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UNBELIEVABLE: Megabonk | History Defined

Mewgenics surpasses Hades 2's concurrent player peak on Steam, and one lead says it's very "possible" roguelike hit Megabonk will fall next

The Binding of Isaac creator's new game is still reaching higher

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Is the $80 game a dead end? While 2025 saw big publishers hiking prices, I and many other gamers moved in the other direction.

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Best Roberto Build in Megabonk – Stats & Floating

The Megabonk Spooky Update is out now, and, along with a new map, items, bosses, and weapons, we also got a brand-new character called Roberto. This guide

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The Game Awards reveals fan-voted Players' Voice nominees, and I'm sorry to say that Megabonk is once again out of the show

It's been a ride, but the ride is over.

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'We're so back': After withdrawing from The Game Awards in November, Megabonk is back in the fight in the Players' Voice category

Unfortunately for Megabonk, the fan-voted category is seriously stacked.

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Megabonk dev dropped out of The Game Awards on a technicality, but now the roguelike is back with a Player's Voice nomination: "We're more back than ever"

Player's Voice voting is now open for round one

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‘Bullet Heaven’ devs want Steam to officially recognize the Vampire Survivors, Megabonk genre as its own new category

Come heaven or hell, this genre needs an official moniker.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor Ben Starr is still ready to "lose to Megabonk" at The Game Awards, since one "person's game of the year is going to be another person's worst game of all time"

Technically, Megabonk dropped out of TGA, but there are plenty of other awards to win

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Palworld's collaboration with ultraviolent retro FPS Ultrakill was spurred on by the survival game's weapon designer, who is a huge fan, so Pocketpair "asked nicely"

If it's down to what the devs like, then Megabonk x Palworld is inevitable

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Roguelike fatigue isn’t coming, but the genre’s definition has become meaningless, says The Binding of Isaac creator

"I don't f****** know what the industry is doing."

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Steam expert hails PC gaming "golden age" of rough-but-fun games that devs can make quickly and players love, from Peak to Megabonk: "Steam players want fun first"

Lethal Company, RV There Yet, Slots & Daggers, Cloverpit, the list goes on

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Palworld dev advises players to stop defending games online and play them instead: "Pop open Megabonk or something and just have fun"

Truly based

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Palworld publishing lead ramps up his crusade against AI games, says "you're huffing pure copium if you think this is going anywhere" and "games like Megabonk will continue to body this for the next 50 years"

I love that the Palworld dev, of all devs, is leading the charge against AI-generated games

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How to unlock the Hero Sword in Megabonk

Rules and tips for earning one of the most coveted weapons.

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Megabonk creator faces a moral dilemma as the roguelike heads to the moon: Robinette is a broken character, but "I don't really wanna nerf her because it's fun af"

"That leaves us with (probably) an undisputed character and a character that will always dominate the leaderboards."

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After 47 hours, Palworld lead finally hits 100% in Megabonk on Steam and has "tried a world record run," catching the eye of the roguelike's solo dev himself: "Well bonked"

"Game. Of. The. Year."

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Sandfall says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 winning GOTY "isn't something we aim for," and even though it would be a "nice little bonus," it's rooting for Megabonk

Clair Obscur director Guillaume Broche can't stop playing Megabonk: "Help me!"

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Roguelike breakout Megabonk has released a patch which reworks the final swarm: "The current meta required you to wear sunglasses and watch a slideshow / lightshow at 1.5fps for 5 hours to get a WR"

"I don't think anyone actually enjoyed that, so I've stirred up some s**t"

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After cheaters broke Steam's most popular roguelike's leaderboards, its dev issued a fix and a warning: 'Cheaters you better watch your ass or I'm clapping your cheeks back to the shadow realm where you belong'

Score-chasing is back on the menu.

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Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director joins Palworld dev, FPS legend Shroud, and thousands of positive players on Steam on the Megabonk hype train: "It's the perfect brain rot"

But the Baldur's Gate 3 dev means it in the nicest way possible

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Best Ninja Builds in Megabonk – Size Scaling, Fast-Paced & Four Swords

Master the Ninja's deadly blade.

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A slot machine for gags disguised as a Vampire Survivors-like is taking over Steam, and I'm just as addicted to pulling the lever as the other 90K people playing it

Megabonk keeps on giving.

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The first game from a tiny crew of Korean college kids has sold 500,000 copies on Steam in its first month, so now they're patching it like mad to keep up with hungry roguelike fans

Shape of Dreams is an instant hit for a new dev and publisher Neowiz

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Palworld dev has been "consumed" by Steam's newest roguelike megahit and can't even return to Borderlands 4: "Back on the Megabonk now"

Another all-consuming roguelike

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