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Bite the Bullet
Developer Mega Cat Studios
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. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
62 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 10, 2026 · last updated Oct 10, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
57
Mixed
29 positive · 22 negative
95% range 43–69%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 29 | 22 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
29 of 51 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
57% recommend · 29 yes, 22 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 51 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (50 of 90 positive).
Players praise the unique eating mechanic and retro pixel art. [1][2][3] Some find the game repetitive and the controls awkward. [4][5][6] Several reviewers note bugs and a lack of clear explanation. [7][8][9]
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- [4]
🎤Introduction Bite The Bullet is an RPG shooter that peaked my interest with it sharing a similar visual style with Metal Slug. However, what I played was an absolute mess with so many issues and faults with the gameplay that it made the majority of my experience wishing that the game would finish sooner. ✔️Pros • Gives off Metal Slug feel with its visuals • Some amazing looking levels • One thing I can vouch for …
- [7]
This game has the undesirably quality of both over, and under-explaining things. It was a near constant-tutorial, while also feeling like I never knew what was happening. The idea of your body changing is neat! But there is SO much else going on, that it was the furthest thing from my mind. I had to stop and read a tooltip, or item description, or a food's nutritional breakdown, or new weapon abilities, every 2 …
- [1]
Alright, some good and bad here. The game is not perfect, there's plenty of rough edges - but if you can overlook them, there's an enjoyable game to be had here. You are basically eating everything, this is a weird game where you are what you eat, somehwat literally. stun a mob, and then devour them to refill HP, add to your GUT meter, and stats of carbs, fats and proteins. depending on how you eat, your character …
- [2]
Bite the Bullet is a cool game with captivating pixel art and interesting mechanics. It can get pretty tedious to progress your character but it's one of the concepts that add up to the game's comedic and niche approach. It can sometimes be punishing if you're not exactly familiar with the controls of the game. I highly recommend it if you are into games like Megaman ZX, Metal Slug and modern platformers. It …
- [3]
Overall Bite the Bullet is an enjoyable and well made game. When I first played it, it reminded me of Contra, which is why I would definitely recommend this game to other people. It may not be entirely the same but there is no doubt that you would get addicted to Bite the Bullet. The game design was very well made, it gives off a retro vibe and at the same a modern one. The gameplay is also very nice, unique in most …
Summarised from 34 of the 63 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 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Bite the Bullet talk about unique eating mechanic adds depth to gameplay; those who didn't talk about repetitive level design and long missions. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Both the Xbox One and the Nintendo Switch versions of Bite the Bullet received "mixed or average reviews" according to the review aggregator Metacritic. The game was featured as part of the Indie Megabooth during PAX East 2019 and 2020; press at the event described the game as being "like Contra with a twist". The game was also featured as part of 2019's Media Indie Exchange in Seattle and Los Angeles.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 62 · most liked first🎤Introduction Bite The Bullet is an RPG shooter that peaked my interest with it sharing a similar visual style with Metal Slug. However, what I played was an absolute mess with so many issues and faults with the gameplay that it made the majority of my experience wishing that the game would finish sooner. ✔️Pros • Gives off Metal Slug feel with its visuals • Some amazing looking levels • One thing I can vouch for is the games soundtrack ❌Cons • Areas feels overly repetitive since each…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An interesting idea and the game looks cool in screenshots but nah, really boring and unimpactful. Floaty and cheap feeling, really slow heavy walking. Poorly thought out default controls, must switch to "pro". AI sucks. No challenge at all. Music is repetitive and pretty bad. Every gun dropped will be a variation of one you already have with slightly different stats. Even the upgrade screen is unnecessarily janky. Oh also the game forces you to do a tutorial, then has loads of talking (??)…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My Kobold Mage for our Thursday night Nimble game. Figure from Bite the Bullet. #miniaturepainting #nerdlings #bitethebullet
neutral · AI labelView post →Alright, some good and bad here. The game is not perfect, there's plenty of rough edges - but if you can overlook them, there's an enjoyable game to be had here. You are basically eating everything, this is a weird game where you are what you eat, somehwat literally. stun a mob, and then devour them to refill HP, add to your GUT meter, and stats of carbs, fats and proteins. depending on how you eat, your character might get nimble and fast, but weak and needing a TON of food to maintain, eat…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NOT A CO-OP GAME Despite being incredibly small the game insists on yanking your co-op partner from what they are doing to right next to you, this is bad game design. On top of that the UI is way too big and I had multiple experiences where I had to go behind it to progress in a level. Also spawning the player over a death pit is garbage design. AND DON'T FORCE ME TO PLAY A TUTORIAL!!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has the undesirably quality of both over, and under-explaining things. It was a near constant-tutorial, while also feeling like I never knew what was happening. The idea of your body changing is neat! But there is SO much else going on, that it was the furthest thing from my mind. I had to stop and read a tooltip, or item description, or a food's nutritional breakdown, or new weapon abilities, every 2 seconds. With teeny tiny font. And when battles did come up, I just pointed…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you have not looked at my new game (which is pwyw), you should. Regardless here is an awesome random character generator to whet your appetite to Bite the Bullet hobbs665.itch.io bite-the-bullet.netlify.app
positive · AI labelView post →Will be checking this out this weekend! It was awesome getting to see some of the @megacatstudios.bsky.social crew at #AGDQ26 — and I myself am no stranger to their games! We had fun highlighting WrestleQuest and Bite the Bullet in previous indie game showcases, excited to peep this new MCS title!
