What Bacon May Die is
Bacon May Die is a fast-paced 2D side-scrolling brawler from SnoutUp. You play a potato-shaped pig hero who has to deal with hordes of bacon-hungry enemies. Combat mixes melee and ranged attacks, and the game keeps a simple, responsive control scheme so you can jump straight into the fighting without learning a long list of inputs. It sits in the action and casual space as an indie beat 'em up, with a cartoon look and a goofy tone — the enemies, the weapons and the whole premise are played for laughs rather than taken seriously. Expect lots of enemies on screen at once and constant movement from one brawl to the next.
Playing it with friends
The game supports co-op for local and remote play, so you can fight alongside friends on the same machine or over a connection. Steam's Remote Play Together is listed as a supported feature, which lets people join in without everyone owning a copy. Since it's a side-scrolling brawler, the group stays together on the same screen, pushing through waves of enemies as a unit rather than splitting up. Multiplayer is a core part of the tag set for this game, so the co-op route is a natural way to play it with a group.
Before you start
There's a large arsenal of weapons to work with, and more than 100 items to unlock as you play, so loadouts and gear become a steady part of progression. The game carries a gore tag alongside its cute, colorful cartoon style, so the violence is exaggerated and over the top even though the art direction is playful. It's free to play, which makes it easy to get everyone in a Discord group onto the same session. Controls are described as simple and responsive, so the barrier to entry is low — most of the depth comes from choosing weapons and handling the crowd rather than from complicated inputs.