Look, the gameplay loop is great, but this game suffers from the primary flaw of its genre: the more stuff you unlock, the harder it will becomes to make a viable build. Still worth throwing money at the dev if you enjoyed the demo and don't mind leaving most of the unlocks locked.
ETA: Right after I posted the original review, I unlocked a feature that helps mitigate that issue a bit.
ETA2: Apparently there is a late game unlock that allows for full control of what items can appear, per a user in the comments. Once again, please give the dev some money.
Look, the gameplay loop is great, but this game suffers from the primary flaw of its genre: the more stuff you unlock, the harder it will becomes to make a viable build. Still worth throwing money at the dev if you enjoyed the demo and don't mind leaving most of the unlocks locked.
ETA: Right after I posted the original review, I unlocked a feature that helps mitigate that issue a bit.
ETA2: Apparently there is a late game unlock that allows for full control of what items can appear, per a user in the comments. Once again, please give the dev some money.
After several months of waiting, the MegaBanger is finally here! I left my wife, my children, my job just for this GOTY 2025. This game inspired me a lot to make my game Vampire Cat. Thanks to Ved and his team for this great game. We will all be waiting for GigaBonk 2026.
---{ 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 don't
---{ Audio }---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☑ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☑ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☑ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ Absolute CInema
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ CyberPunk 2077 release
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
☐ 9
☑ 10
GOTY, NO BIAS AT ALL 100%.
COPIED MY CREDIT CARD INFORMATION TO BUY IT FASTER ON RELEASE
RUNS AS SMOOTH AS THE GORILLA'S ASS INGAME
DOPAMINE
BONK
YES
B.U.Y I.T N.O.W
It is fun, but with a few annoying issues. I suggest you wait for a better sale.
- Touch damage, an antiquated mechanic.
- Enemies can climb walls, while you can not.
- If you don't find the boss and kill it within 10mins, you'll be swarmed and die.
- There many things in the map that I have no idea what they do, and it's not explained.
- The final boss has infinite range. No matter where you are in the map, it can still target you.
Something that i don't think people will talk about in the reviews, is the music
all i've gotta say about it, is that it bonks
Edit:wait, his name is NOT shady shelby?! Oh... 0/10
You mostly have to just get lucky on items and/or grind out early progression until you can mitigate the luck. It's fine, it's good roguelike big number stuff. Probably appeals more to the vampire survivor than risk of rain crowd, given that I liked RoR and hated VS.
The skill issue death screen and the cheek clapping jokes are a bit much for me. There's a meme density in the game that isn't present in the trailer and kinda surprised me; guess I should have tried the demo.
The system requirements being a joke is also a bit much for me.
The sickest survivors-like I've ever played
Holy freak the movement is so fun, especially mr bones, the art style is yummmmmmy and the gameplay is mouth watering and the music is freaking freaky like
If my opinion changes in the next ten hours (which I will be wasting on this addicting fun blaster of a time waster) I'll edit this but as of now GAME IS PRETTY FUN!!
removed sex after playtest
cant wait for it to be re-added in megabonk 2
Nah but fr tho, this game is so amazing, from the banger music to the design and difficulty/balancing. It feels so much more polished than the demo and I would highly recommend it for anyone that likes roguelikes
Immature and amateurish. No real power fantasy and it feels like it was made by a teenager. Short. Not a lot of meta progress and the game starts to feel very samey very quickly.
If you're a fan of roguelike survival games and love the thrill of facing overwhelming odds with absurdly powerful builds, Megabonk is an absolute must-play. Developed by solo dev Vedinad, this game takes the addictive formula of Vampire Survivors and cranks it up to eleven with vibrant 3D graphics, wild character designs, and a level of chaos that’s both hilarious and exhilarating.
From the moment you dive into its procedurally generated maps, Megabonk throws you into a frenzy of enemies, loot, and upgrades. The auto-attack mechanics keep the gameplay accessible, while the variety of weapons, tomes, and abilities ensure every run feels fresh. Whether you're wielding a bananarang or surfing on a sword as a knight, the game constantly surprises you with its creativity and humor.
The character roster is delightfully bizarre, featuring everything from a skateboarding skeleton to a robot cowboy. Each character has unique abilities, and unlocking them through challenges adds a satisfying layer of progression. The Charge Shrines, treasure chests, and elite bosses scattered across the map keep you engaged and always striving for that next upgrade.