neutral · AI labelView post →Wow! Its unbelievable how you can ruin a really interesting and nice looking game. Seriously, I don't understand why it gets positive reviews at all. I was really looking forward in playing Bite the bullet. But then... Ok, I will not torture you with the full story of the adventure to get the game "running". So here in "short": Almost everything is on you to find out. As good as nothing is explained at the beginning. Even the briefing is poorly explained. The so called "tutorial" shows…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An early face to face Bite the Bullet game. Learned something new!
neutral · AI labelView post →Unfortunately, a rather dull game that doesn't bring the white-knuckle action as advertised. On the surface, the "eating/looting" system is a neat gameplay element but bogs down the game instead of focusing on action like a Metal Slug or Contra game that it aspires to be like. The whole point of run ' gun games is the challenge of surviving a horde of bullets and baddies. This game lacks that purpose and simply tasks you with eating stuff......just to eat them and get new stuff. Disappointing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried to give this game a good shot (pun intended). Although eating your enemies is kind of unique, it just didn't appeal to me. It just felt weird, carefully shooting enemies 'just enough' to stun them, then eating them. In practise it just kills your 'momentum' and therefore harms the flow of your game experience. Controls can be a bit awkward, you can choose from two different layouts, but you can't rebind them yourself. Tutorial didn't explain 'dashing straight up', so I almost gave up…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game resuscitated my belief in the weird west genre and solidified my ideas for my own game, Bite the Bullet. Buy it. Read it. Play it!
positive · AI labelView post →This past week, I ran my Mark of the Odd game, Bite the Bullet for the two fine gentlemen at Analytic Dice. If you're interested in a listen... open.spotify.com/episode/2KEU...
neutral · AI labelView post →This game _is_ a solid run & gun with good graphics and some interesting mechanics based around eating all enemies. The three counters -calories, protein and fat- are basically three currencies that you use to upgrade your weapons - or that's what I managed to find out so far (I finished first two missions). Thing is - all three decrease as you do stuff in the game. Dash costs few tens of protein, jumps and double jumps cost about 40 fat, and everything costs calories. Now consider that in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you think you are gonna just grab a controller and shoot bad guys point A to point B. You are mistaken. There is so much stuff in this game it becomes frustrating to figure out what you are supposed to do, what upgrade, what to eat, where to go... I'm not even going to mention the incessant dialogue boxes popping all the time and blocking your view. There,s a story in there too, super long and complicated with dialogue box bonanza. There are some ridiculous moment like the hamster level…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm only involved in Bite the Bullet for layout. But we're getting art, man! Looks cool! This is an Into the Odd derived game. #ttprg #prg #western
neutral · AI labelView post →Just avoid this one. It is not a good 2d side scroller while there are thousand other games like this that are better. The environments are forgettable, the mechanisms make no sense, in general the game gives a feeling of generic-ness....
