How PokeBonk plays
You pick a partner — Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle to start — and drop into a 3D region. Your partner attacks on its own; you run, jump, slide and dodge through hordes of wild Pokémon. Every level-up offers three cards (new moves, upgrades or vitamins), you evolve mid-run, and an Ultimate charges as you fight.
Between runs you spend Stardust in the Lab on permanent upgrades, complete challenges to add up to 79 partners to your League, and climb seasonal leaderboards alone or with a clan.
Quick facts
| Genre | 3D survivors-like / roguelite action |
| Creator | Charcher (@ImCharcher) |
| Price | Free, non-profit — no ads, purchases or donations |
| Platform | Web browser (desktop and mobile), keyboard & mouse, controller or touch |
| Where to play | pokebonk.com only |
| Pokémon | The 151 Kanto Pokémon; 79 playable League partners |
| Modes | Classic (zones, guardians, shrine) and Survival (endless) |
| Languages | Spanish (original), English, Portuguese, French, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Korean, Russian |
| Status | Beta, updated several times a day (23 versions since v0.5.0) |
Release history
- October 2026: Charcher announces PokeBonk on X.
- Oct 15, 2026: the public beta opens and Season 1 · GEN 1 begins.
- Oct 15–18: Patches #1 to #7 add open clans and friends, reworked bosses, difficulties, per-Pokémon leaderboards, a new economy, more Survival content, saved runs and three new languages.
- Oct 20, 2026: v0.7.8, the latest version. See all patch notes.
- Next: Season 2 with new maps and Mega Evolutions, then co-op.
Not Pokémon Bank, not Megabonk
Search engines sometimes mix PokeBonk up with Pokémon Bank, Nintendo's old 3DS storage service — they are unrelated. Megabonk is the paid indie game that inspired PokeBonk's style; PokeBonk is a separate, free fan project. And this site, PokeBonk Wiki, is an independent guide — the game itself lives only at pokebonk.com.
FAQ
Who made PokeBonk?
PokeBonk is made by Charcher (@ImCharcher), a Spanish-speaking developer, who announced it on X in October 2026. The game credits Megabonk and the survivors-like genre as inspiration.
Is PokeBonk the same as Pokémon Bank?
No. Pokémon Bank is Nintendo's storage app for the 3DS. PokeBonk is a free browser action game; the names only look alike.
Is PokeBonk the same as Megabonk?
No. Megabonk is a separate paid game by vedinad. PokeBonk borrows its idea — a 3D survivors-like with jumping, sliding and vertical maps — and sets it in Kanto with Pokémon.
How do you spell it?
It is written PokeBonk. You may also see Pokebonk or Poke Bonk — all the same game.
Is PokeBonk legal and safe?
It is a free, non-profit fan game with no ads, purchases or donations, played in the browser with nothing to download. It is not affiliated with Nintendo or The Pokémon Company. Only play it on pokebonk.com.