Fit check
Is Bone Appetit worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Metroidvania fans who want weapon collecting and exploration
- Action players who enjoy boss fights and varied enemy types
- Players seeking a retro-styled game with two modes and branching food use
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a story-led adventure with extensive narrative detail rather than combat and item collection
- Players who prefer short, tightly linear stages instead of Metroidvania exploration and repeated area traversal
- Players looking for a multiplayer game rather than a solo action adventure
Our take on Bone Appetit
Rather than treating food as a passive collectible, the game makes it a resource with two destinations: returning it to cultist masters or spending it in shops. That choice sits inside a conventional Metroidvania structure alongside weapons, power-ups, shields, and boss encounters.
What is Bone Appetit?
Bone Appetit is an old-school Metroidvania in which a skeleton servant steals food taken by an oppressive king.
Exploration and combat span two modes: Vanilla and Old School. The game includes 22 weapons with varied uses and powers, shields that deflect attacks such as arrows and snowballs, and power-ups including dash boosts, high-jump boots, helmets, necklaces, and magic rings. Players fight bats, soldiers, knights, fish, wizards, butterflies, and six bosses. Food can be returned to cultist masters or spent at shops. Up to five magical wands can also be found and used. The soundtrack uses guitars, bass, drums, and keyboards.
How Bone Appetit plays
- 01Two Game Modes
- Vanilla and Old School modes provide two ways to play through the game.
- 02Weapon Collection
- The arsenal contains 22 weapons, with many offering multiple functions and powers.
- 03Food Spending Choice
- Recovered food can go to the cultist masters or be used at shops.
- 04Defensive Shields
- Shields can turn aside arrows, snowballs, baby insects, and other attacks.
- 05Magic Wand Hunting
- Exploration can uncover and provide access to up to five different magical wands.
- 06Six Boss Battles
- The adventure includes encounters with six boss enemies.
Bone Appetit compared to similar games
Bone Appetit and Sundered®: Eldritch Edition are both Metroidvania action games. Bone Appetit centers on reclaiming food, choosing how to use it, collecting 22 weapons, and playing across two modes, while Sundered is described as a chaotic Metroidvania with an expanded edition and additional update content.
Bone Appetit: platforms & release
Is Bone Appetit worth it?
It is worth it if: metroidvania fans who want weapon collecting and exploration. Skip it if: players seeking a story-led adventure with extensive narrative detail rather than combat and item collection.
Where can I download Bone Appetit?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Bone Appetit's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Bone Appetit on?
Windows only.
