Very good 2D platformer. Plays a lot like Shovel Knight: King of Cards, but instead of having lots of short levels, it’s a few long ones. There’s a lot of optional and required dialog, but it’s entertaining enough as to not be boring. The game’s humor relies a lot on memes. The kind of memes you’d see in a stereotypical Discord group chat. So if you don’t vibe with those type of jokes, they’ll probably be annoying. They show up a lot by the way. Overall, I’d say the game is a 7.5/10. Although, as of 5/10/26, the game is only 1/3rd complete. Buy it now for 4-5 hours of content, or follow the game’s development to see what the full game might offer. P.S. the game works great on Steam Deck.

An absolutely wonderful and comical platformer, which gives me a whole lotta og Wario Land vibes. Every moment is enjoyable, even when you're stuck. No matter what situation you're in, the game knows to make it fun for you. And honestly, this game has some of my favorite kind of writing in it too. Cant wait for the rest to be out.

Devs PLEASE make a mod to add the itch.io demo textures that would be ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ awesome.

Twelve years ago, the hero known as Buckethead defeated Sandmann, rebuilt the HOLY GRAIL, and restored the livelihood of his home town of Decadance. Present day finds him quite a bit rounder and getting forced into yet another hunt for the GRAIL by a strange woman named Grusha whom he barely knows. HOLY GRAIL for DUMMIES presents the first act of a story which becomes very dense with characters and plotlines far faster than it initially suggests. Gameplay-wise, Buckethead had a jump and a dash attack and can also throw things, which leads to a lot of interesting gags and platforming challenges that feel a bit like a funhouse mirror reflection of Shovel Knight. You pass through three different worlds to find pieces of the grail, traversing trecherous environments and coping with strange people insulting your appearance and putting their hang-ups on you at every turn, and all the while a much weirder and vibrant world exists completely unknown to Buckethead. People are not who they say they are, and there's dangers at play that you don't uncover until it's already too late. Still, it's your adventure, and maybe in the end you can finally get Buckethead his house back!