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Bite the Bullet cover art

Bite the Bullet

Mega Cat Studios · Graffiti Games · 2020-08-13

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 13, 2020 (Mac), Jul 29, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 13, 2020 (Linux), Feb 21, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Aug 14, 2020 (Xbox One), Aug 13, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Run, Gun and Eat your way through this roguelite RPG shooter. In a world where every enemy is edible, what you eat and how much you eat drives everything from your waistline to branching skill trees to weapon crafting. Shoot fast. Eat big. Satisfy your appetite for destruction.

56%
positive of 90 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
2.82★
PlayStation Store rating (33 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)
Bite the Bullet is a role-playing roguelite shooter developed by Mega Cat Studios. It was released for Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One in August 2020, and PlayStation 4 on February 24, 2021. The game is a run, gun, and eat, and features arcade-inspired run and gun action combined with various eating mechanics. Bite the Bullet received mixed reviews from critics.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (20 reviews).
  • · Top 42% of 26,249 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 90 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2022-01-25) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 0 of 26 observed days · $13.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520202026Week of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$14.992026-09-162026-10-112026-09-16 — best price $14.992026-09-17 — best price $14.992026-09-18 — best price $14.992026-09-19 — best price $14.992026-09-20 — best price $14.992026-09-21 — best price $14.992026-09-22 — best price $14.992026-09-23 — best price $14.992026-09-24 — best price $14.992026-09-25 — best price $14.992026-09-26 — best price $14.992026-09-27 — best price $14.992026-09-28 — best price $14.992026-09-29 — best price $14.992026-09-30 — best price $14.992026-10-01 — best price $14.992026-10-02 — best price $14.992026-10-03 — best price $14.992026-10-04 — best price $14.992026-10-05 — best price $14.992026-10-06 — best price $14.992026-10-07 — best price $14.992026-10-08 — best price $14.992026-10-09 — best price $14.992026-10-10 — best price $14.992026-10-11 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, German, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-08-18 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGGoreCo-opFunnyIndieActionArcadeAdventurePlatformerRogue-lite

Census log

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

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