Fit check
Is Super Blasting Boy worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Retro platformer fans who want puzzles mixed with combat
- Players who enjoy repeating difficult stages to learn the correct route
- Action-adventure players seeking a compact 15-level challenge
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a large campaign may find the 15-level structure limited
- Players who prefer forgiving progression may dislike frequent deaths and restarts
- Players looking for climbing-focused action puzzles may prefer Jusant's stamina-based ascent and exploration
- Players seeking a broader metroidvania structure may prefer Sundered's genre format
Our take on Super Blasting Boy
The presentation emphasizes retro styling and music, while the main play loop depends on difficult puzzles, repeated deaths, and learning levels through trial and error. That contrast may matter more than the visual treatment for players deciding whether the game suits them.
What is Super Blasting Boy?
Super Blasting Boy combines platforming, logic puzzles, combat, and deadly traps.
Players must find ways around obstacles, use weapons such as a rocket launcher and gamma gun against enemies, and reach a portal at the end of each level. Completing a stage may require repeated attempts: death sends the player back to try again, learn the level, and identify the right path. The game includes 15 levels with increasing difficulty, several weapon types, retro-inspired visual design, and music by TripZay. Its progression is based on experience and mistakes, with puzzle solving and route discovery forming the main structure.
How Super Blasting Boy plays
- 01Fifteen Puzzle Levels
- The stages increase in difficulty and require players to find a path to each portal.
- 02Weapon-Based Combat
- Players can use a rocket launcher and gamma gun against enemies.
- 03Deadly Traps
- Traps create hazards that must be overcome while navigating each level.
- 04Trial-and-Error Progression
- Repeated deaths and restarts let players learn levels and try different ways through them.
- 05TripZay Music
- The game includes a soundtrack credited to TripZay.
Super Blasting Boy compared to similar games
Jusant combines action puzzles with climbing tools, stamina management, exploration, and different paths toward a tower's summit, while Super Blasting Boy focuses on traps, weapons, and finding routes through individual levels. Sundered presents a metroidvania structure, whereas Super Blasting Boy offers 15 increasingly difficult puzzle-platforming levels centered on repeated attempts.
Super Blasting Boy: platforms & release
Is Super Blasting Boy worth it?
It is worth it if: retro platformer fans who want puzzles mixed with combat. Skip it if: players seeking a large campaign may find the 15-level structure limited.
Where can I download Super Blasting Boy?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Super Blasting Boy's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Super Blasting Boy on?
Windows only.
