The Game Census
Bendy and the Ink Machine cover art

Bendy and the Ink Machine

Joey Drew Studios · 2017-04-27

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieStrategy

Franchise: Bendy · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 21, 2018 (iOS), Apr 27, 2017 (Mac), Apr 27, 2017 (Linux), Nov 20, 2018 (PlayStation 4), May 09, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 20, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

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

Bendy and the Ink Machine is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 37153 reviews).

73
playing now
89%
positive of 37k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (63 ratings)
7
Nexus mods (16k downloads)
4.59★
PlayStation Store rating (1,249 ratings)
69/100
opencritic · fair · 58% recommend · from 25 critics
4.3h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

73 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Bendy and the Ink Machine is an episodic survival horror game developed and published by Joey Drew Studios. It was initially released to Game Jolt on February 10, 2017, as the first of five chapters, with a full worldwide release on October 27, 2018. The game was also released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on November 20, 2018, being published by Rooster Teeth Games, for iOS and Android on December 21, 2018, and for PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S on May 9, 2025.

Trailer

Bendy and the Ink Machine trailer thumbnail

"Bendy and the Ink Machine" - Console Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 73 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,046 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~756/week).
  • · Review velocity up 189% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,960 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 929k–2.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 37,153 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-70%
Microsoft Store$5.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Humble Store (2024-05-03) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 127 of 168 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 908 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 506 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,015 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,144 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 577 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 967 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

180452026-09-15 12:00 — 77 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 94 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 69 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 109 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 140 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 68 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 45 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 96 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 88 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 85 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 107 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 77 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 49 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 114 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 180 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 63 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 110 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 94 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 69 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 119 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 154 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 73 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 53 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 73 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
59137Apr 2017Aug 2026Apr 2017 — avg 201 · peak 582Jul 2017 — avg 148 · peak 349Oct 2017 — avg 450 · peak 1,368Jan 2018 — avg 166 · peak 328Apr 2018 — avg 210 · peak 3,440Jul 2018 — avg 195 · peak 331Oct 2018 — avg 308 · peak 2,921Jan 2019 — avg 105 · peak 226Apr 2019 — avg 72 · peak 165Jul 2019 — avg 87 · peak 163Oct 2019 — avg 59 · peak 177Jan 2020 — avg 73 · peak 198Apr 2020 — avg 74 · peak 134Jul 2020 — avg 111 · peak 251Oct 2020 — avg 61 · peak 273Jan 2021 — avg 102 · peak 273Apr 2021 — avg 65 · peak 129Jul 2021 — avg 82 · peak 167Oct 2021 — avg 66 · peak 280Jan 2022 — avg 78 · peak 187Apr 2022 — avg 64 · peak 142Jul 2022 — avg 63 · peak 133Oct 2022 — avg 50 · peak 196Jan 2023 — avg 109 · peak 345Apr 2023 — avg 44 · peak 100Jul 2023 — avg 106 · peak 239Oct 2023 — avg 67 · peak 314Jan 2024 — avg 111 · peak 371Apr 2024 — avg 68 · peak 169Jul 2024 — avg 86 · peak 214Oct 2024 — avg 80 · peak 303Jan 2025 — avg 97 · peak 425Apr 2025 — avg 81 · peak 195Jul 2025 — avg 74 · peak 153Oct 2025 — avg 68 · peak 209Jan 2026 — avg 386 · peak 1,313Apr 2026 — avg 127 · peak 273Jul 2026 — avg 331 · peak 843Aug 2026 — avg 131 · peak 267
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002017-04-282026-10-152017-04-28 — best price $0.002019-02-04 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $3.992020-06-25 — best price $3.992021-06-24 — best price $9.992022-10-25 — best price $5.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-11-02 — best price $19.992024-02-12 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-13 — best price $7.992025-04-01 — best price $19.992025-05-15 — best price $19.992025-06-13 — best price $17.892025-07-16 — best price $19.992025-08-14 — best price $7.992025-09-08 — best price $13.942025-10-08 — best price $19.992025-11-10 — best price $19.992025-12-03 — best price $8.002026-01-09 — best price $5.342026-01-31 — best price $13.942026-03-04 — best price $13.942026-03-27 — best price $5.992026-04-22 — best price $19.992026-05-13 — best price $19.992026-06-06 — best price $5.052026-07-01 — best price $15.492026-07-31 — best price $4.052026-08-27 — best price $5.992026-09-06 — best price $5.992026-09-16 — best price $5.992026-09-26 — best price $5.992026-10-06 — best price $5.992026-10-15 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5082322026-05-29 — 508 pageviews2026-06-02 — 419 pageviews2026-06-06 — 314 pageviews2026-06-10 — 342 pageviews2026-06-14 — 321 pageviews2026-06-18 — 266 pageviews2026-06-22 — 292 pageviews2026-06-26 — 313 pageviews2026-06-30 — 323 pageviews2026-07-04 — 395 pageviews2026-07-08 — 397 pageviews2026-07-12 — 370 pageviews2026-07-16 — 356 pageviews2026-07-20 — 283 pageviews2026-07-24 — 294 pageviews2026-07-28 — 329 pageviews2026-08-01 — 288 pageviews2026-08-05 — 232 pageviews2026-08-09 — 273 pageviews2026-08-13 — 267 pageviews2026-08-17 — 398 pageviews2026-08-21 — 357 pageviews2026-08-25 — 310 pageviews2026-08-29 — 338 pageviews2026-09-02 — 287 pageviews2026-09-06 — 381 pageviews2026-09-10 — 287 pageviews2026-09-14 — 322 pageviews2026-09-18 — 297 pageviews2026-09-22 — 293 pageviews2026-09-26 — 314 pageviews2026-09-30 — 313 pageviews2026-10-04 — 298 pageviews2026-10-07 — 293 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
66.6%
earned "Picking Up the Pieces"
11.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-08-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,8154%61
PS4 (PlayStation)6,9868%26
Xbox One (Xbox)4,2023%25
PS5 (PlayStation)75918%26
Switch (Nintendo)1560%0
Switch (Nintendo)690%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkIndieActionHorrorPuzzleCartoonMysteryCartoonyAdventureStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

DollhouseSavage LandsDon't Knock TwicePLANET ALPHAForgotton AnneEternity: The Last UnicornDream AloneApsulov: End of Gods

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗Wikipedia ↗Reddit ↗Speedruns ↗