Bendy and the Ink Machine
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50 free Bendy and the Ink Machine trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Bendy and the Ink Machine began as a small free download in 2017 and turned into one of the most talked-about indie horror series of its era. Its mix of smiling vintage cartoons and creeping dread made it a favourite with streamers, and its story, told across five chapters, still has fans arguing over what really happened inside the old animation workshop. This quiz covers the whole of BATIM: who the characters were before the ink got to them, what happens to Henry chapter by chapter, the weapons and items you pick up along the way, and the people who made it. There are questions on the fan songs, the books, the spin-offs and the sequel too. It is pitched for anyone who has played or watched the series, from casual fans testing what they remember to lore experts who know every recording by heart. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you can play straight through or print it for a group.
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Q 01Who sent Henry Stein the letter inviting him back to the old studio in Bendy and the Ink Machine?
Joey Drew
Joey Drew, Henry's former friend and business partner, wrote the invitation thirty years after Henry walked away. The workplace Henry returns to is abandoned and splattered with ink.
Q 02The name Bendy came from a typo made while saving the character's 3D model in which program?
Blender
Blender is the free 3D modelling program where the monster got his name by accident. He had been designed first, as the nameless creature haunting a world that looked like a cartoon sketch.
Q 03Which shooter series with a similarly antique 20th-century style inspired Bendy and the Ink Machine?
BioShock
BioShock was the stated inspiration, and reviewers kept drawing the comparison. One also saw touches of Resident Evil and Outlast in the mix.
Q 04Which YouTuber voices toymaker Shawn Flynn in Bendy and the Ink Machine and received a special early edition?
Jacksepticeye
Jacksepticeye, real name Seán McLoughlin, was handed his own edition with all five chapters before the finale went public. His Let's Play videos of the earlier chapters had drawn millions of views.
Q 05Which canned food can Henry collect around the studio in Bendy and the Ink Machine to restore his health?
Bacon soup
Bacon soup cans litter the shelves and double as something to throw at attackers from a distance. Collecting enough of them also unlocks achievements.
Q 06Reviewers said the art of Bendy and the Ink Machine recalls the era of which 1928 Disney cartoon?
Steamboat Willie
Steamboat Willie is the short that made Mickey Mouse a star. One reviewer called Bendy an obvious parallel to Mickey and to Betty Boop.
Q 07Which former music director wears a Bendy mask and tries to sacrifice Henry in Bendy and the Ink Machine?
Sammy Lawrence
Sammy Lawrence worships Bendy as a deity and hopes the offering will free him from the ink. The ritual backfires when the monster turns on him instead.
Q 08Which cartoon sidekick befriends Henry in Bendy and the Ink Machine before being turned into a monster?
Boris
Boris the Wolf shelters Henry in a safehouse, then is kidnapped by a twisted Alice Angel and remade as a hulking brute. Henry is forced to destroy his old friend.
Q 09Which Bendy fan song by DAGames has been viewed more than 200 million times and was added to the game?
Build Our Machine
Build Our Machine is the most popular of the many fan songs the game inspired. Its creator, Will Ryan, also voices the studio's exasperated accountant, Grant Cohen.
Q 10Which game with a similar vintage cartoon look did the co-creator of Bendy hope to cross over with?
Cuphead
Cuphead was popular at the same time and draws on the same era of cartoons. A ScrewAttack animated battle pitted the two mascots against each other, and Bendy won.
Q 11Which voice actress became a twisted Alice Angel in Bendy and the Ink Machine after being replaced in the role?
Susie Campbell
Susie Campbell grew so obsessed with the angel that she came to believe she was the character. In her ink form she harvests other creatures to improve her own appearance.
Q 12Which studio employee in Bendy and the Ink Machine became the Projectionist, a monster with a projector for a head?
Norman Polk
Norman Polk was the elusive, observant man who ran the film projectors. In chapter four Henry watches Bendy fight the creature he became and tear its head off.
Q 13Designer Bertrum Piedmont has fused with which fairground attraction by chapter four of Bendy and the Ink Machine?
An octopus ride
Q 21For which purpose does Henry step inside a Little Miracle Station in Bendy and the Ink Machine?
