Bulb Boy Anthology comes to Xbox Series X|S on 12th November, gathering both of Bulbware’s grotesque point-and-click adventures in one collection. At the centre of it is a small, glowing hero who can unscrew his own head, which, given the company he keeps, feels less like a party trick and more like a survival skill.
The anthology brings together the original Bulb Boy and its sequel, Bulb Boy 2: Jar of Despair. In the first game, a terrible darkness has swallowed the Bulbhouse, Bulb Boy’s family is missing, and the rooms are full of unpleasant company. The follow-up starts with a simple request from Grandparaffine to fetch a jar of jam from the basement, and immediately goes downhill from there, with jelly monsters and a creature that has designs on his head.
Both games lean on animation and visual humour rather than conventional dialogue, in a style inspired by classic cartoons. They were developed by Bulbware in Kraków and are published by Dark Product. The Xbox Store listing is already up, though a price has not been published. It is a single-player game, optimised for Xbox Series X|S, with achievements and cloud saves.
