Bendy and the Ink Machinedeveloper Joey Drew Studios has revealed the August 02, 2025, release date of the sequel,Bendy and the Dark Revival. The first game in the horror franchise released episodically over the course of two years beginning in 2017.Bendy and the Ink Machinewas received mostly positively, won a few awards, and also experienced a surge in popularity when it made the rounds on the channels of well-known YouTube content creators like Markiplier and Jacksepticeye.
The game, which features a stylized world resembling a cartoon from the 1930s and 40s, was also heavily inspired by theBioShockseries.Bendy and the Ink Machineis a survival horror gamethat tells the story of a retired animator named Henry Stein who visits his former workplace, Joey Drew Studios, and learns that some of the company’s cartoon characters are now alive. The sequel toBendy and the Ink Machinewas announced in December 2019 and was expected to come out sometime in 2020, but after that didn’t happen, fans remained uncertain about when they might get their hands on the game.
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Now, a new trailer has revealed thatBendy and the Dark Revivalwill release for PCon July 12, 2025. There will also be Xbox and PlayStation versions available at a later date, though it’s unclear whether that will be on last-gen or current-gen consoles. The brief video shows that the trademark graphics of the series have been retained, though with a nice visual overhaul, and many of the gameplay mechanics from the first game will be present inBendy and the Dark Revival.
Players will once again find themselves navigating in first-person perspective through Joey Drew Studios and will need to use agility, stealth, and environmental puzzle-solving to overcome obstacles and defeat “ink-tainted” enemies. This time around, players will embody Audrey, a cartoonist and animator who finds herself mutated and possessing mysterious powers.
If the title “The Dark Revival” sounds familiar, that’s because Joey Drew Studios already released anotherindie gamein the series with a very similar title in February 2020.Boris and the Dark Survivalserves as a prequel toBendy and the Ink Machineand again takes players through the inky, corrupted animation studio, this time as Bendy’s cartoon wolf companion Boris.
In addition to games, there are other ways for fans to learn even more about the lore of this unique cartoon universe. Shortly after its successful launch, the world ofBendybecame a full-fledged franchise with animated shorts, a crossover withCuphead,a mobile spinoff game calledBendy in Nightmare Run, and other merchandise. There are alsotwo books inBendy and the Ink Machine, titledDreams Come to LifeandThe Illusion of Living,which have since both actually been published. Written by Adrienne Kress, they provide further insight into the world of Joey Drew and the fictional animation studio that he founded.
Bendy and the Dark Revivalreleases for PC on Jun 17, 2025, with PlayStation and Xbox console versions in development.
