They Bleed Pixels
Release Date: August 29, 2012
Arcade, platformers, 2D, indie games, side-scroll, singleplayer
Steam
They Bleed Pixels is an arcade game made using simple graphics stylized on productions from the 90s. We play the role of a girl who has to face the nightmares from the work of H.P. Lovecraft.
Featuring a distinct visual style that blends pixel art with paper and ink textures, They Bleed Pixels is a singular mix of intense platforming and fierce beat-em-up action. It tells the story of a young girl haunted by a mysterious book and her violent Lovecraftian nightmares.
Explore exotic dreamscapes populated with bizarre creatures... then stab them in the face.
They Bleed Pixels uses a simple one-button combat scheme with surprising depth at its core. Button mashing is discouraged while kicking shadowy monsters into saws, pits and spikes is rewarded thanks to a unique checkpoint earning system: instead of being evenly distributed at set locations, players must earn and place checkpoints through stylish kills. The more and better you kill, the faster you fill your checkpoint meter. Avoid combat or button mash mindlessly and you’ll find checkpoints uncomfortably far apart.
Last updated on August 14, 2015
Videos and Screens
[2:02] They Bleed Pixels Launch Trailer
[1:06] They Bleed Pixels countdown to launch trailer
They Bleed Pixels Summary
Platforms:
PC Windows August 29, 2012
Nintendo Switch October 22, 2020
Developer: Spooky Squid Games
Publisher: Spooky Squid Games
Age restrictions: 12+
They Bleed Pixels System Requirements
PC / Windows
Recommended: Quad Core 2.6 GHz, 1.5 GB RAM (2 GB RAM - Vista/7), graphic card 512 MB (GeForce 8800 GT or better), 300 MB HDD, Windows XP/Vista/7, Internet connection