The Baconing

Buy78%

Mostly Positive · 263 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS

Hothead Games · RPG · Aug 31, 2011

Player review score
78%
Mostly Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
12
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy The Baconing?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 45 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 29 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 263 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 188 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
25% of themes are praise33% are divided42% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
23 of 188 sampled reviews raised it
Still has fun and comedic story with different references and jokes, if you like ARPGs and some cheesyish comedy, this should be game for you (just like deathspank 1 and 2).
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
16 of 188 sampled reviews raised it
First of all the game is unique in its pop-up book art style.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
12 of 188 sampled reviews raised it
The voice acting for the most part is just as good as the previous two games and the humor worked for me more than it didn't.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story23 reviews
Graphics16 reviews
Audio12 reviews
Divided opinion
Co-op
100% still recommend
Controls
100% still recommend
Characters
60% still recommend
Multiplayer
33% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
64% still recommend
Combat
76% still recommend
Difficulty
74% still recommend
Crashes
43% still recommend
Interface
78% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$14.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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