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Bacon May Die cover art

Bacon May Die

SnoutUp · 2021-04-15

Steam

ActionCasualFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 15, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Chaotic bacon-flavored beat'em up with plenty of enemies to smash around

Bacon May Die is a free-to-play Action, Casual, Indie title released in 2021, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 920 reviews).

2
playing now
94%
positive of 920 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 47 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (157 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15415420212026Week of 2021-04-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
510Sep 2017Jul 2025Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2021 — avg 51 · peak 111Jun 2021 — avg 12 · peak 27Aug 2021 — avg 5 · peak 15Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Dec 2021 — avg 5 · peak 15Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Apr 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 22Feb 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 17Jun 2023 — avg 4 · peak 17Aug 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2024 — avg 4 · peak 18Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2025 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

21
achievements tracked
55.4%
earned "Graduate"
21.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportStatsSteam Leaderboards

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)91419%21

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DCuteFunnyIndieActionCasualCartoonFighting2D FighterBeat 'em up

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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