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By Bait Or By Bullet
31BANG SCORE

By Bait or By Bullet

Skip · Shooter · 2025

Light on value at this price: free to play, 75% positive.

Limited data: only 13 reviews so far, so this score is provisional.

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The verdict

Better value than 60% of Shooter games

By Bait or By Bullet is a bombastic 2D fishing rogue-lite adventure with both story-rich top-down exploration and action-packed platforming combat, made with Unity and available on Windows and through WebGL!

Length
No data
not listed on HowLongToBeat
$/hr
Free
price ÷ main-story length
Price
Free
Reviews
75%
13 reviews
Released
2025
What drives the score
↑Raising the score2
Value↑ Free
Price per hour of game, the biggest driver
Reviews↑ 75% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, strong reviews unlock a BANGER
•Neutral1
Monetization• None
No microtransactions, nothing drags the score down

↑ Raising the score, ↓ lowering it, • neutral. Lime is a core driver, blue a supporting signal. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.

—No critic score available for this game.Metacritic

—No achievement data available for this game.Steam global achievements

DeveloperJodiiiiiiii
PublisherSmall Pond Studios
GenreShooter

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