Showdown Bandit
Released Sep 2019 · delisted
Something unnatural is stirring on the abandoned sets of the once popular kids puppet show, Showdown Bandit. Play as the awakened Bandit in this stealth-action-horror where your only hope of survival is entangled within the 3 rules of the show: Play your part. Guard your strings. And don’t look up!
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Showdown Bandit is no longer available for purchase on Steam — the store page has no purchase options, meaning the game has been delisted. The game originally launched on September 17, 2019, and within a few days the developer announced a free expansion called "Death in the Wild" (September 20, 2019), with no release date given. That expansion was never followed up with any further developer communication — the last known post is from September 20, 2019. The expansion appears to have never shipped, and the game was subsequently delisted from the storefront. Because the game can no longer be purchased, no content or development status warnings apply.
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No purchase options are available for this game — it has been removed from sale on Steam.
Developer announced 'Death in the Wild', a free expansion, with no release date. This is the last known developer communication.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Kindly Beast
Achievements
8
Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Beware! For years kids tuned in to watch the televised puppet world of Showdown Bandit, whose colorful cast performed in front of a live audience of ecstatic children. Then without warning the show was unceremoniously canceled and the studio, props and puppets were left to rot. Yet somehow the show lives again and you're in the spotlight. Take control of the Bandit himself and explore the dilapidated sets of what was once glorious Showdown Valley in this top-down, stealth-action-horror game from the makers of Bendy.
Try not to lose your wits or your strings as you sneak through the shadowy sets past a menagerie of eerie enemies and helpful inhabitants. Fight ONLY when you must! Don't be afraid to explore the creepiest, darkest corners as even the smallest clues could help you answer the biggest question of all ... who is really pulling the strings?
Try not to lose your wits or your strings as you sneak through the shadowy sets past a menagerie of eerie enemies and helpful inhabitants. Fight ONLY when you must! Don't be afraid to explore the creepiest, darkest corners as even the smallest clues could help you answer the biggest question of all ... who is really pulling the strings?
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Last evaluated Aug 7, 2026
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