Bendy and the Ink Machine is an episodic first-person puzzle-action-horror game with a unique 1930s cartoon atmosphere and an intense, frightening storyline. You play Henry, a former animator who receives a mysterious note inviting him to his old workplace, Joey Drew Studios. Upon arriving, he finds the studio abandoned and corrupted by a sinister ink machine that turns the cartoon characters into living, ink-tainted monsters. You explore the dark studio, solve puzzles, collect objects, and battle the main antagonist Bendy and his gang while trying to escape the ink nightmare and uncover the truth behind the studio's dark past.