Platforms
PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
Violence
No Interactive Elements
Rating Summary
Bendy and the Ink Machine is rated T for Teen by the ESRB with Violence. This is a first-person horror game in which players explore a 1930s animation studio overrun by cartoon characters brought to life. As players explore the sepia-toned studio, they can solve puzzles and engage in melee-style combat against fantastical creatures (e.g., ink monsters, cartoon characters). Players use pipes, axes, and machine guns to kill enemy creatures in frenetic combat; enemies generally disappear amid large splotches of ink when killed. Cutscenes depict additional acts of violence: a cartoon character impaled through the chest with a sword; a cartoon character lodging an ax into an ink creature's head.