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24 alternatives to Bendy and the Ink Machine

When cartoon characters come alive and want to kill you

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Bendy and the Ink Machine launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   That Dragon, Cancer▲122

   A videogame developer's love letter to his son

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Ducky Fuzz▲58

   Stop the ducks from blowing up

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Vintage Cartoons▲96

   The best cartoons from the early days

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Mother Russia Bleeds▲65

   An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Comic Hoard▲84

   The webcomic library (Garfield, Penny Arcade, XKCD, & more)

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hot Shots▲120

   A Dribbble screensaver

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Pacapong▲81

   Pacman meets Pong, with a hint of arcade classics

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Doodle or Die▲79

   It's like the game of Telephone, except with doodles

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9MS
   My self-written hobby OS is finally running on my vintage IBM ThinkPad▲575

   Finally got my hobby OS up and running on real hardware. I love the old IBM thinkpads, so thought it was the perfect machine to get it working on. Been working on it for quite some time now, but this has been a big milestone!

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Hackaball▲87

    The computer you can throw!

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Picture Processing▲80

    Unscramble glitched-out images from NES titles

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Collect or Die▲59

    A gory retro platformer with dynamic ragdoll physics

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Timberman▲106

    Addictive retro arcade game - the new flappy bird?

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Aseprite▲116

    Animated sprite editor and pixel art tool

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Full Throttle - Remastered▲86

    Motorcycles, murder & mayhem

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Pixel Press▲61

    Turn drawings in to video games!

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Mr Plumbum▲85

    Test your good eye for typography.

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Crossy Road▲105

    Old school Frogger meets new school pixels.

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Mad Max▲68

    In a world gone mad, only the maddest survive

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Glowforge▲242

    The 3D laser printer

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Kill The Plumber▲92

    It's like Mario in reverse. Take the role of the enemies.

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Worm Drop▲59

    Flappy Bird meets Paper Boy

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    XD Messenger▲73

    Chat turned into manga comic strips

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Pacapong▲93

    Play Pac-Man, Pong, and Space Invaders at the same time

    2015 · its alternatives →

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