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Games Like ANTONBLAST

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Singleplayer, Action, Platformer, 2D.

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ANTONBLAST is a fast-paced explosive action platformer that's all about destruction. Play as the enraged Dynamite Anton (or his cranked-out coworker Annie) and use your Mighty F’n Hammer to demolish bizarre worlds, tussle with screen-filling bosses, and steal your Spirits back from Satan!

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive — 95% — of 4,412 reviews
Released: 2024-12-03
Developer: Summitsphere
Publisher: Joystick Ventures
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 3.9 hrs
Mean playtime: 11.6 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 75%

Overview

ANTONBLAST is a high-octane, destruction-fueled platformer that captures the chaotic energy of classic 90s arcade games. These recommendations focus on titles that prioritize fast-paced movement, explosive combat, and vibrant, expressive art styles to match the intensity of Dynamite Anton's journey.

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    Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.

    Why similar: Fast-Paced 37%, 2D Platformer 19.9%, Cartoony 14.5%, Platformer 9.2%, Retro 4.6%

    Why You'll Like It: This game shares the same frantic energy, expressive animation, and momentum-based platforming that defines ANTONBLAST.

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    Why similar: 2D Platformer 27.4%, Puzzle Platformer 25.6%, Platformer 17.6%, Retro 9.7%, 2D 8.2%

    Why You'll Like It: As a direct prequel in the same universe, it offers a unique arcade-style take on the same characters and aesthetic.

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    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    Why similar: Fast-Paced 30.9%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Cartoony 12.3%, Platformer 9.6%, Retro 8.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Features incredibly fluid, fast-paced movement and a charming, colorful art style that mirrors the feel of modern retro-inspired platformers.

  4. #4 Spark the Electric Jester
    95% matchVery Positive92% of 1,467 reviews2017
    Dev: Feperd Games
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    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    Why similar: Fast-Paced 40.9%, Platformer 21.8%, Retro 11.1%, Action 9.5%, 2D 8.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action platformer that emphasizes speed and combat variety, much like the gameplay loop of ANTONBLAST.

  5. #5 Berserk Boy
    94% matchVery Positive86% of 410 reviews2024
    Dev: BerserkBoy Games
    Windows
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    Why You'll Like It: A high-energy action platformer featuring transformation mechanics and fast-paced combat that feels very similar to Anton's destructive style.

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    94% matchVery Positive94% of 3,462 reviews2023
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    Why similar: Fast-Paced 34.6%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Platformer 15.5%, Retro 9.6%, 2D 7.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A tight, action-heavy platformer that rewards aggressive play and features satisfying, punchy combat mechanics.

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    Dev: Dog Theory
    Windows
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 99%

    Descend into a radical new dimension of abstract minimalist arcade fury in Disastr_Blastr! Blaze your merciless path of devastation through an expansive non-linear game world with 100+ stages of cortex-shattering cubic mayhem!

    Why similar: Action 62.5%, Indie 37.5%

  50. #50 Hell is Other Demons
    69% matchVery Positive93% of 337 reviews2019
    Dev: Cuddle Monster Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.

    Why similar: Fast-Paced 45%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Platformer 11.7%, Retro 11.4%, 2D 6.6%

  51. #51 JustAxe
    69% matchMostly Positive77% of 75 reviews2024
    Dev: Supergalactiс GamedevPub: Targem Games
    Windows

    Pioneers against aliens! JustAxe is an exciting 2D platformer with puzzles, interactive environments and unusual setting! Solve riddles, combine your moves, and set out to save your hometown and possibly all of humanity... And don’t forget to take your axe with you!

    Why similar: 2D Platformer 21%, Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Platformer 15.8%, Exploration 10.4%, Action-Adventure 10%

  52. #52 Nuclear Blaze
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 892 reviews2021
    Dev: Deepnight Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    A unique 2D firefighting platformer from the creator of Dead Cells, featuring devastating backdrafts, exploding walls, and expected cat rescues. Battle your way through a mysterious government facility, striving to keep the blaze under control.

    Why similar: 2D Platformer 33.1%, Platformer 14.9%, Exploration 13.5%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Colorful 8.2%

  53. #53 Spirits Abyss
    68% matchVery Positive96% of 421 reviews2020
    Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Spirits Abyss is a roguelite platformer with destructible terrain. Cast into the Abysm you must explore its diverse depths battling phantasmic meanies and plundering its useful treasures to find a way home... but does something nestle beyond the realmic veil of death?

    Why similar: Platformer 46.6%, 2D 20.9%, Action 14.2%, Indie 10.5%, Singleplayer 7.9%

  54. #54 Dyna Bomb
    71% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2016
    Dev: 7 Raven Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Strap on your jetpack and prepare for chaos! Dyna Bomb has intuitive arcade action game play, with a blast of humor, Enjoy!

    Why similar: Platformer 27.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, Retro 18.1%, Action 13.8%, 2D 10.5%

  55. #55 Mighty Gunvolt
    70% matchMostly Positive74% of 415 reviews2015
    Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%

    Take control of one of three playable characters (Gunvolt, Ekoro, and Beck) as you blast your way past the baddies in stage after stage of side-scrolling action! Each stage ends with a boss encounter. Defeat the boss to complete the stage.

    Why similar: Platformer 36.5%, Retro 30.2%, Action 22.4%, Indie 10.9%

  56. #56 Skybolt Zack
    68% matchVery Positive91% of 105 reviews2019
    Dev: ISARTPub: TyGAMES
    Windows

    Skybolt Zack is a brand new fast-paced arcade gaming experience! With his Rocket Punches Zack leaps from enemy to enemy, destroying anything standing in his way! Match the colour of the enemies with the buttons on the gamepad to rid the world of Dr Kaz’s robot army!

    Why similar: Fast-Paced 37.8%, Platformer 13%, Score Attack 11.8%, Retro 11.5%, Action-Adventure 7.5%

  57. #57 Magenta Horizon - Neverending Harvest
    66% matchVery Positive87% of 234 reviews2024
    Dev: Maddison BaekPub: 2 Left Thumbs
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Magenta Horizon is a fast-paced 2D action platformer with challenging spectacle fighter inspired combat. Playing as a Reaper of the twisted purgatorial afterlife, push your skills to the limit to destroy the hordes of demons and epic bosses to reach your destination.

    Why similar: Fast-Paced 34.1%, 2D Platformer 20.3%, Cartoony 11.4%, Platformer 10.7%, Surreal 10.1%

  58. #58 Unless
    65% matchVery Positive99% of 88 reviews2025
    Dev: Bellwood Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Challenge yourself and master 4 Distinct worlds with 66 finely tuned level screens and climb to the top of the Steam Leaderboards in this retro pixel art speedrunning platformer!

    Why similar: Fast-Paced 35.2%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Platformer 11.5%, Retro 10.1%, Puzzle Platformer 9.6%

  59. #59 Super Dungeon Boy
    69% matchMostly Positive79% of 212 reviews2017
    Dev: Tower Up Studios
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 12 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 27%

    2D platform game focused on intense combat against enemies and exploration of secret areas in dark dungeons full of dangers.

    Why similar: Fast-Paced 34.3%, Platformer 13.7%, Retro 13%, Exploration 8.4%, Action 8%

  60. #60 Shotgun Cop Man
    63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 605 reviews2025
    Dev: DeadToast EntertainmentPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    GO TO HELL, ARREST SATAN. Propel yourself to justice and glory on a journey through hell in this punchy, crunchy, son-of-a-gun precision platformer from the creator of My Friend Pedro.

    Why similar: 2D Platformer 42.5%, Platformer 27.6%, Action 15.3%, 2D 11.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%

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