Fit check
Is Super Onion Boy+ worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Retro platformer fans who want pixel-art environments and boss battles
- Players who prefer 2D action with collectible coins, stars, and potions
- Fans of the original Super Onion Boy who want an expanded remake
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking open-ended exploration may find the stage-based platforming structure restrictive
- Players who prefer low-pressure action may not enjoy repeated encounters with enemies, monsters, and bosses
- Players looking for a multi-game retro collection may prefer Sonic Origins
Our take on Super Onion Boy+
The focus on traditional 2D platforming gives the game a narrower structure than broader action-adventure titles. Item collection, superpowers, and boss fights add variety, but the design remains centered on platforming stages.
What is Super Onion Boy+?
Super Onion Boy+ is a retro-style 2D platformer about rescuing a princess imprisoned inside a magical bubble by a monster.
Players travel through pixel-art environments filled with enemies, obstacles, monsters, and bosses. Coins and stars provide extra lives, while chests contain magical potions that grant superpowers for overcoming obstacles and defeating enemies. The game is an enhanced remake of Super Onion Boy 1, adding new superpowers, longer stages, various improvements, and new bosses. Its presentation combines pixel-art graphics with 8-bit chiptune-style music. Gameplay centers on platforming stages, collecting items, using potion-granted powers, and facing boss encounters.
How Super Onion Boy+ plays
- 01Extra Life Items
- Coins and stars can be collected to secure additional lives.
- 02Potion Powers
- Chests contain magical potions that grant superpowers for overcoming obstacles and fighting enemies.
- 03Boss Encounters
- The game includes battles against monsters and bosses, with new bosses added for this remake.
- 04Extended Remake
- Compared with Super Onion Boy 1, this version adds new powers, longer stages, and various improvements.
- 05Chiptune Soundtrack
- The music uses an 8-bit chiptune style.
Super Onion Boy+ compared to similar games
Super Onion Boy+ presents a 2D platforming adventure with collectible items, potion-granted superpowers, and boss battles. Sonic Origins instead packages four classic Sonic games, while its description does not list potion abilities or the same rescue-focused structure.
Super Onion Boy+: platforms & release
Is Super Onion Boy+ worth it?
It is worth it if: retro platformer fans who want pixel-art environments and boss battles. Skip it if: players seeking open-ended exploration may find the stage-based platforming structure restrictive.
Where can I download Super Onion Boy+?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Super Onion Boy+'s store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Super Onion Boy+ on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
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