Palworld Global Community Manager John “Bucky” Buckley spoke candidly about how “absorbed” is he? from smash Steam released Megabonk, a roguelike in the style of Vampire Survivors, which managed over a million sales in two weeks – but his journey has come to an end.
That's because Bucky has finally, after 47 hours of intense gaming left and right, managed to 100% master the new roguelike. He revealed this in a recent online announcement. mailaddressing the game's ever-growing community (I mean, just look at these SteamDB statistics). “Megabonk gamers,” Bucky exclaims, “it gives me great pleasure to announce… I fucked, and I fucked HARD.” Attached is a screenshot showing his 102 achievements.
“Game. of the Year,” Bucky continues, continuing to call out Geoff Keighley, the host of The Game Awards, which the Palworld boss apparently wants from the creator of Megabonk “vedinad.” “Jeff, lock him up.”
Surprisingly, the roguelike developer actually picked up on the proud statement from an obvious Bucky superfan, leaving an equally hilarious and helpful comment. answer your own. “Okay, John Palworld.”
Unsurprisingly, Bucky quickly noticed the fellow developer's words and his response was, “Thank you, King.” At the end there is a funny emoticon: a man bowing (in this case, it seems, to the genius Megabonk himself). Bucky's Journey power However, it is not completely over yet. Subsequently mailhe explains that he “tried to set a world record, just to see what it was like.” He includes a screenshot of his place on the Megabonk leaderboard: #774.
I tried the world record just to see what it was like. Epilepsy aside, it was fun, but I've never been a fan of meta builds in most games anyway, so I'll hang my hat here! 774 baby! ! ! pic.twitter.com/EfiojFNWaYOctober 13, 2025
“Aside from the epilepsy, it was fun,” admits developer Palworld, “but I’ve never been a fan of meta builds in most games anyway, so I’ll throw my hat in there!” Okay, maybe his time in Megabonk is coming to an end after all – although I'd like to think he'll still try to increase those numbers. Judging by his determination, it's not exactly beyond the realm of possibility… what's another 47 hours, huh?
Bucky isn't the only developer who's been completely enamored with Megabonk – Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director loves roguelikestoo much. This created a furore online. graph above than Call of Duty, Borderlands 4 and Marvel Rivals.