What truly sets Megabonk apart is its unapologetic embrace of chaos. Enemies stack on top of each other, creating terrifying towers of writhing bodies, and the game doesn’t shy away from throwing thousands of foes at you at once. Yet, despite the madness, it runs smoothly—even on low-end machines, earning its reputation as “toaster-ready”.
The developer’s passion shines through in every aspect of the game. Vedinad’s engagement with the community and his bold, humorous approach to game development have made Megabonk not just a game, but a cult hit. With overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam and a thriving Discord community, it’s clear that Megabonk has struck a chord with players worldwide.
Final Verdict: 10/10 – Bonk your way to glory.
they nerfed the players abilities and buffed the enemies upon launch.
they did this so it takes you longer than 2 hours to realize the game aint worth 10 buckaroons
A lot of comparisons to Vampire Survivors which I understand as a broad comparison to the survivorslike genre in general, but imo one major difference makes this a very different game: the way it handles meta progression.
In Vampire Survivors you play to get gold and use that gold to boost stats between runs, meaning you can fail your first run but then have enough gold to boost your damage by x%, so the next run goes better and you get more gold to boost more stats to make runs easier. This game also has a meta progression, but it's for unlocks rather than stats. You spend silver to unlock weapons, tomes, characters etc. And therein lies my problem; no matter how many runs you fail, you don't really tangibly get any stronger because the meta progression only adds more things to the rng pool. For some reason you're also locked to only having two weapons and two tomes per run, at least until you complete 50(!) "quests," meaning that the rng pool slowly filling up with middling options is actually more of a detriment than a help. This leads to a frustrating loop where you never really start to feel like you're actually making any progress. You can fail over and over and accrue more and more silver, but you have no real way to spend it to make the next run more likely to succeed.
I guess it's basically the Brotato style of survivorslike; if you like that, more power to you. I personally found this one frustrating in its current form.
It isnt good, its perfect. The art style is great the music is amazing and the gameplay, oh the gameplay, its what would happend if you mixed vampire survivors and risk of rain 2. 9.99/10
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Look, the gameplay loop is great, but this game suffers from the primary flaw of its genre: the more stuff you unlock, the harder it will becomes to make a viable build. Still worth throwing money at the dev if you enjoyed the demo and don't mind leaving most of the unlocks locked.
ETA: Right after I posted the original review, I unlocked a feature that helps mitigate that issue a bit.
ETA2: Apparently there is a late game unlock that allows for full control of what items can appear, per a user in the comments. Once again, please give the dev some money.
Look, the gameplay loop is great, but this game suffers from the primary flaw of its genre: the more stuff you unlock, the harder it will becomes to make a viable build. Still worth throwing money at the dev if you enjoyed the demo and don't mind leaving most of the unlocks locked.
ETA: Right after I posted the original review, I unlocked a feature that helps mitigate that issue a bit.
ETA2: Apparently there is a late game unlock that allows for full control of what items can appear, per a user in the comments. Once again, please give the dev some money.
After several months of waiting, the MegaBanger is finally here! I left my wife, my children, my job just for this GOTY 2025. This game inspired me a lot to make my game Vampire Cat. Thanks to Ved and his team for this great game. We will all be waiting for GigaBonk 2026.
---{ 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 don't
---{ Audio }---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☑ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☑ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☑ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ Absolute CInema
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ CyberPunk 2077 release
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
☐ 9
☑ 10
GOTY, NO BIAS AT ALL 100%.
COPIED MY CREDIT CARD INFORMATION TO BUY IT FASTER ON RELEASE
RUNS AS SMOOTH AS THE GORILLA'S ASS INGAME
DOPAMINE
BONK
YES
B.U.Y I.T N.O.W
It is fun, but with a few annoying issues. I suggest you wait for a better sale.
- Touch damage, an antiquated mechanic.
- Enemies can climb walls, while you can not.
- If you don't find the boss and kill it within 10mins, you'll be swarmed and die.
- There many things in the map that I have no idea what they do, and it's not explained.
- The final boss has infinite range. No matter where you are in the map, it can still target you.
