Fit check
Is JustAxe worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who want a 2D platformer built around environmental puzzles
- Adventure fans interested in an alien-invasion story set in a future forest town
- Players who enjoy revisiting levels to search for hidden abilities, stashes, and treasure
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a primarily combat-focused experience rather than puzzles, traversal, and environmental interaction
- Players looking for one consistent setting instead of forests, mountains, waterfalls, mazes, traps, and an alien dimension
- Players who do not want a story centered on rescuing a kidnapped sister and confronting alien creatures
Our take on JustAxe
An axe-wielding heroine moves between a future forest town and an alien dimension, using environmental clues and combined movements to overcome obstacles.
What is JustAxe?
JustAxe is a 2D platformer set on future Earth, where alien creatures invade the forest town of New Soviets and kidnap the heroine’s sister.
Players use environmental clues, movement combinations, and available weapons to solve riddles, overcome obstacles, and reach unexplored areas. The journey passes through forests, mountains, waterfalls, winding paths, mazes, traps, pursuit sequences, and a dark alien dimension. A companion can reveal new abilities and hidden stashes, while returning to earlier levels may uncover buried treasure. The story includes funny dialogues, mysteries, and an unexpected ending about the invasion, the monsters, and the heroine’s attempt to save her town.
How JustAxe plays
- 01Environmental puzzles
- Clues and interactive surroundings provide ways to solve riddles and pass obstacles.
- 02Movement combinations
- Players can combine moves and use available weapons to create tactics and access new areas.
- 03Changing locations
- The journey spans forests, mountains, waterfalls, mazes, traps, pursuit sequences, and an alien dimension.
- 04Companion discoveries
- A new companion can reveal abilities and concealed stashes, including secrets in earlier levels.
- 05Story mysteries
- Funny dialogues and an unexpected ending explore the invasion, the monsters, and the town’s fate.
JustAxe compared to similar games
JustAxe combines 2D platforming with environmental riddles, movement-based tactics, revisitable areas, and an alien-invasion story. Jusant centers on climbing a tall tower, managing stamina, exploring different paths, and uncovering secrets from an earlier civilization. Sundered: Eldritch Edition is described as a chaotic metroidvania containing previous updates and a new update.
JustAxe: platforms & release
Is JustAxe worth it?
It is worth it if: players who want a 2D platformer built around environmental puzzles. Skip it if: players seeking a primarily combat-focused experience rather than puzzles, traversal, and environmental interaction.
Where can I download JustAxe?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens JustAxe's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is JustAxe on?
Windows only.
