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Bayonetta
Developer PlatinumGames
Bayonetta is a 2009 action-adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Sega. It was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Japan in October 2009, and in North America and Europe in January 2010. It was released on Wii U in September 2014, Windows in April 2017, Nintendo Switch in February 2018, and PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in February 2020. Bayonetta takes place in Vigrid, a fictional city in… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
560 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
93
LovedLoved
286 positive · 22 negative
95% range 89–95%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 286 | 22 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 60 | 21 | 136 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 16 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
12,024 of 13,053 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
92% recommend · 237 yes, 20 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 257 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (30,325 of 32,808 positive).
Players praise the combat, witch time, and stylish action. [1][2][3] Many want Bayonetta 2 and 3 on Steam. [4][5][6][1] Some report technical issues like crashes and bugs. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [7]
Had to force close the game 20 times due to bugs. It's not that hard to put some love on such a legendary game.
- [1]
I had a lot of fun with Bayonetta thanks to how fast and stylish the combat is. I'm not usually good with games that are heavy in chaining combos and all that but once I got a hang of it, fights felt super satisfying, and Witch Time never got old. The story is pretty wild and confusing, but it fits the game’s over-the-top attitude. Overall, it’s a great pick if you’re into flashy, skill-based action games. Kinda …
- [2]
Bayonetta delivers some of the best character action combat out there. The combo system feels incredible once mastered, and the witch time mechanic never gets old. Story and tone are wild in the best way, backed by a killer soundtrack. If you love stylish action and skill-based combat, this is a classic for a reason.
- [6]
Having a great time with the game so far! My only suggestion is that I hope you guys put Bayonetta 2 & 3 on steam too in the near future, this game's story is witty and comical, the combat is epic, and it truly has its own one of kind charm. Please! sell the other Bayonetta games on steam! Sincerely, Grateful Customer who had a blast with this game
- [3]
New players will appreciate the tight, responsive controls and the immediate satisfaction of chaining flashy combos together, while veterans will uncover layers of depth in mastering weapon loadouts, advanced techniques, and higher difficulty modes that demand precision and strategy.
Summarised from 34 of the 422 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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Bayonetta sits at 93% positive across 308 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Critics generally lauded the graphical presentation and Bayonetta. Cam Shea of IGN Australia said in March 2009 that Bayonetta looked "stunning", and called Bayonetta their "new favourite video game character ever". They compared her to Devil May Cry's protagonist Dante, with his "playfulness and versatility", but with "some of the most visually inventive combat" they've seen. Similarly, GameSpy's Gerald Villoria praised the game in July that year as highly original to the point that it could end up like the poor-selling Ōkami (another Kamiya-directed game) because "the premise, the characters, the action sequences" were different from anything he had ever played, and called its lead a…
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Reactions
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neutral · AI labelView post →I’m about halfway through Bayonetta Origins and I’m absolutely enamored with this game. The way you control two characters to solve puzzles/battles, the different elemental Cheshire powers, how completely adorable Cereza is. I really hope more people check it out. 🥺💕
positive · AI labelView post →We serve cunt here, sir 🌙 #bayonetta #cosplay
neutral · AI labelView post →I finished Bayonetta Origins! 🥹🩷 What an absolutely lovely game. Story, characters, gameplay, design, music… I really loved every minute of it. I hope more people give it a chance because it’s truly something special. I just love Cereza so MUCH 😭😭😭🩷🩷🩷
positive · AI labelView post →In my opinion, it and the Last of Us, both games that came out during a specific era of "trying to do something" have aged like milk compared to a game like Alan Wake which was actually trying to do something or even something like Bayonetta which was just fun
positive · AI labelView post →Japanese game developer Hideki Kamiya, known for titles such as Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry, and Bayonetta, has reacted to the controversy over Assassin's Creed Shadows: He says that there is a silent majority of "normal people" who don't care and will just play & enjoy the game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay, I ate 🌙✨️ #bayonetta #cosplay
neutral · AI labelView post →Hoping for a new game soon ❤️🔥 #Bayonetta ✦✦✧
neutral · AI labelView post →an unfortunate thing is that one of the only lasting things from games like DMC or Bayonetta is just a lot of people think good action game is when its flashy and you can juggle enemies
neutral · AI labelView post →SMASHING 🌙 #bayonetta #cosplay
neutral · AI labelView post →Bayonetta would have ended at one game probably without any rereleases if not for Nintendo funding it when no other publisher would.