To hide from enemies
To hide from enemies, Henry shuts himself in one of the booths and waits out of sight while he recovers. Saving happens elsewhere, at time card stations.
Q 22Which weapon does Henry find first in Bendy and the Ink Machine, just after draining the flooded lower level?
An axe
An axe is what he picks up after the floor gives way beneath him in chapter one. Later chapters give him a pipe, a wrench, a plunger and even a Tommy gun.
Q 23Which item, unlocked in the final chapter of Bendy and the Ink Machine, does Allison Angel hand to Henry?
The Seeing Tool
An octopus ride is all that remains of the famed British designer, who resented how the studio's boss treated him. Henry has to destroy the attraction to switch the power back on.
Q 14Wally Franks, heard in recordings in all five chapters of Bendy and the Ink Machine, holds which studio job?
Janitor
Janitor Wally turns up on a recording in every chapter. His dustpan is what the crazed music director uses to knock Henry out in chapter two.
Q 15What name is given to the monstrous version of Bendy that stalks Henry through the abandoned studio?
The Ink Demon
The Ink Demon was the first creature the contraption ever produced. In the final chapter he swells into a towering beast and chases Henry from room to room.
Q 16Which humanoid ink creatures does Henry battle in the music department of Bendy and the Ink Machine?
Searchers
Searchers come in variants such as the Miner, and swollen ones can be harvested for ink. One wearing a hat turns out to be the studio's old lyricist.
Q 17Which trio of cartoon villains, always at odds with Bendy, returns as the Piper, the Fisher and the Striker?
The Butcher Gang
The Butcher Gang were the recurring bad guys of the old cartoons, and their ink versions hunt Henry in the later chapters. The sequel adds a fourth member, a ghost girl.
Q 18Which Bendy cartoon villain, known in ink form as the Striker, is a spider?
Edgar
Edgar the spider runs with a primate leader and a human sailor. All three were written as the mascot's archenemies in the old cartoons.
Q 19Which opening chapter of Bendy and the Ink Machine was made in just five days and released free?
Moving Pictures
Moving Pictures began as a for-fun project, and its viral success pushed the team to keep going. The second chapter took six weeks.
Q 20Which title is on the stolen film reel that Henry plays to defeat Bendy in the final chapter?
The End
The End flashes across the screens around the throne, and the monster dissolves as his story comes to a close. Henry then finds himself back at the very beginning.
The Seeing Tool comes from Allison, and one message it uncovers warns Henry that she will leave him for dead. After the finale it works in the earlier chapters too.
Q 24On which indie platform was the first chapter of Bendy and the Ink Machine released for free in February 2017?
Game Jolt
Game Jolt hosted the free download that streamers first stumbled on. Steam followed that April, after voters approved the project through Greenlight.
Q 25Which publisher brought Bendy and the Ink Machine to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in November 2018?
Rooster Teeth Games
Rooster Teeth Games published the console versions, which were pushed back from October so that all three systems could launch on the same day.
Q 26Which creator of Bendy and the Ink Machine, who was not a programmer, also voices hero Henry Stein?
TheMeatly
TheMeatly, the pen name of Paul Crawford, dreamed up a world that looked like a cartoon sketch and needed a partner to code it. He voices two of the studio's other employees as well.
Q 27Which stealth horror game swapped its villain into Bendy and the Ink Machine for a Halloween 2017 crossover?
Hello Neighbor
Hello Neighbor lent its Neighbor to stand in for the ink monster in the first three chapters, complete with his own chase music. The swap lasted only until October 31.
Q 28Derek Kolstad, who voiced interest in a Bendy television series in 2020, created which action film franchise?
John Wick
John Wick creator Derek Kolstad said he wanted to adapt the horror hit for television. A feature film was later announced separately.
Q 29What name is given to the time loop that traps Henry at the end of Bendy and the Ink Machine?
The Cycle
The Cycle sends Henry back to the moment he walks through the front door, so the same events play out again. It restarts whenever the ink monster dies.
Q 30The 2022 sequel to Bendy and the Ink Machine is titled Bendy and the what?
Dark Revival
Dark Revival arrived with all five chapters at once, after years of delays. Its makers said it was ten times the size of the original.