-size:0.9em",[11,31,32],{"href":15},"Burg Tag (Steam)",". Hover for a Voidge draft sketch inspired by a fragment of the capsule key art.",[25,35,36,40,41,44],{},[37,38,39],"strong",{},"Burg Tag"," is an ",[37,42,43],{},"online parkour tag game"," on Steam, and dude, it is exactly the kind of cheap lobby chaos I live for. You are a goofy monkey in a red headband, the lobby splits into hiders and seekers, and everybody gets the same movement kit: wall kicks, monkey bars, slides, rolls and a sprint. Get tagged and you flip sides. That is the whole pitch, and for real, it is enough.",[25,46,47,48,51,52,55,56,59,60,63,64,67,68,71],{},"It is made by ",[37,49,50],{},"Barji",", a solo developer who also runs a YouTube devlog channel his X bio puts at 200K subscribers. Burg Tag launched on ",[37,53,54],{},"October 22, 2026",", App ID ",[37,57,58],{},"4297360",", for ",[37,61,62],{},"US$4.99",". As of about 11:30 BRT on November 3, the store shows ",[37,65,66],{},"88% of 75"," user reviews as positive, which Steam rates ",[37,69,70],{},"Very Positive",".",[73,74],"iframe",{"title":75,"src":76,"width":77,"height":78,"style":79,"loading":80,"allowFullScreen":81},"Burg Tag clip on Voidge X","https:\u002F\u002Fplatform.twitter.com\u002Fembed\u002FTweet.html?id=2117626532592226371",550,650,"width:100%;max-width:550px;height:650px;border:0;border-radius:12px;margin:1rem 0","lazy",true,[25,83,86,90],{"className":84,"style":85},[28],"margin:-0.5rem 0 1.5rem;font-size:0.9em",[11,87,89],{"href":88},"https:\u002F\u002Fx.com\u002FmyVoidge\u002Fstatus\u002F2117626532592226371","Open the clip on X"," if the embed does not load. Cut from the official Burg Tag Trailer.",[92,93,95],"h2",{"id":94},"same-moves-for-hiders-and-seekers","Same moves for hiders and seekers",[25,97,98],{},"Here is the design call that makes the lobby work. The store says both roles get access to the same movement set, and certain powerups unlock new ways to get around. So nobody is stuck as the slow kid. If you are hiding, every round is a choice: trust your hiding spot or stay on the move and slide, wall kick, swing and roll out of trouble when a seeker closes in. If you are seeking, the page literally says being It should not be boring.",[25,100,101,102,105,106,109],{},"In the main ",[37,103,104],{},"Tag"," mode, every hider you catch joins your team, so the hunt snowballs. Two seekers become four, four become eight, and suddenly the last hider is getting cornered by half the lobby. The store pushes you to work together to cut off a runner instead of just chasing in a straight line, and that is where the clutch moments live. The trailer also shows a ",[37,107,108],{},"Freeze Tag"," mode in the patchwork playground map, which is lowkey my favorite of the bunch from what I have seen.",[11,111,18,115],{"className":112,"href":15,"title":113,"style":114},[14],"A Burg Tag monkey sits on a giant mushroom (Steam)","background-image:url(\u002Fblog\u002Fburg-tag-steam-online-parkour-tag-game-bp-shot2.webp)",[20,116],{"src":117,"alt":118},"https:\u002F\u002Fshared.akamai.steamstatic.com\u002Fstore_item_assets\u002Fsteam\u002Fapps\u002F4297360\u002Fcd412459475ba1e696e8e3cf0f799c3f5ad23cf1\u002Fss_cd412459475ba1e696e8e3cf0f799c3f5ad23cf1.1920x1080.jpg?t=1792683612","Official Burg Tag screenshot: a low angle toon shaded view of a brown monkey with big googly eyes, a beige muzzle and a red headband, sitting on top of a giant red mushroom cap with white spots, chunky black feet dangling over the edge, under a big dark green pine tree with twisted branches against a pale blue sky with soft white clouds (Steam)",[25,120,122,124],{"className":121,"style":29},[28],[11,123,32],{"href":15},". Hover for a Voidge draft sketch inspired by a fragment of the mushroom screenshot.",[92,126,128],{"id":127},"the-maps-and-the-vibe","The maps and the vibe",[25,130,131],{},"The maps are hella colorful. The screenshots show an icy blue island with orange bounce pads stuck to the cliffs, a jungle ruin with mossy castle walls and pine trees, a container ship stacked with red and blue boxes out on open