Something that i don't think people will talk about in the reviews, is the music
all i've gotta say about it, is that it bonks
Edit:wait, his name is NOT shady shelby?! Oh... 0/10
You mostly have to just get lucky on items and/or grind out early progression until you can mitigate the luck. It's fine, it's good roguelike big number stuff. Probably appeals more to the vampire survivor than risk of rain crowd, given that I liked RoR and hated VS.
The skill issue death screen and the cheek clapping jokes are a bit much for me. There's a meme density in the game that isn't present in the trailer and kinda surprised me; guess I should have tried the demo.
The system requirements being a joke is also a bit much for me.
The sickest survivors-like I've ever played
Holy freak the movement is so fun, especially mr bones, the art style is yummmmmmy and the gameplay is mouth watering and the music is freaking freaky like
If my opinion changes in the next ten hours (which I will be wasting on this addicting fun blaster of a time waster) I'll edit this but as of now GAME IS PRETTY FUN!!
removed sex after playtest
cant wait for it to be re-added in megabonk 2
Nah but fr tho, this game is so amazing, from the banger music to the design and difficulty/balancing. It feels so much more polished than the demo and I would highly recommend it for anyone that likes roguelikes
Immature and amateurish. No real power fantasy and it feels like it was made by a teenager. Short. Not a lot of meta progress and the game starts to feel very samey very quickly.
If you're a fan of roguelike survival games and love the thrill of facing overwhelming odds with absurdly powerful builds, Megabonk is an absolute must-play. Developed by solo dev Vedinad, this game takes the addictive formula of Vampire Survivors and cranks it up to eleven with vibrant 3D graphics, wild character designs, and a level of chaos that’s both hilarious and exhilarating.
From the moment you dive into its procedurally generated maps, Megabonk throws you into a frenzy of enemies, loot, and upgrades. The auto-attack mechanics keep the gameplay accessible, while the variety of weapons, tomes, and abilities ensure every run feels fresh. Whether you're wielding a bananarang or surfing on a sword as a knight, the game constantly surprises you with its creativity and humor.
The character roster is delightfully bizarre, featuring everything from a skateboarding skeleton to a robot cowboy. Each character has unique abilities, and unlocking them through challenges adds a satisfying layer of progression. The Charge Shrines, treasure chests, and elite bosses scattered across the map keep you engaged and always striving for that next upgrade.
What truly sets Megabonk apart is its unapologetic embrace of chaos. Enemies stack on top of each other, creating terrifying towers of writhing bodies, and the game doesn’t shy away from throwing thousands of foes at you at once. Yet, despite the madness, it runs smoothly—even on low-end machines, earning its reputation as “toaster-ready”.
The developer’s passion shines through in every aspect of the game. Vedinad’s engagement with the community and his bold, humorous approach to game development have made Megabonk not just a game, but a cult hit. With overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam and a thriving Discord community, it’s clear that Megabonk has struck a chord with players worldwide.
Final Verdict: 10/10 – Bonk your way to glory.
they nerfed the players abilities and buffed the enemies upon launch.
they did this so it takes you longer than 2 hours to realize the game aint worth 10 buckaroons
A lot of comparisons to Vampire Survivors which I understand as a broad comparison to the survivorslike genre in general, but imo one major difference makes this a very different game: the way it handles meta progression.
In Vampire Survivors you play to get gold and use that gold to boost stats between runs, meaning you can fail your first run but then have enough gold to boost your damage by x%, so the next run goes better and you get more gold to boost more stats to make runs easier. This game also has a meta progression, but it's for unlocks rather than stats. You spend silver to unlock weapons, tomes, characters etc. And therein lies my problem; no matter how many runs you fail, you don't really tangibly get any stronger because the meta progression only adds more things to the rng pool. For some reason you're also locked to only having two weapons and two tomes per run, at least until you complete 50(!) "quests," meaning that the rng pool slowly filling up with middling options is actually more of a detriment than a help. This leads to a frustrating loop where you never really start to feel like you're actually making any progress. You can fail over and over and accrue more and more silver, but you have no real way to spend it to make the next run more likely to succeed.
I guess it's basically the Brotato style of survivorslike; if you like that, more power to you. I personally found this one frustrating in its current form.
It isnt good, its perfect. The art style is great the music is amazing and the gameplay, oh the gameplay, its what would happend if you mixed vampire survivors and risk of rain 2. 9.99/10
I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT