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bite the Bullet is a cool game with captivating pixel art and interesting mechanics. It can get pretty tedious to progress your character but it's one of the concepts that add up to the game's comedic and niche approach. It can sometimes be punishing if you're not exactly familiar with the controls of the game. I highly recommend it if you are into games like Megaman ZX, Metal Slug and modern platformers. It requires you to respond fast because there's a lot of things happening and the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#RPGaDay2026 Day 22: "Grit" My first thoughts are of the Western, and @jasonhobbs.bsky.social's Bite the Bullet. What differentiates the game from other Western RPGs is its focus on the grittiness and danger of social conflict and faith based matters. #TTRPG hobbs665.itch.io/bite-the-bul...
positive · AI labelView post →I had a chat with @hobbs665.bsky.social we talked about his new game Bite the Bullet, featuring a unique social combat mechanic and an atmospheric dark western theme. rss.com/podcasts/the... #ttrpg #podcast
neutral · AI labelView post →The game was extremely intriguing and fun when it was first released but it has some issues. Apparently the publisher was holding up the game studio from getting fixes published in proper time. I picked this game back up and it feels like a completely different game. Everything is so incredibly well polished and full of fun new animations, actions, abilities, UIs and sound effscts.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played it back in the beta testing period and I love the improvements the release build has. The lighting looks completely different and the game looks even more beautiful now. The gameplay is fun and I really like the eating mechanic and how the upgrades are tied to it. There are some minor issues here and there but the core gameplay is solid and really fun. Really wish there was a quick weapon changing with Q tap, right now its hold Q and a weapon wheel appears, which is good but for quick…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →5/10 never really have any idea whats going on, just shoot everything + local co-op - its the kind that drags the 2nd person around + music - stat system is a pain to deal with grab it on sale
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall a good game, albeit I encountered a few control issues that should be easily fixable once you actually get to know the scheme. It has a certain charm to it that you can't find in other games, it easily brings you the nostalgia when you were playing Metal Slug or Broforce back then, but mix that up with modern VFX and fun mechanics additionally. - The game offers a friendly world environment for the players, definitely gets the player accustomed to the dystopian-esque vibe of the game.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It misses some of the finer points of game and level design. One thing I noticed while playing is it's really difficult to know what is going on on screen and it makes decisions and mechanics available to you feel really unimpactful on play. I found myself shooting and eating everything instead of picking and choosing. Somethings seemed really promising like the skill tree. But since I never knew what got me to that point, what I was supposed to be doing, and trying to read calories, etc while…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bite the Bullet is a somewhat broken console ported 2D retro pixel side scrolling shooter. There's a few gimmicks like a mechanic that allows you to "eat" your enemies to recover health, but this doesn't make the game remotely better or more interesting than any other shovelware 2D retro pixel game. The game is broken for many users under recent builds of Windows 10 and 11, launching past the first splashscreen into an endless black screen... you can terminate this by switching desktops…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wacky and sticky player movement. Very weird idea with the eating stuff. Ridiculous skill tree. 0/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just not much fun to play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game! Very cool art style and soundtracks. There are few bugs on the game itself like on the upgrades tree but doesn't really affect the gameplay directly. Cool concept on a post apocalyptic world where humans resorted to a certain type of "cannibalism" of some sort.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bite the Bullet is an interesting experience, with a unique mechanic I haven't seen in any other game. Although there are some bugs, and some flaws, overall this game is fun to play, an experience worth buying for, and it poses a great challenge to anyone willing to bite the bullet.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good SFX and Quality. Game has a good indie game feel to it back in the old days. Definitely would recommend this to people who likes arcade style games. Unique and very cool concept as well
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My Kobold Mage for our Thursday night Nimble game. Figure from Bite the Bullet. #miniaturepainting #nerdlings #bitethebullet
neutral · AI labelView post →Can't recommend the game, been trying to play it on my steamdeck and it won't load past the startup screen. Just stays black and unresponsive.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can I recommend my favourite producer of dragonfolk minis, Bite The Bullet (their warlock model is the dean of evocation in my homebrew game and she's one of my favourite NPCs)
neutral · AI labelView post →Bite the Bullet, developed by Mega Cat Studios and published by Graffiti Games, is a roguelite shooter that combines fast-paced action with an unusual and creative twist: the ability to consume enemies and objects to gain power. Set in a dystopian future where food scarcity has driven humanity to develop bionodes—implants that allow people to eat virtually anything—the game tasks players with battling mutated creatures known as ghouls while harvesting genetic material. This unusual premise…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite the mixed reviews I decided to pick this up as it was really cheap in a bundle. Wish i hadn't bothered. Like almost every other user says, this game has a lot of potential: an original and intriguing premise, decent pixel art and music, and an interesting sounding upgrade path. But this is all for nought if it doesn't control well and it doesn't. There are only two controller configurations to choose from/grapple with and they are not very intuitive. Your character's movement just feels…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →7.9 Re.'s outta 10. It will probably be an 8.5 when I get to the ending/more used to the controls.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game and very cool mechanics
