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Ben and Ed
Ben and Ed is a 3D platformer, in which the player controls Ed the Zombie, who is forced to participate in a grotesque game show called "Rundead". Will he beat all obstacles Hans Showmaster confronts him with, to save his best friend Ben?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
24 of the 67 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
“OH my god this game is insanely good, the gameplay is fun and the characters are good but the gameplay and level design is where this game truly shine 8/10”
“It's a really fun and difficult game... I would buy it again if it's on sale.”
13 of the 67 reviews raise this.
“its cool, definitely didnt take me 8 years to beat the game legit”
“It's a really fun and difficult game... I would buy it again if it's on sale.”
“i would love to see this game come to steam deck evently cuz this is so great of a platformer just pretty hard to compleate”
6 of the 67 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
“A beautiful game that will never become outdated, no matter how much time passes.”
“Absulute artwork. This game makes me realize how bad am i in it xd but it's fun and nice so far. I recommend you to try it if you have to rage and you wanna have fun:D”
6 of the 67 reviews raise this.
“OH my god this game is insanely good, the gameplay is fun and the characters are good but the gameplay and level design is where this game truly shine 8/10”
“Perfect everything is perfect gameplay,storyline everything”
3 of the 67 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
“so now that ive finally played the game ive always wanted to as a small 7 year old i can say this game is as rage inducing to play as it looked on youtube and man its fun nostolgic and in some levels the music is heat”
10 of the 67 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Game has cool lvls and stuff, music mid, physics is just weird and messy. Worst stuff is rng with stacked blades, infinite bugs at every lvl, especially lvl 18 where if you dont lock your monitor on 60zh platform will…”
“world`s worst game ever,god bless whoever gets to pass level 18.”
7 of the 67 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Game has cool lvls and stuff, music mid, physics is just weird and messy. Worst stuff is rng with stacked blades, infinite bugs at every lvl, especially lvl 18 where if you dont lock your monitor on 60zh platform will…”
6 of the 67 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“world`s worst game ever,god bless whoever gets to pass level 18.”
5 of the 67 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
“Game has cool lvls and stuff, music mid, physics is just weird and messy. Worst stuff is rng with stacked blades, infinite bugs at every lvl, especially lvl 18 where if you dont lock your monitor on 60zh platform will…”
4 of the 67 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 67 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 83.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Ben and Ed is a fun and slightly crazy game that combines parkour with horror elements. You play as Ed, a zombie trying to survive brutal obstacles in order to save his friend Ben. What makes this game special is its physics – you will often lose parts of your body, but you can…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“best game ever got it on my 13th birthday im 14 now”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“If I could save the world by playing this game for another 5 mins, I would rather let everything burn and light my cigarette in front of it.”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-04). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch 1.3
-Fixed the Blockbuster Achievement. -Fixed an error that caused players to respawn at the wrong location. -Minor bugfixes.
Patch 1.3
-Fixed the Blockbuster Achievement. -Fixed an error that caused players to respawn at the wrong location. -Minor bugfixes.
Bencalypse Hotfix
-Corrected the "Gold Ed" display in the Episode Selection (from 80 to 78). -Fixed an error, which prevented players from respawning in "The Fall".
Bencalypse Hotfix
-Corrected the "Gold Ed" display in the Episode Selection (from 80 to 78). -Fixed an error, which prevented players from respawning in "The Fall".
Bencalypse Update
Is death the end? Find the answer in our new update "Bencalypse"! To unlock the new content, you need to complete the main game. New Content Ben is playable after finishing the first Bencalypse level
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Parkour · Multiplayer · Zombies · 3D Platformer · Funny · Gore · Indie · Difficult · Adventure · Singleplayer · Horror (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 19 |
| Official site | http://www.BenAndEd.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Window 7/8 32-bit Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2,0 GHz or faster Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 10 compatible graphics card DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 5 GB available space