Get By Bait or By Bullet for PC

By Bait or By Bullet is a 2D fishing roguelite adventure that combines top-down exploration and platforming combat. You meet characters who have been dragged beyond reality, hear their stories and buy gear from them as you prepare to face a sea beast.

Explore the Rock

At The Rock Beyond Reality, you talk with its curious inhabitants and collect equipment for your next encounter. They are willing to trade valuable gear in the hope that you will defeat the sea beast.

Fish for supplies

At the Fishing Dock, you play a fishing minigame to improve your battling power and catch fish from a strange ocean. Timing your casts and reels helps build your collection of munitions. Fishing also provides shells, the currency used to buy permanent upgrades, and useful combat items.

Fight the Maelstrom

In Maelstrom, you battle three limbs of a great interdimensional octopus. You aim and fire while running, jumping and dashing through 2D run-and-gun boss fights. You can switch weapons when you have more than one equipped.

Assist options

The gameplay assist options include an invincibility toggle and a button that adds 1,000 shells to your balance. In the hub, you can pick up Skipper, who floats near you and continually shoots the boss, or an alternate bobber that makes fishing more lenient. The bobber extends the “Perfect!” timing window, widens the optimal landing area and passively lowers the chance of catching junk. You can disable either option by pressing E at the place where you picked it up.