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It has flaws, but It was enjoyable to zone out to. The writing isn't spectacular, but it is at least creative. As you play the game and level up, you get points you can spend in skill trees that can slightly change the way the game plays. However, at the game's core, it is still a 2D Side Scroller Shoot 'em Up like Contra and Metal Slug, and so the game will primarily involve you shooting everything with an added mechanic of eating your enemies, or their ammo if you upgrade your skill tree to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PROS: Great Ideas, "Pro Controls" recommended. The game is a great twin stick shooter with some unique mechanics and leveling system, changing your player to either a meat eater or a plant eater or some sort of combination. Twitch integration works extremely well and adds a lot to the game. Presentation is nice, lighting effects can be toned down however for more clarity. CONS: In many points in the game, it seems like some ideas overstay their welcome. Level environments feel same-y and you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a real gem and its a shame its not capturing peoples attention sooner. Most of the bad reviews barely gave it a shot but the more I play the more I love it! Still getting big updates and improvements on an already fun a unigue game! The art is fantastic and the skill trees offer multiple unique playthroughs!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty fun game, contra-like with skill-tree and stuff, very well made.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is like Mc Donalds hamburguers, it just looks good in ads. Game is unplayable with a controller, being a 2D game you cannot use a d-pad, instead you have non-sense habilities that are useless since you can easily skip all enemies until you reach the last boss, which their patters are weird. Probably bosses are the only decent thing about this game. And game script is broken since sometimes it doesn't shows the buttons you need to press. Instead of that it says "Xbox_button_x" or something…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Confusing mess of poorly designed menus, controls, game-feel, and on and on. Avoid!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I personally love the run-n-gun feature of this game. It's great for both speedrunning or playing the game for the story line. So far the gameplay is smooth; with no bugs or technical issues found within my hours of gameplay. Kudos to development team that spent hours of effort in making this wonderful game! I highly recommend this game thanks to its Metal Slug kind of gameplay.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty cool art, and mechanics. But for the life of me it takes to long to finish a level and the repetitiveness is just urgh.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting mechanics, but gets boring along the way as the levels takes too long to complete
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty good game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great art style, Somewhat good/interesting mechanics (Eating lets you transform and gives you boosts). Contra-esque gameplay. Probably the only thing that bothers me is its repetitiveness which kinda kills it for me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very nice game gives me fun always love it. had a bit played a lot. it is like an 90's retro game but with better gameplay and graphics. it has good mission path and etc. I didnt regret to buy this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The first encounter with this game is awesome ,, it gives you nostalgic feels. its a bit of Metal Slug but in a difficult mode. its also a good game to play you can use your controller or mouse n keyboard. the thrill goes on as you move further. I would really recommend this!! thank you Mega Cat Studios!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great graphics and soundtrack! The movement are fast and you can go really fast, and the eating mechanic is an interesting mechanic :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall Bite the Bullet is an enjoyable and well made game. When I first played it, it reminded me of Contra, which is why I would definitely recommend this game to other people. It may not be entirely the same but there is no doubt that you would get addicted to Bite the Bullet. The game design was very well made, it gives off a retro vibe and at the same a modern one. The gameplay is also very nice, unique in most ways. There are also a lot of upgrades and such that makes the game much more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall a very unique and fun game, gave me a similar vibe to Broforce.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its kinda boring
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You would think it can't be that bad. But it is so dated, so slow. The basic idea was ok, but it is not good. Does not feel good to play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An unique idea can still become repetitive and boring. I won't say is a bad game, but is far away from being great. Pros: - Unique Idea - Huge Upgrade Tree - Good Art Cons: - Repetitive Gameplay - Bland Music - Bad Writing
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Multiple times I mentioned the controls should feel responsive and easy to handle. If a player already has fun by just controlling a character, the Devs have done a solid start creating their game. "Bite The Bullet" isn't one of these games. I always thought the movements of the characters in this game would be similar to the ones in the Metal Slug series: fast, responsive, flexible, fun! Well, the controls feel the exact opposite. I will admit right now I didn't play a lot because of this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This games is amazing!, I enjoy the art style and music is dope!. The game mechanics are very fluid, pretty like Metal Slug and Mega Man. I definetely going to wait for Bite The Bullet 2!
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