sea, and an indoor playground that looks like a giant patchwork of pink, orange, green and blue blocks with trampolines and nets. There is even a huge pink pig head floating in that playground, which I respect for real.",[25,133,134,135,138,139,142],{},"Everything runs in a soft toon style with chunky outlines. Barji told a fan on X that the toon shader is a spatial shader but the outline is screen space, which is a sick little peek under the hood. The first person view shows your own big monkey hands swinging in front of the camera, and as of a November 2 update you can switch to ",[37,136,137],{},"third person"," and do a ",[37,140,141],{},"chicken dance"," on your opponents. Tagging someone and then dancing on them is peak lobby behavior, and I am stoked it is official now.",[11,144,18,148],{"className":145,"href":15,"title":146,"style":147},[14],"A Burg Tag monkey stands in the mossy castle ruins map (Steam)","background-image:url(\u002Fblog\u002Fburg-tag-steam-online-parkour-tag-game-bp-shot3.webp)",[20,149],{"src":150,"alt":151},"https:\u002F\u002Fshared.akamai.steamstatic.com\u002Fstore_item_assets\u002Fsteam\u002Fapps\u002F4297360\u002F0f1668a5eaa0e18aad63a28314ad2d4912951e92\u002Fss_0f1668a5eaa0e18aad63a28314ad2d4912951e92.1920x1080.jpg?t=1792683612","Official Burg Tag screenshot: a brown monkey with googly eyes, a red headband, pale hands and big black boots stands on a dirt courtyard inside mossy green stone castle ruins, with a broken pillar on the left, a tilted slab of stone wall on the right, a fountain and green pine trees in the middle and a yellow banner on the battlements under a bright blue sky (Steam)",[25,153,155,157],{"className":154,"style":29},[28],[11,156,32],{"href":15},". Hover for a Voidge draft sketch inspired by a fragment of the castle ruins screenshot.",[92,159,161],{"id":160},"no-friends-online-run-a-time-trial","No friends online? Run a time trial",[25,163,164,165,168],{},"The short description says it straight: no friends? Run a time trial. You can drop into any map solo and race to collect ",[37,166,167],{},"10 bananas"," as fast as possible. Barji writes on the store page that time trials were originally an afterthought and turned into one of the most addicting modes in the game. That tracks. A banana route on a map you already know from chases is basically a speedrun practice room, and it makes the next real lobby feel way more fire because you know every wall kick line.",[25,170,171,172,176,177,181],{},"If you are into movement first games, check our take on ",[11,173,175],{"href":174},"\u002Fblog\u002Fuppercute-steam-neon-white-platformer\u002F","Uppercute",", a Neon White style 3D platformer, and for more friends lobby chaos there is ",[11,178,180],{"href":179},"\u002Fblog\u002Ftrash-day-steam-raccoon-co-op\u002F","Trash Day",", a raccoon co-op physics game for up to six players.",[92,183,185],{"id":184},"what-our-clip-shows","What our clip shows",[25,187,188,189,192,193,195,196,198],{},"Three takes from the official ",[37,190,191],{},"Burg Tag Trailer",", with its own audio. First, a first person sprint down a forest trail, across water and onto a ship. Second, the ",[37,194,104],{}," mode on the container ship, with a chase along the deck and a monkey bolting past the stacked containers. Third, ",[37,197,108],{}," inside the patchwork playground, bouncing between pink and orange blocks. No logo cards, just play.",[92,200,202],{"id":201},"price-platforms-and-what-to-know","Price, platforms and what to know",[25,204,205,206,208,209,212,213,216],{},"Burg Tag costs ",[37,207,62],{}," with no discount running when I checked. It runs on ",[37,210,211],{},"Windows and Linux",", with no Mac build listed, and the specs are light: an Intel Core i5 4590 or Ryzen 3 1200, 8 GB of RAM, a GTX 1050 or RX 460 and about 1 GB of storage. It needs a broadband connection for online play. Steam lists Single player, Online PvP, Family Sharing, color alternatives, camera comfort, adjustable difficulty and custom volume controls. The interface and audio are ",[37,214,215],{},"English"," only. Cosmetics are