Bendy and the Ink Machine

Bendy and the Ink Machineยฎ is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.

Bendy and the Ink Machine is a horror, first-person and singleplayer game developed and published by Joey Drew Studios.
Released on April 27th 2017 is available only on Windows in 9 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 27,969 reviews of which 24,831 were positive and 3,138 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

The game is currently priced at 6.71โ‚ฌ on Steam and has a 60% discount.


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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: 10
  • Processor: 64
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 4GB Dedicated
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

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Dec. 2024
---{ Graphics }--- โ˜ You forget what reality is โ˜‘ Beautiful โ˜ Good โ˜ Decent โ˜ Bad โ˜ Donโ€˜t look too long at it โ˜ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- โ˜‘ Very good โ˜ Good โ˜ It's just gameplay โ˜ Mehh โ˜ Watch paint dry instead โ˜ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- โ˜‘ Eargasm โ˜ Very good โ˜ Good โ˜ Not too bad โ˜ Bad โ˜ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- โ˜ Kids โ˜‘ Teens โ˜‘ Adults โ˜ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- โ˜ Check if you can run paint โ˜ Potato โ˜‘ Decent โ˜ Fast โ˜ Rich boi โ˜ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- โ˜ Floppy Disk โ˜ Old Fashioned โ˜‘ Workable โ˜ Big โ˜ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive โ˜ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it โ˜ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- โ˜ Just press 'W' โ˜ Easy โ˜‘ Easy to learn / Hard to master โ˜ Significant brain usage โ˜ Difficult โ˜ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- โ˜ Nothing to grind โ˜‘ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks โ˜ Isn't necessary to progress โ˜ Average grind level โ˜ Too much grind โ˜ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- โ˜ No Story โ˜ Some lore โ˜ Average โ˜ Good โ˜ Lovely โ˜‘ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- โ˜ Long enough for a cup of coffee โ˜ Short โ˜‘ Average โ˜ Long โ˜ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- โ˜ It's free! โ˜‘ Worth the price โ˜ If it's on sale โ˜ If u have some spare money left โ˜ Not recommended โ˜ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- โ˜‘ Never heard of โ˜ Minor bugs โ˜ Can get annoying โ˜ ARK: Survival Evolved โ˜ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- โ˜ 1 โ˜ 2 โ˜ 3 โ˜ 4 โ˜ 5 โ˜ 6 โ˜ 7 โ˜ 8 โ˜ 9 โ˜‘ 10
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Oct. 2024
A really good example of a well-done earlier "mascot horror" game before things became over saturated. I started playing the game before all chapters were released, so it's been fun to see the game as it evolved graphically and gameplay-wise. A wonderful visual style and neat character designs make a solid template to create more from. My only major complaint is how the save system was broken for the final version of the game, which affects playthroughs where you save, leave, and come back. That hasn't stopped me from plugging 200+ hours into the game through all of its iterations, though! Edit: They fixed the save bug one week after I left my review!! Thank you, JDS!
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Oct. 2024
It might be kinda old. It might be arguably past its prime. And I may just be autistic and this game might be one of my special interests. But this game slaps. This game is a classic for me. One of the prime games of growing up on the weird fandom side of the internet. I love the simplicities AND the complexities of it. It's pattern recognition yet it keeps you guessing. The depth of the storyline had me in a chokehold from the first time I cared to pay attention to it. The character designs are interesting. I love this stupid little indie horror game. 10/10.
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June 2024
---{ Graphics }--- โ˜ You forget what reality is โ˜‘ Beautiful โ˜ Good โ˜ Decent โ˜ Bad โ˜ Donโ€˜t look too long at it โ˜ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- โ˜ Very good โ˜‘ Good โ˜ It's just gameplay โ˜ Mehh โ˜ Watch paint dry instead โ˜ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- โ˜ Eargasm โ˜‘ Very good โ˜ Good โ˜ Not too bad โ˜ Bad โ˜ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- โ˜‘ Kids โ˜‘ Teens โ˜‘ Adults โ˜ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- โ˜ Check if you can run paint โ˜ Potato โ˜‘ Decent โ˜ Fast โ˜ Rich boi โ˜ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- โ˜ Floppy Disk โ˜‘ Old Fashioned โ˜ Workable โ˜ Big โ˜ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive โ˜ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it โ˜ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- โ˜ Just press 'W' โ˜‘ Easy โ˜ Easy to learn / Hard to master โ˜ Significant brain usage โ˜ Difficult โ˜ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- โ˜‘ Nothing to grind โ˜ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks โ˜ Isn't necessary to progress โ˜ Average grind level โ˜ Too much grind โ˜ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- โ˜ No Story โ˜ Some lore โ˜ Average โ˜ Good โ˜‘ Lovely โ˜ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- โ˜ Long enough for a cup of coffee โ˜ Short โ˜‘ Average โ˜ Long โ˜ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- โ˜ It's free! โ˜‘ Worth the price โ˜ If it's on sale โ˜ If u have some spare money left โ˜ Not recommended โ˜ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- โ˜ Never heard of โ˜‘ Minor bugs โ˜ Can get annoying โ˜ ARK: Survival Evolved โ˜ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- โ˜ 1 โ˜ 2 โ˜ 3 โ˜ 4 โ˜ 5 โ˜ 6 โ˜ 7 โ˜ 8 โ˜ 9 โ˜‘ 10 ---{ Author }--- โ˜‘ https://vojtastruhar.github.io/steam-review-template
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April 2024
A classic game from my childhood. Alongside Cuphead, these two would inspire me to create from when I was younger. I love this monochrome world and the fun characters we meet such as the angels, wolves, and demons. It was fun to explore and collect voice logs that expanded the world through the people that worked in this now abandoned studio. In chapter 3, it was so much fun to use the tommy gun, but it isn't so fun to try and get it. I enjoy the gameplay and the story, the scares, the characters, and the adventure. On the other hand, some of the game's mechanics were not the best. The hitboxes and the weapon's range were sometimes clunky and it was always easy to get hit. Sometimes my game would lag, creating a disruption when I am trying to evade an enemy, and sometimes an obstacle would glitch such as a thick ink blob that became glitched into my paddle wheel in chapter 5. Overall this game is great and I recommend this to those who love a good and extensive story.
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Bendy and the Ink Machine
8.7
24,831
3,138
Online players
113
Developer
Joey Drew Studios
Publisher
Joey Drew Studios
Release 27 Apr 2017
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