Bendy and the Dark Revival is the second installment of the primary series from the Bendy franchise developed by Joey Drew Studios Inc. Originally thought up as a standalone game, it was repurposed as an indirect sequel to Bendy and the Ink Machine. The game was released on November 15, 2022 on Steam for PC, and its console release for Xbox and PlayStation came out on March 1, 2023. On October 2023, The game was rated for Nintendo Switch on ESRB, and released on July 11, 2025.
On June 18th, 1973, Audrey is an animator who works at Archgate Pictures and spends her night working overtime on animations. She gets up after a grueling shift of redrawing old frames from Joey Drew’s Bendy cartoons to get coffee, and encounters Wilson, the janitor. Wilson and Audrey enter The Ink Realm, where Wilson begins to solidify his position as the new ruler of The Cycle. Wilson claims to have vanquished the Ink Demon 211 days before, and Audrey finds herself in an inky form in the world of the ink machine. Now Audrey must navigate the studio and ally with iconic cartoon characters such as a hardened Alice, a tough Boris and even a ‘perfect’ Bendy, surviving the horrors of the studio and avoiding the nightmarish creatures such as the dreaded Butcher Gang, the tormented Lost Ones and the vile Searchers, in her journey to escape the realm she is trapped in.
I love the Bendy aesthetic! The monotone yellow and black mixed with the classic animation style of the 30s and 40s. If you all remember, I played Bendy and The Ink Machine a while back, and I had a blast playing it. The atmosphere was stellar, the story captivating, the game play excellent. I always have had a fear of sequels, because of their stigma. This, I am happy to say, did not disappoint. The ink demon was scarier, the baddies more terrifying and the story just as deep and vibrant as the first.
If you are interested in purchasing Bendy and The Dark Revival, you can get it on STEAM for $19.99