Released Aug 29, 2012 $2.49 · −75% Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

They Bleed Pixels

By Spooky Squid Games Inc.

Gore Platformer Difficult Lovecraftian Pixel Graphics Female Protagonist Precision Platformer 2D Platformer Hack and SlashCuteActionGothic

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Reviews 2,045 Very Positive

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Owners 200K–500K estimated

They Bleed Pixels is a game tagged Gore, Platformer and Difficult by Spooky Squid Games Inc., released Aug 29, 2012. It has 2,045 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 200K–500K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Slain: Back from Hell, Velocity Noodle and Cat Box Paradox.

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

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Slain: Back from Hell 69% match · Gore, Platformer, Difficult
Velocity Noodle 65% match · Platformer, Difficult, Pixel Graphics
Cat Box Paradox 64% match · Platformer, Difficult, Pixel Graphics
1 Screen Platformer 64% match · Platformer, Difficult, Pixel Graphics
ReDrop 64% match · Platformer, Difficult, Pixel Graphics
Climb King 64% match · Platformer, Difficult, Pixel Graphics
System Purge: Hollow Point 64% match · Gore, Platformer, Pixel Graphics
Linked Mask 63% match · Platformer, Difficult, Pixel Graphics
Awesome Pea 3 63% match · Platformer, Difficult, Pixel Graphics
Kid Ball Adventure 63% match · Gore, Platformer, Difficult

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Everything Steam lists for They Bleed Pixels · record updated 1 day ago

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Overview

App ID211260

Release dateAug 29, 2012

Last change number39352997

Last record update1 day ago

App type: Game
Developer: Spooky Squid Games Inc.
Publisher: Spooky Squid Games Inc.
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Metacritic: 74
Website: theybleedpixels.com

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Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam LeaderboardsSteam CloudFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

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Build	Branch	Updated
27459	xnaversion	Oct 25, 2026
19153222	sdl3	Sep 30, 2026
19191019	public	Jul 11, 2025
1020325	linux32	Oct 21, 2020

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
211261	—	Windows	343.1 MB	307.7 MB	3510953833464920734
211263	—	Linux	344.3 MB	308.0 MB	6094883562503021809
211264	—	macOS	343.7 MB	307.7 MB	3926365291026859360

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	19191019	Jul 11, 2025	Open
sdl3 SDL 3.0 Testing, UNSTABLE	19153222	Sep 30, 2026	Open
linux32 32-bit Linux (unsupported!)	1020325	Oct 21, 2020	Open
xnaversion	27459	—	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/they bleed pixels

Executable	Systems	Description
They Bleed Pixels PC.exe	Windows
./TheyBleedPixels	Linux	Launch
They Bleed Pixels.app	macOS	Launch

Space per player47.7 MB

Filesup to 100

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
gameinstall	{64BitSteamID}	*.bin	All

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They Bleed Pixels

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