neutral · AI labelView post →I've never recovered from the ending of Bayonetta 3 and I never will and this was why. I have long consigned this game to my heart betrayal vault next to Sonic Frontiers.
negative · AI labelView post →Umbra witch slaycation 🌙 #bayonetta #cosplay
neutral · AI labelView post →Save me cunty witch woman save me 🌙 #cosplay #bayonetta
neutral · AI labelView post →I still need to play 2 & 3, but even with just 1.5 games Bayonetta is easily one of my favorite video game characters ever… she’s just so cool and perfect 😭🩷
positive · AI labelView post →Theyonetta (nonbinary Bayonetta) and Duke Nuke Them (nonbinary Duke Nukem) and Croc (nonbinary Croc from the video game series Croc)
neutral · AI labelView post →On your knees please 🌙 Photo: richie.h.media #cosplay #bayonetta
neutral · AI labelView post →It's time for my Bayonetta livestream! I'm cosplaying as Bayonetta, playing Bayonetta the game! Cum join me for some cosplay sexiness! I'm live right now at: fansly.com/live/ShyGoth... onlyfans.com/shygothsecre...
neutral · AI labelView post →At this point, I'm really sad. We used to play these games, dreaming about how much cooler the ones 10 years down the line could be.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At least Platinum imploded with their best game. You guys should all play Bayonetta Origins, it rules.
positive · AI labelView post →Just left Wicked: For Good and I am pleased to announce that big CGI tentpole blockbusters have finally reached the level of set-piece design and storytelling nuance of a lesser Bayonetta game.
negative · AI labelView post →She attended Mother University and got her masters in ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and Servanomics
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great game, but unfortunately requires two hands to play
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I unsealed two sealed games last year (Bayonetta on 360 and Soul Calibur 2 on Xbox), and I'll fucking do it again. This is no life for a video game.
neutral · AI labelView post →great game i love strong independent women, only downside bayo 2 & 3 arent on steam
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After a number of responses, we'd like to issue a correction. We really dropped the ball here, and definitely don't want to mislead anyone: It's pretty cool that Nintendo let Nickelodeon use Bayonetta in the game. #PatrickStarRacingCrossWorlds
neutral · AI labelView post →Its literally just DMC but girl version and I wouldnt want it any other fcking way twin
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My lovliest fnart from last year, Bayonetta my dear. Haven't finished the game tho. I suck #Bayonetta #digitalart #Commissionopen #comsopen #gameart #fanart
neutral · AI labelView post →🎮 Bayonetta 2 Been playing this for the first time & I never knew it was a Christmas game! What perfect timing to experience it! 🤣
positive · AI labelView post →My tiefling warlock! Theron! Cocky, Confident, Chaotic good flirt mostly inspired by Bayonetta and Dante! Hope to play him in a future game! Art by: @retrohurricane.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →They said video game character, not specifically sonic character, so my hope is that Shadow teams up with Bayonetta
neutral · AI labelView post →Do i love this game? Yes. I do Am i going to replay this game? depends. Is this better than dmc? Yes. Did i shịt myself trying to kill kinship and grace and glory? Yes. Multiple times Did i cry over how many times i died in one verse? Yes. Did i twist my fingers trying to spam shift and failing witch time? Yes. Did i love the story? Yes. Do i find luka hot? Yes. Do i hate grace and glory? Absolutely. Did i get the popup sticky key notification everytime when i spammed shift? Yes. Do i want b2 &…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game isn't perfect but every time something happened I didn't like she would get naked and I would forget.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Crossing off a gap in my game playing history: Bayonetta! Playing the 'Climax' edition of the 360 version we picked up a while back, and holy shizz, it's as wild and much fun as I'd heard it to be.
positive · AI labelView post →This is one of my favorite pixel creations (also it's the first and only Bayonetta game I played) #pixelart #bayonetta
positive · AI labelView post →It's pretty cool that Nintendo let SEGA use Bayonetta in the game. #SonicRacingCrossWorlds
neutral · AI labelView post →Cereza and the Lost Demon. This was such a fun and pretty game. #bayonetta #cereza #pumpkin_illust
positive · AI labelView post →Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya shares plans for the series had he stayed with PlatinumGames, including that Bayonetta 4 would have been "the start of a new chapter" and "starting fresh with both story and game design", wanted to continue Bayonetta Origins nintendoeverything.com/bayonetta-cr...
neutral · AI labelView post →Bayonetta is a character I used to think was an exploitive male-gaze cliche until I played through the first game and realized she's a fucking feminist icon queen
positive · AI labelView post →Having a great time with the game so far! My only suggestion is that I hope you guys put Bayonetta 2 & 3 on steam too in the near future, this game's story is witty and comical, the combat is epic, and it truly has its own one of kind charm. Please! sell the other Bayonetta games on steam! Sincerely, Grateful Customer who had a blast with this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The only mom game I can think of is Bayonetta, except Bayonetta 3 which inexplicably hard turns into a dad game to my eternal fury, and I’m not elaborating further.
