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They Bleed Pixels

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App ID 211260
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Spooky Squid Games Inc.
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Last Changenumber 30011037
Last Record Update 11 July 2025 – 12:48:02 UTC ()
Release Date 29 August 2012 – 18:33:00 UTC ()
😎 80.09%
2k reviews
1
In-Game
🏗️ Platformer 😓 Difficult 🐙 Lovecraftian 👾 Pixel Graphics 😖 Gore

They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.

Additional Information

Developer Spooky Squid Games Inc.
gamedir They Bleed Pixels
metacritic_name They Bleed Pixels
icon empty string
controller_support full
metacritic_score 74
NoServers No
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/they-bleed-pixels?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
state eStateAvailable
VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed Yes
community_visible_stats Yes
sourcegame Yes
Publisher Spooky Squid Games Inc.
Store Release Date 29 August 2012 – 18:34:00 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/spookysquid
https://www.facebook.com/theybleedpixels/
https://www.twitch.tv/spookysquidgames
https://x.com/spookysquid
https://www.youtube.com/spookysquidgames/
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Action (1), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 29 August 2012 – 18:33:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 1 November 2022 – 00:30:22 UTC () (1667262622)
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library_heroen
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width_pct100
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osextended macos64
review_score 8
review_percentage 83
Detected Technologies (?) FMOD SDK, SDL SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 26 April 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 5712695
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_01
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimenative
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 20 February 2013 – 08:13:48 UTC (), in changelist #183457
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

2 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes

Tags

🏗️ Platformer 😓 Difficult 🐙 Lovecraftian 👾 Pixel Graphics 😖 Gore 👩 Female Protagonist 🕹 Precision Platformer 📺 2D Platformer 🩸 Blood 🛡️ Hack and Slash 🧸 Cute 💥 Action 🦇 Gothic 👤 Singleplayer 🥊 Beat 'em up 🎶 Electronic Music 🔮 Supernatural 🌱 Indie 🏽 2D 📺 Side Scroller

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Steam Leaderboards Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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library_hero ↴
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image2x/englishlogo_2x.png
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Assets
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headerheader.jpg
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timestamp8 November 2022 – 17:30:17 UTC
Trailers
2039901 ↴
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timestamp1447375895

Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
211261 Windows Test Build 1 343.11 MiB 307.70 MiB
211263 Linux They Bleed Pixels Linux 344.29 MiB 307.97 MiB
211264 macOS They Bleed Pixels OSX 343.67 MiB 307.74 MiB

Total size on disk is 1.01 GiB and total download size is 923.41 MiB.

Total size on disk is 343.11 MiB and total download size is 307.70 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 19191019 11 July 2025 – 12:47:12 UTC
linux32 32-bit Linux (unsupported!) 1020325 21 October 2020 – 19:51:13 UTC
xnaversion 27459
sdl3 SDL 3.0 Testing, UNSTABLE 19153222 10 July 2025 – 14:11:35 UTC

Other

Name Value
overridescddb 1
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