Clunky Hero
Released Jan 2023
A crazy platformer with a touch of RPG and tons of quirky but challenging things! Lovely hand-drawn-looking graphics, for a world crowded with funny creatures and bizarre weapons. Join Rufus, the antihero with broom and bucket, on his absurd journey.
69% positive · 163 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $14.99
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Evaluation
Clunky Hero launched in Early Access in late 2021 and graduated to its full 1.0 release on January 25, 2023. The developer's launch post explicitly described this as the game arriving "in its final shape," with the full version being 30% larger than Early Access and incorporating community feedback. No future content, DLC, or expansions were announced or hinted at in that post or any subsequent communication.
The only two DLC items listed on the store are an Art Book & Wallpapers pack and a Soundtrack, both released back in November 2021 — these are cosmetic/media extras, not gameplay content, and both are already available. No unreleased DLC is listed.
The most recent developer communication, from October 7, 2024, was a promotional post for a 90% off sale on Clunky Hero tied to the launch of the studio's next game, Speedollama. This post treats Clunky Hero as a finished product being discounted, with the developer's energy clearly directed toward their new title. There is no mention of any planned updates or additional content for Clunky Hero.
With a clear "final shape" statement at launch, no unreleased DLC, no post-launch major content releases beyond the 1.0 launch itself, and the developer now focused on a new game, Clunky Hero is a complete, finished product as of its January 25, 2023 release date.
Evidence
Developer announced the full 1.0 release, describing it as the game arriving 'in its final shape' — 30% larger than Early Access with new levels, bosses, weapons, and skills included.
Most recent developer post promotes a 90% off sale on Clunky Hero while announcing the studio's next game, Speedollama. Clunky Hero is framed as a finished product with no mention of future updates.
Content
2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Chaosmonger Studio
Achievements
65
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
PLEASE NOTE: It runs great on Steam Deck!
Clunky Hero is a story-driven, platformer metroidvania, with a touch of RPG, Hack’n’Slash and tons of humor. If you’d love a platformer game where you have a funny storyline, can talk with characters, solve side quests, find and buy items, change weapons and wearables, with great hand-drawn-looking backgrounds, presented in a very comical way, then Clunky Hero might be the game of your dreams!
Features:
STORYLINE
In a village far, far away, a dull peasant named Rufus was living an ordinary life. The boss of the house was his wife, Brunilde, a boisterously smart and funny woman that you wouldn’t exactly call “pretty”. Life was nice and happy in the village, until one day, awakened by some magical mistake, the Evil One started to spread his minions around town, performing hideous acts against the people. The worst of which was the kidnapping of Brunilde. She was torn from Rufus’ hands and put in a prison at the Evil One’s castle. Transformed into a blondie duck-faced doll girl, she now spends all her time staring at herself in a small handheld mirror.
Determined to win her back, Rufus made a helmet out of a bucket and picked a broom as a weapon. Everybody now calls him the CLUNKY HERO, but he might be the only hope to defeat the evil one that no one wants to call by name. Rufus is now on his journey to save his wife and the whole village!
Clunky Hero is a story-driven, platformer metroidvania, with a touch of RPG, Hack’n’Slash and tons of humor. If you’d love a platformer game where you have a funny storyline, can talk with characters, solve side quests, find and buy items, change weapons and wearables, with great hand-drawn-looking backgrounds, presented in a very comical way, then Clunky Hero might be the game of your dreams!
Features:
- Nearly 50 levels set in 9 different areas
- 15+ Interiors
- 8 Skills: Double Jump, Dash, Dive, Cling, Range Shot, Blasting Attack, Mighty Burp and Rocket Leap
- Combine 9 different enhancement items on 3 bonus slots to boost your character's skills and abilities
- Defeat tough bosses
- Humorous dialogues and funny items/weapons
- Trade Items on various shops along the game
- Various side quests to level up your character
- Original Music
STORYLINE
In a village far, far away, a dull peasant named Rufus was living an ordinary life. The boss of the house was his wife, Brunilde, a boisterously smart and funny woman that you wouldn’t exactly call “pretty”. Life was nice and happy in the village, until one day, awakened by some magical mistake, the Evil One started to spread his minions around town, performing hideous acts against the people. The worst of which was the kidnapping of Brunilde. She was torn from Rufus’ hands and put in a prison at the Evil One’s castle. Transformed into a blondie duck-faced doll girl, she now spends all her time staring at herself in a small handheld mirror.
Determined to win her back, Rufus made a helmet out of a bucket and picked a broom as a weapon. Everybody now calls him the CLUNKY HERO, but he might be the only hope to defeat the evil one that no one wants to call by name. Rufus is now on his journey to save his wife and the whole village!
Last evaluated Jun 22, 2026
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