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyone here a fan of Bayonetta? After the 3rd game I had to draw all 3 versions. #bayonetta #videogame #fanart #bayonetta2 #bayonetta3
neutral · AI labelView post →Action game girlies #bayonetta #stellarblade #nierautomata
neutral · AI labelView post →Bayonetta was forged in an era where developers still focused on the perfect mix of Art and Fun and didn't fill each game with a thousand of unneeded DLC to puff out their wallets even more or begged for money with aimless Early Access sh*t. Let's celebrate a time mostly lost and give these last examples of Classics the praise and the attention they deserve.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →once saw someone claim Bayonetta was an indie game the game published by sega, whose IP is owned by sega, is an indie game.
neutral · AI labelView post →i love bayonetta i've spent more than $200 on merch of this franchise i dont regret it please play this game i love her so much everything about her makes my heart pound and shes such a doll omg if i could start from the beginning with my infatuation i would because golly oh gee does she have such a special place in my heart if not my entire heart itself theres so much i could say about her i appreciate everything about this game including character design, voicelines, bosses, and whatever is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Linear, action hidden gems like The Red Star?. I'm looking for action hidden gems, preferably scripted and linear—no open world or procuderal generation (roguelike, roguelike-like, or roguelite) Some of my "usual suspects" favorites are Bayonetta, The Wonderful 101, Viewtiful Joe, God Hand, and Ninja Gaiden II. On the shmup/twin-stick shooter side: Crimzon Clover, Ketsui, and Assault Android Cactus+. I also love Catherine, so I wouldn't mind some puzzle thrown in there. As…
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's Video Game Plush of the Day is: Bayonetta Chapter Doll by Movic
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm going to end the argument of who is the hottest video game character this second: It's Bayonetta. It was always Bayonetta.
positive · AI labelView post →Bayonetta character designs from Bayonetta 3 by artist Mari Shimazaki. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_bayonett...
neutral · AI labelView post →It's old game, but the gameplay is still fire. The dodge mechanic is the best part of it. Using hair to summon demon? Badass. But getting naked while doing it? Hell yeah!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had a lot of fun with Bayonetta thanks to how fast and stylish the combat is. I'm not usually good with games that are heavy in chaining combos and all that but once I got a hang of it, fights felt super satisfying, and Witch Time never got old. The story is pretty wild and confusing, but it fits the game’s over-the-top attitude. Overall, it’s a great pick if you’re into flashy, skill-based action games. Kinda wish they also add Bayonetta 2 and 3 into Steam too since despite how ridiculous…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reminder, Bayonetta 2 is a Christmas game.
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is sexy as hell and I'm not even talking about bayonetta as a character
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Happy 15th anniversary to my favorite action game of all time #Bayonetta
positive · AI labelView post →Bayonetta is Nietzsche's ubermensch, dominatrix ultra, and the ideal woman a reasonable human being should admire, fear and venerate. Bayonetta is a game about a confused person without sense of who they are and what their life purpose is, gradually coming to a grand self-realization in anti-dogmatic individuality and sexual liberty. In this game, Bayonetta is being attacked by the Catholic Church and the faithful masses who seek to strip her liberty and individuality off of her. The fight…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bayonetta delivers some of the best character action combat out there. The combo system feels incredible once mastered, and the witch time mechanic never gets old. Story and tone are wild in the best way, backed by a killer soundtrack. If you love stylish action and skill-based combat, this is a classic for a reason.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Jak and Daxter, Halo, Metal Gear, Bayonetta, Sly Cooper, alot of video game franchises could go here for me personally.
positive · AI labelView post →Chibi Cereza from Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon, some one got a doodle redeem! Shes super cute I wonder if I should play the game? #bayonetta #doodle #channelredeem
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes. And I say this as respectfully as possible, if Bayonetta 3 is the worst game someone has played, they haven't truly experienced a terrible game.
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