The Baconing

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS

Genres

• adventure video game

• action-adventure game

• action game^*

• role-playing video game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  2^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  T - Teen^*

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• Adventure^*
• RPG^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Multi-player^*
• Shared/Split Screen^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Partial Controller Support^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Steam Leaderboards^*
• Remote Play Together^*
• Family Sharing^*
• Local co-op^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

Audio languages

• English^*

Community tags · historical

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  35^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  33^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  33^*

• Comedy^*

  Votes · historical

  16^*

• Local Co-Op^*

  Votes · historical

  15^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  12^*

• Action RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  12^*

• Hack and Slash^*

  Votes · historical

  7^*

System requirements

• macOS · Unspecified tier^*

  Operating system

  OS X version Leopard 10.5.8, Snow Leopard 10.6.3, or later.^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel 1.8 GHz or higher^*

  Memory

  1.5 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  ATI Radeon x1900 or better / NVIDIA 8600M or better with 128 MB or higher Video Memory (VRAM)^*

  Storage

  2 GB free disk space NOTES: For the best results, make sure you have the latest drivers for your video and audio cards. Laptop or mobile versions of the above supported video cards have not had extensive testing and may have driver or other performance issues. As such, they are not officially supported in The Baconing. Intel and S3 video cards are not officially supported in The Baconing.^*

• Windows · Unspecified tier^*

  Operating system

  Windows XP SP3^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 (or equivalent) running at 1.7 GHz or greater^*

  Memory

  1 GB or greater^*

  Graphics alternatives

  ATI Radeon X1900 GT 256MB and the Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB PCI-E cards (Shader Model 2.0 and 24bit depth buffer support required) DirectX®: DirectX June 2010^*

  Storage

  1.5 GB of free space Sound: 100% DirectX compatible sound card and drivers^*

  Conditions

  Minimum^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 (or equivalent) running at 1.7 GHz or greater^*

  Graphics alternatives

  ATI Radeon X1900 GT 256MB and the Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB PCI-E cards (Shader Model 2.0 and 24bit depth buffer support required)^*

  Memory

  1 GB^*

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Graphics alternatives

  ATI Radeon X1900 GT 256MB and the Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB PCI-E cards (Shader Model 2.0 and 24bit depth buffer support required)^*

  Memory

  1 GB^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 (or equivalent) running at 1.7 GHz or greater^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  2 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Partial^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Platinum^*

  Reports

  6^*

  Community confidence

  low^*

Developers

• Hothead Games

Publishers

• Valcon Games
• Hothead Games^*

• 2011-08-30

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2011-08-31 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2011-08-31^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Aug 31, 2011^*

Detailed specifications