BIGGER BANG launches on Steam with hammer-and-dynamite chaos

Noligo Games has released BIGGER BANG on Steam, a short-run action game about smashing through a noisy neighbour’s wall with a hammer and dynamite. The Windows game launched on 5 November in the Steam store’s release listing, following the publisher’s 6 November announcement in Japan. ¹²

The premise is deliberately simple: it is 3 a.m., the thudding next door will not stop, and the player picks up a hammer. Each run focuses on breaking a wall in a 3D voxel environment. The hammer swings automatically towards the point selected with the cursor, while a click throws dynamite into the masonry. When the character’s anger cools down, the run ends — but the hole remains for the next attempt. ¹²

That persistent damage is the game’s main progression hook. Coins earned while playing can be spent on hammer upgrades, while relics collected during runs alter how each blow behaves. Steam’s official description also lists Focus and Overheat systems: continuing to hit one spot builds momentum, and pushing the hammer beyond its limits can increase the coin reward while risking a broken handle. ¹

The walls are not limited to one neighbour’s flat. The official material describes a route from an apartment and the surrounding city to a mountain, a planet’s crust and eventually the membrane of spacetime. Different layers hide different sources of noise, while the neighbour reacts between runs by taping the hole shut and throwing slippers back through it. ¹²

Noligo Games says the release includes missions, daily runs, hidden items, perk cards and a New Game+ mode after the ending. The game supports single-player play with keyboard and mouse controls. Steam lists English, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese-Brazil, Russian and both Chinese variants among its supported text languages. ¹

The listed launch price is €3.89, reduced to €3.30 during the 15% launch discount shown on Steam when checked for this report. Famitsu’s source material lists a Japanese price of ¥560, discounted to ¥476. The store page marks the game as available now on Windows, so this is a release rather than an announcement of a future launch. ¹²

Our opinion

BIGGER BANG has a clear news hook because its entire pitch fits into one wonderfully daft sentence: destroy a wall to find out why the neighbour is making noise. The persistent holes and escalating destinations give that joke a mechanical backbone, rather than leaving it as a one-screen gag. Whether the loop can sustain a full game will depend on how varied those hidden rooms and relic combinations feel, but the low launch price makes the deliberately compact format easy to understand. The official Steam page is the sensible place to check the current price and availability before buying.

For readers after a small, oddball PC release rather than a sprawling new RPG, this is one to keep on the radar. The premise is specific, the systems are easy to explain and the store page confirms that it has crossed from promise into a live release.