part of the loop too: the trailer brags about billions of unique hats, and players earn boxes to open.",[25,218,219],{},"The Steam page carries no AI content disclosure.",[92,221,223],{"id":222},"who-makes-burg-tag","Who makes Burg Tag?",[25,225,226,228],{},[37,227,50],{}," is the developer and publisher on Steam. He posted that the game passed 10,000 wishlists before launch, put out a devlog video called I Made My DREAM Tag Game when it shipped, and said on November 1 that he had already beaten his financial goal for the game with reviews better than he expected. Since launch he has pushed a new map, a new game mode, new cosmetics and a pile of fixes, and he replies to players on X one by one, including shader questions from other devs. That is a solo dev who is clearly in it for the long run.",[92,230,232],{"id":231},"is-burg-tag-worth-it","Is Burg Tag worth it?",[25,234,235],{},"For five bucks, dude, yes. The one real risk with any online tag game is lobby size, so the move is to jump in now while the community is active and the updates keep landing, and bring a couple of friends if you can. If the chase clicks, the time trials will keep you busy between lobbies. Lowkey one of the best value party games on Steam right now.",[92,237,239],{"id":238},"image-credits-rights","Image credits & rights",[25,241,242],{},"Images on this page are hotlinks from the official Steam store assets for Burg Tag, used with respect for their copyright.",[244,245,246,253,260,263],"ul",{},[247,248,249],"li",{},[11,250,16],{"href":15,"rel":251},[252],"nofollow",[247,254,255],{},[11,256,259],{"href":257,"rel":258},"https:\u002F\u002Fx.com\u002FBarjiYT",[252],"Barji (@BarjiYT) on X",[247,261,262],{},"Capsule key art and screenshots by Barji, developer and publisher of Burg Tag.",[247,264,265],{},"Screenshot sources remain on the Steam CDN (capsule and store screenshots for app 4297360). Voidge hosts only purple crop-inspired draft sketches for hover and fallback, plus the short blog clip.",{"title":267,"searchDepth":268,"depth":268,"links":269},"",2,[270,271,272,273,274,275,276,277],{"id":94,"depth":268,"text":95},{"id":127,"depth":268,"text":128},{"id":160,"depth":268,"text":161},{"id":184,"depth":268,"text":185},{"id":201,"depth":268,"text":202},{"id":222,"depth":268,"text":223},{"id":231,"depth":268,"text":232},{"id":238,"depth":268,"text":239},"indie","2026-11-03T11:00:00","Burg Tag is a $4.99 online parkour tag game on Steam: wall kick, swing and slide through toon maps as a monkey. Made by solo dev Barji. Very Positive.",false,"md","\u002Fblog\u002Fburg-tag-steam-online-parkour-tag-game-bp-hero.webp",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fburg-tag-steam-online-parkour-tag-game",{"title":5,"description":280},"blog\u002Fburg-tag-steam-online-parkour-tag-game",[289,290,291,292,293,294],"burg-tag","barji","multiplayer","parkour","party-game","pvp",[296,299,302],{"author":297,"text":298},"pixxer","Honestly the toon outline is carrying the whole look. Chunky monkeys with googly eyes and red headbands, saturated playground blocks, and you can read a chase at a glance even when the camera is flying sideways off a container ship.",{"author":300,"text":301},"junno","Okay, five bucks for a solo dev tag game that gets patched every few days actually goes hard. Real talk though, if the lobbies dry up it is cooked, so jump in while the crowd is here.",{"author":303,"text":304},"nyxe","Reckon the launch was properly sorted: 10,000 wishlists before release, a devlog to go with it, and a new map plus a new mode inside ten days. Not loud, just tidy.","4hKbqqQiG44_9PjPbL1L1UarJRQaY80FZdCOnRqeEJ0",[307,321,334],{"path":308,"title":309,"description":310,"date":311,"category":278,"author":303,"tags":312,"image":318,"cover":319,"coverHref":320},"\u002Fblog\u002Fjust-volleyball-demo-steam-next-fest-release-date","just volleyball Demo on Steam Next Fest and Release Date","just volleyball has a free Steam Next Fest demo: arcade volleyball from 1v1 to 6v6, online or offline, with cursor aiming. 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